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

[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.

[CultureJunky]

Sandra, I know you bathe your cats, and I know that you would never make them stressed like that poor cat is in the video. The way you do it is good, in that you put the importance of your cats experience first and do not do anything to cause it undue stress. That's a good cat owner, and I know you are a very good owner.

[Catty1]

I thought it was the automatic cat bath video. My bad.

Would hate if I had to bathe mine...though they are pretty much mama's boys, it might be ok.

[Fuzzybuns]

Well, I tend to think the best in everybody until proven different. I won't judge them for giving their cat a bath because it could've been any situation that called for it. I don't know why they felt it needed it, maybe it rolled in rat poison??
That video does not show why the cat needed a bath and maybe it was her first time doing it...I didn't think bathing a cat required a permit and resume.

[jennielynn1970]

Ok, when people start to question why she's giving the cat a bath, this is getting out of hand. Maybe it had fleas. Maybe they just adopted the cat. Who knows.

She wasn't abusing the cat. She's washing it. Cats don't like water. That is known by most people. The cat is letting everyone know it doesn't like water or appreciate the bath.

There's no reason to condemn her for doing something that many people do all the time to their pets. Geez! Do we not all have better things to do?!

[lvpets2002]

Thank you Freedom.. You have stated the proper way to bath a kitty baby.. I found the video very disturbing & could not watch the whole thing.. If you dont know how to bath a cat then take the baby to a Vet for proffesional help.. Poor poor wittle baby had to go thru such stress due to Morons trying to get a laugh!!!!

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 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.