Hi Aklor (welcome to Cat Chat) and Adorable Ananda (Congratulations)!!! I live in Arizona too, in Scottsdale!!! Ananda's is a beautiful little baby, with a coat that's shiney and silky, I'm sure from all her washing! You are a very patient Purr-ent, and it's wonderful how you rescued your baby!!!

My husband has asthma, and when our kitties were little, maybe for the first 4 weeks or so, we bathed them too. They didn't mind too much, and when they got all dried off they seemed to literally prance around, displaying their new silky coat! Now that they're older and clean themselves, we've stopped bathing them, but we read somewhere that the kitten dander is the worst for allergies. As long as you make sure all the soap is rinsed out and Ananda doesn't seem to mind. I think they get used to the routine really. Sometimes it seemed like just a simple water bath, with NO soap, even helped clean them gently, and they loved it in our HOT Arizona summers!!!!

Have a great COTD Day, Ananda, and a GREAT weekend to you both!!!!