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[happylabs]

When I decide to take on the responsibility of another cat, it will have to be a kitten so I can train him on a leash and get him use to taking a bath so I could restrict him to the house.

My experience has been that you generally do not need to bathe cats. They keep themselves pretty clean on their own. Except for my RB kitty Kit-Kat. She got a little heavy and had trouble cleaning her rear area so I had to wash that for her on occasion.

[king2005]

My experience has been that you generally do not need to bathe cats. They keep themselves pretty clean on their own. Except for my RB kitty Kit-Kat. She got a little heavy and had trouble cleaning her rear area so I had to wash that for her on occasion.

It is a good idea to get them use to a bath. Cam doesn't mind it at all. She'll hop onto my chest, then I'll sit up & plop her into the water & will just rinse her off.. I don't use soap on her, as she is usually clean. She only smells if she as in the litter box & got excited by me being there & started to roll onto her side... ewww... Even then I only use water to get the bulk & smell off her.. she'll do the cleaning part

[Jgill450]

Thanks for the advise, all of my cats have been rescue kitty's in some way.
The thing I like about cats in the first place is that they retain a small bit of their wild heritage. We've managed to domesticate dogs for the most part, but cats are a different story.
I believe that a cats response the humans has a lot to do with how we raise them. Dusty was always laying on top of me, grooming me to show his affection and tried to join me for my dinner. It's funny how the things that bothered me the most about Dusty are the things I miss the most now that he's gone. Like him sticking his tong down my ear if I didn't get up and feed him breakfast. If I do get another kitty, he (sorry I've grown fond of male cats when neutered at a young age) will be a rescue cat of young age, short haired ( Dippy was the most beautiful cat to see and feel, but the shedding) kitten so that he will develop the same type of relationship I had with Dusty and Dippy.
As far as bathing the cats, we had to give Dippy a bath on a regular basis since he loved getting dirty; we bathed him one time and as soon as I opened the door he ran out leaped off the porch and landed upside down to roll in the dirt. If you have not done so I have pictures of the boy's posted, you'll see what I mean about Dippy, Dusty however was meticulously clean and we bathed he twice in his 12 years.

Thanks for all of your responses, they mean the world to me.