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[gothwalk]

Another good reason to like Penny Arcade:

I have never tried to give a cat a bath before so I sat down and read the instructions on the shampoo bottle. “Wet cat” it said, then “work shampoo into a lustrous lather” and rinse. What the bottle didn’t say is that as soon as your cat gets the first tiny droplet of water on its paw the situation changes dramatically. No longer are you trying to give your cherished pet a bath to rid it of the fleas that are driving it crazy. No, now you are trying to wash an angry, furry chipper shredder that is howling like an air raid siren.

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[nisaba.livejournal.com]

Tee-hee - been there, done there, my ex still bears the scars on his hand from where the cat bit him...

[cissa.livejournal.com]

See, humans don't realize that cats are firmly convinced they are water-soluble. This means you are not trying to wet a cat; you are trying to dissolve a cat, to which effort the cat rightfully objects!

On a more practical note, baths are no longer necessary to rid cats of fleas. There's stuff you can get at the vet's that you put a drop of between their shoulderblades once a month or so, and it kills the fleas. The stuff you get in the US that purports to be similar but that you don't get at the vet isn't as good, BTW.

My vet told me about this after our Mel got out the last time and I flea-bathed him upon his return. He's such a sweetie-- so careful not to put a claw into me, even when I was trying to dissolove him! But the vet said that if he did it again, to just get the flea stuff and avoid the bath trauma.