lizzielou742
09-16-2004, 07:01 PM
Oh my gosh, I about had a heart attack just now. I considered not telling this story, because it's embarrassing.
So, after a long day at work I often like to come home and take a bath. The kitties are fascinated by the running water, so I let them watch the tub fill. I was home alone tonight, so I left the bathroom door halfway open, and Sophie hung around to watch the tub fill. I got in, and I saw her leave the room. I guess she got bored with me. I took my bath, and when I got done, I stood up and used my Veet depilatory mousse on my legs. As I finished up, I looked down and saw Sophie sitting next to the tub. My heart jumped as I noticed it - a glob of the depilatory mousse, about the size of a quarter, on her fur!!!!!!!
So I freak out. I'm covered in Veet, and I jump out of the tub and grab a washcloth. I wet it in the sink, and manage to grab Sophie and scrub her like crazy. She's squealing the whole time, but I don't care. My mind is racing like 100 miles a minute, and I'm thinking, what if she cleans herself and ingests what's left of it? What if she ends up with a bald spot, or worse? So, I finish with the washcloth, jump in the shower and rinse the Veet off myself in record time, and jump back out and throw my robe on. I chase Sophie down and take her to the other bathroom and give her a bath (as my bathtub was covered in the Veet). Sophie was fighting the whole time, and I was alone, dealing with a wet kitten. In the end, I came out of it with a soaked bathrobe but no scratches, and one clean Sophie. She purred the whole time I was drying her off, by the way!
I'm such an idiot!!! No way am I ever letting this happen again! I'm just lucky I noticed it before she did and managed to get it off her before she licked it off. Please don't think I'm a bad cat-mom, I just didn't think she was even in the bathroom, much less that I would somehow get some on her (still don't know how that happened)!!! I'll have to keep an eye on her tonight and make sure she doesn't get sick, but for now she's fine. She's mostly dry and trying to climb up the side of my boyfriend's bass amp. :rolleyes:
Pictures of a wet Sophie:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid139/p8f20a6a9ec2a3f9ab37c1872827e0876/f6fd39cb.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid139/p18d76ae57c874e6de75c3d91dabaff44/f6fd39ca.jpg
Tito investigating:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid139/pf86ecb8863ede8f91d77eb97b9c47463/f6fd39c3.jpg
And a video of a wet Sophie is attached.
Is it wrong of me to laugh at this? I'm starting to see some humor in it now that I wrote it all down! Maybe I'm just calming down! I'm starting to feel sick over the whole thing actually! I feel bad for Sophie - after all this trauma, she still has to go to the vet in the morning for her spay!
So, after a long day at work I often like to come home and take a bath. The kitties are fascinated by the running water, so I let them watch the tub fill. I was home alone tonight, so I left the bathroom door halfway open, and Sophie hung around to watch the tub fill. I got in, and I saw her leave the room. I guess she got bored with me. I took my bath, and when I got done, I stood up and used my Veet depilatory mousse on my legs. As I finished up, I looked down and saw Sophie sitting next to the tub. My heart jumped as I noticed it - a glob of the depilatory mousse, about the size of a quarter, on her fur!!!!!!!
So I freak out. I'm covered in Veet, and I jump out of the tub and grab a washcloth. I wet it in the sink, and manage to grab Sophie and scrub her like crazy. She's squealing the whole time, but I don't care. My mind is racing like 100 miles a minute, and I'm thinking, what if she cleans herself and ingests what's left of it? What if she ends up with a bald spot, or worse? So, I finish with the washcloth, jump in the shower and rinse the Veet off myself in record time, and jump back out and throw my robe on. I chase Sophie down and take her to the other bathroom and give her a bath (as my bathtub was covered in the Veet). Sophie was fighting the whole time, and I was alone, dealing with a wet kitten. In the end, I came out of it with a soaked bathrobe but no scratches, and one clean Sophie. She purred the whole time I was drying her off, by the way!
I'm such an idiot!!! No way am I ever letting this happen again! I'm just lucky I noticed it before she did and managed to get it off her before she licked it off. Please don't think I'm a bad cat-mom, I just didn't think she was even in the bathroom, much less that I would somehow get some on her (still don't know how that happened)!!! I'll have to keep an eye on her tonight and make sure she doesn't get sick, but for now she's fine. She's mostly dry and trying to climb up the side of my boyfriend's bass amp. :rolleyes:
Pictures of a wet Sophie:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid139/p8f20a6a9ec2a3f9ab37c1872827e0876/f6fd39cb.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid139/p18d76ae57c874e6de75c3d91dabaff44/f6fd39ca.jpg
Tito investigating:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid139/pf86ecb8863ede8f91d77eb97b9c47463/f6fd39c3.jpg
And a video of a wet Sophie is attached.
Is it wrong of me to laugh at this? I'm starting to see some humor in it now that I wrote it all down! Maybe I'm just calming down! I'm starting to feel sick over the whole thing actually! I feel bad for Sophie - after all this trauma, she still has to go to the vet in the morning for her spay!