cat bath hell from You Tube-not the automated clip!

[RICHARD]

http://bestofyt.com/video/cat-bath-hell

I don't usually look thru YT, but I saw a news piece on the automated cat bath and came across this video...

IT IS NOT THE AUTOMATED CAT WAsH VIDEO!

[Catty1]

Richard - this video raised true H*** here...the website for the product was flooded with hits, and few people could get through...believe me, NO one found it funny...the poor cat was freaked out.

Apparently the company has gone under. I can see it maybe working for dogs - but not cats.

Ummm...you might want to wait and see what other replies you get. I am not viewing that video.

Just telling you what I know!

[RICHARD]

the video I linked is not of the automated machine....

This is a hand wash job. In a sink.

[critter crazy]

I did not view the video, as I am pretty sure what it is. I was disgusted when I saw the video once before. I cannot believe a person could be so Dumb and mean to a cat! That is disgusting,a nd they should be arrested for animal cruelty!

[krazyaboutkatz]

This isn't the same horrible video that we saw before so don't worry. It's a lady trying to give a cat a bath in her kitchen sink and it's howling it's head off. Mine would be doing the same so this is why I don't give them baths unless I have to. I didn't bother watching the whole video because I couldn't stand the howling any longer. Poor cat.

[critter crazy]

This isn't the same horrible video that we saw before so don't worry. It's a lady trying to give a cat a bath in her kitchen sink and it's howling it's head off. Mine would be doing the same so this is why I don't give them baths unless I have to. I didn't bother watching the whole video because I couldn't stand the howling any longer. Poor cat.

Ahhh..I actually watched it after you all said it wasnt the same video. Poor Cat!! Thankfully, my cats enjoy baths and dont make a fuss.

[jennielynn1970]

I started watching it, and within a minute I had about 5 cats sitting around me on the sofa and floor looking very distressed with all the howling this poor thing was making. Eyes were wide, ears were to the sides and back, and they were not happy with it at all!! Poor kitty, I just wanted to take him out and dry him off!

[CultureJunky]

That is horrid and I hate it. Poor cat, why are they doing this. Cat's do not like baths or water silly woman!
I don't bath mine and would only bath them if they needed it for a medical reason or if they had something on their fur that needed to come off.
If a cat is dirty it will clean itself, cats are clean animals, they don't need baths or perfume or anything stupid like that.

[Pam]

I actually smiled through the video. Call me a meanie but I didn't see where the cat was being hurt at all. Having a bath is not something most cats enjoy but I realize there are a lot of people who, because of allergies, etc., must bathe their cats fairly often. My daughter occasionally bathes her white kitty and she is quite good in the bath. This woman was speaking reassuringly throughout to her kitty and I was grateful to see that she was rinsing thoroughly. That is very important both with cats and dogs. My cats make more noise on the way to the vet's. Thanks for the smiles this morning Richard.

[catnapper]

I watched the video and didn't see anything wrong with it. I also smiled thinking of Allen sounding the same exact way when I bathe him. It is the same exact scene when I bathe allen, only we go to the bath tub because he's so "fluffy" Cats sometimes need baths. I used to bathe Pouncer fairly reguarly because he had a habit of rolling in dirty cat litter. Allen gets butt baths from time to time. Harry's gotten a few dunks because of his pretty white fur looking very dingy -- in fact I've been thinking lately that its time for a bath again. I have never needed to bathe Abby or Flutter.... God grant me the serenity to bathe Abby if the time should ever come! She would think I was a murder and refuse to let me ever touch her ever again! She refused to let me pet her for 3 months after I brushed her last winter

I also had a few kitties crowded around me looking for the screaming kitty, with Flutter walking across the keyboards looking for it.

[RICHARD]

When I first got the Edster I took him for grooming.

He looked wonderful.

The second time I took him in I was greeted by the same groomer.,

Being the 'parent' I am, I was crushed when the kid took the carrier, looked inside and said....

I remember this cat, he freaked out when I clipped him!

This was months later and at a chain pet store, so for this kid to remember MY cat after grooming how many in between?.

When I picked him up he was half way peeled. THe kid told me that Ed 'refused' to have his belly shaved, but, the kid was nice and told me to bring him back later and he'd finish!

Ever since then I have bathed the Edster myself.

While it's a little work, I'd rather do it myself than let someone with no patience or taking the chance that someone would hurt or be hurt by giving my cat a bath.

[sasvermont]

I didn't find it horrible. I suspect the cat didn't enjoy the event, but I didn't notice blood dripping from the washers' arms, like you might see when I try to clip my cat, JuniRose's, nails. Can you imagine a bath?

Lots of folks have pets that howl when they are not in control. Juni acts as though I am trying to kill her when I do anything to her, when she doesn't wish it to happen. It is her personality. Although, I am happy to say that she is good at the Vet's (knock on wood).......

I thought the folks were very gentle with the cat. The woman's voice was very relaxed and reassuring.

The photo of the baby didn't need a bath.....but I bet they figured that out after this event.

Oh well. Different strokes for different folks.

[Fuzzybuns]

Oh good grief, "horrid"??
I will agree that it goes against feline nature to need a bath but sometimes it just has to be done but to call something like this "horrid" doesn't make any sense!

There are so many reasons why somebody might bath their cat...the cat getting something dangerous on itself, a child dumping flour on it, to remove the vet smell which might have been causing kitty to be hassled by others, the people having allergies...who knows why it needed one but I doubt it was to make it smell prettier or maybe it was...have you ever lived with a cat that smells like 3 year old cheese and made your eyelashes curl??

They were very supportive of kitty and I saw no cruelty whatsoever...

[CultureJunky]

Well I'm sticking to my opinion, I don't believe you should bath cats unless they need something to do with flea-ing, or have something on thier coats that needs to come off, such as tar, oil etc.
If you really want your cat to be clean you can buy pet wipes that are easy to use and give them a wipe over.
And to me the video is horrid, to put a cat through such stress just to give it a bath is not right, it could have a heart attack. Such stressful situations is certainly not going to make your cat trust people and will make it timid.
Perhaps it's a US thing, as I have never come across anybody in the UK bathing their cats, I think it's not something we do here or believe in.
I've read a lot on the internet about you should'nt bathe your cat unless it's completely neccessary, as they are clean by nature and have a coating along the fur which is a defence (like the natural oils human hair has to protect it).
I know there are a lot of people on PT that bathe their cats and I know the cats on this site are extremely well looked after, so I'm not saying anything against those people, just that I do not like it personally and would never put Jack or Sunny through any undue stress for the sake of thinking you're pet should look good. They look gorgeous to me and I'm happy with them the way they are, small stains and all.

P.S
Jack does go through smelly periods actually but it soon goes when he goes out in the garden and has fresh air. He's an animal and has a natural animal smell, I'd prefer that, I don't want him to smell like Calvin Klein.

[Freedom]

That is a fairly accurate depiction of bath time. I give my cats a bath every other month. Sometimes Sparkle will howl like that; sometimes Chestnut will.
Sometimes no one howls like that, they jsut grit their teeth and wait for me to finish.

There ARE a few things I do differently than the woman in the video:
1. NEVER get the head wet.
2. NEVER have the cat down in the sink (she does this in the rinse.) I always keep the front paws up on the sink divider or on the counter.
3. SIX MINUTES??? No, mine are in and out in less than 2.5 minutes.
4. Always clear off the ENTIRE area so there is nothing which can come crashing down on the kitty.
5. Don't laugh at the kitty. They know what we mean when we laugh, and they are NOT finding this funny.

I didn't see anything terrible going on, though.