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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 10:10 AM Original message |
How Do You Give A Cat A Bath? |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
1. Carefully. Cover your arms and wear gloves. Have a big towel ready |
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dgibby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
2. How old is the cat? How big? How high is your pain threshold? |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
3. dishwasher??????????? |
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MrMickeysMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
4. I used to do this when I lived in Florida... |
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gbate (900 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
5. Sink works better than the tub. My cat actually doesn't mind it too much. |
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hippywife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 02:54 PM Response to Reply #5 |
16. Sink is definitely |
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cleveramerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
6. very very quickly |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
7. ...and the lowest ER co-pay your provider can negotiate, n/t |
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Brigid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 04:49 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. But insurers will not cover risky behaviors. |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 05:16 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. You're probably right. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
8. Spray bottle, washing machine, depriving him of drinking water so he'll have to go in the tub... |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
9. You asked |
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bookworm65t (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
10. get a professional |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
11. Throw it in the washing machine and close the lid. |
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meow2u3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
12. Here's how to give a cat a bath |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 07:21 PM Response to Reply #12 |
26. I've seen it before, but thanks for reposting it |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 10:52 PM Response to Reply #12 |
36. That is very funny. |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
13. Clip the cat's claws FIRST. nt |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
14. How to wash a cat |
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Brigid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 04:32 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. I'm weak . . . |
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onestepforward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
15. I don't.. |
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muffin1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
19. Unless there are extraordinary circumstances, |
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theNotoriousP.I.G. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
21. Once and then you've learned your lesson |
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BreweryYardRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
22. Wear lots of protective gear. |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
23. I let a professional do it. |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
24. You don't. |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
25. I worked in a pet shop in high school |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
27. I can't tell you how to do it, but I can show you what it looks like... |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 10:34 PM Response to Reply #27 |
34. Where Was That Done? Gitmo? |
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chknltl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
28. Take the lid off of the aquarium??? |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
29. I do it in the kitchen sink, only once a year or so. He doesn't love it but he's fine. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
30. Overturn a laundry basket on him and blast him with the hose |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
31. . |
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gmoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
32. I tried once... |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 10:57 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. You have Steve Martin's fur on your tongue?!? |
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Robeson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
33. You don't have to. Good combing every once in awhile works fine. |
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Phoonzang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
35. I just put mine in the bathtub wet her down, shampoo her, then rinse her off |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 06:06 AM Response to Original message |
38. Cat spit usually does the trick |
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av8rdave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
39. Garden hose? |
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haf216 (911 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
40. Pay the vet tech $5. |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
41. Fleabath special |
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astral (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 12:12 AM Response to Original message |
42. Cats may hate baths more than they do hand-held showers |
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