Man, it is hard to rinse cat's feet.
My cat will only drink water from a measuring jug in the middle of our bath. He'll make us follow him into the bathroom then wait for us to put him in. He's become very lazy. Usually there's just a tiny bit of water in the bath from someone's shower or bath but he just flicks his feet and carries on drinking the water. Today, there was a bit more than water...
I lifted Tiggs into the bath whilst eating some bread and watched as he found it hard to move, then started sliding around, slipping frantically and trying to jump out of the bath but slipping and smacking into the side of the bath instead. I have to admit, it was pretty funny to watch. I didn't know what the hell was going on, he's normally fine. Then I saw the bottle of shower gel in the bath with no lid on and saw the clear gel spilled the entire way down the bath. My poor cat's feet were covered in it!
He then got out the bath and slipped some more on the floor for a while whilst I tried to get him to drink out of the jug on the floor for once. He decided that yes, he was thirsty enough to break a habit of a lifetime but only for about 3 seconds. Tiggs then went to lick his paw and it clicked that having a cat licking off a ton of shower gel could not be healthy at all. Oh god.
We've had Tiggs for about 10 years I guess and in that time we've never given him any baths. He's a cat, it's not what is done. I knew this would be a challenge... Especially as I had to do it quietly as it was nearly 1am.
First of all I thought there would only be a tiny amount really, so I filled up the sink a bit, held him over it and dunked his feet in. He did actually let me do this for a bit. He's a lovely cat and never attacks you, luckily, but he does wriggle and meow. This only seemed to make things worse however as now he had soapy clogged paws and I noticed his whole backside was soapy too. Crap.
I realised bigger things were in order so I rinsed the bath of all the soap and filled almost the whole bottom of it with tepid water. He's new to his, I thought even paddling in it would be a problem. I was very right. I must have put my poor cat in the bath and watched him scream at least 7 times over. Every time I'd then calm him down, get him purring again, give him a cuddle then do it again. Such betrayal! A lot of dirt came off him... but he still looked majorly soapy.
In the end I opted for holding him and scrubbing him with a wet towel. It could have been fine, but I really didn't want to take the risk and let him lick off something that could harm him.
I'd now been in the bathroom a while, turning on and off taps, so my mum came and saw what was up. Tiggs then head-butted his way out of the bathroom once he remembered about the freedom from the water outside of it and my mum decided that hairdryering him a bit may help. I forget why we thought that would work. He hates things that make noise and he hates wind. My mum then sat with him on her lap and I aimed the hairdryer at the coolest and lowest setting possible at the worst areas, mainly to see if they'd dry or not or if they're stuck together. When we saw they were fine we let him be free and he's been cleaning himself obsessively since. He better be ok...
Poor thing, he was so happy when he first came in...
I lifted Tiggs into the bath whilst eating some bread and watched as he found it hard to move, then started sliding around, slipping frantically and trying to jump out of the bath but slipping and smacking into the side of the bath instead. I have to admit, it was pretty funny to watch. I didn't know what the hell was going on, he's normally fine. Then I saw the bottle of shower gel in the bath with no lid on and saw the clear gel spilled the entire way down the bath. My poor cat's feet were covered in it!
He then got out the bath and slipped some more on the floor for a while whilst I tried to get him to drink out of the jug on the floor for once. He decided that yes, he was thirsty enough to break a habit of a lifetime but only for about 3 seconds. Tiggs then went to lick his paw and it clicked that having a cat licking off a ton of shower gel could not be healthy at all. Oh god.
We've had Tiggs for about 10 years I guess and in that time we've never given him any baths. He's a cat, it's not what is done. I knew this would be a challenge... Especially as I had to do it quietly as it was nearly 1am.
First of all I thought there would only be a tiny amount really, so I filled up the sink a bit, held him over it and dunked his feet in. He did actually let me do this for a bit. He's a lovely cat and never attacks you, luckily, but he does wriggle and meow. This only seemed to make things worse however as now he had soapy clogged paws and I noticed his whole backside was soapy too. Crap.
I realised bigger things were in order so I rinsed the bath of all the soap and filled almost the whole bottom of it with tepid water. He's new to his, I thought even paddling in it would be a problem. I was very right. I must have put my poor cat in the bath and watched him scream at least 7 times over. Every time I'd then calm him down, get him purring again, give him a cuddle then do it again. Such betrayal! A lot of dirt came off him... but he still looked majorly soapy.
In the end I opted for holding him and scrubbing him with a wet towel. It could have been fine, but I really didn't want to take the risk and let him lick off something that could harm him.
I'd now been in the bathroom a while, turning on and off taps, so my mum came and saw what was up. Tiggs then head-butted his way out of the bathroom once he remembered about the freedom from the water outside of it and my mum decided that hairdryering him a bit may help. I forget why we thought that would work. He hates things that make noise and he hates wind. My mum then sat with him on her lap and I aimed the hairdryer at the coolest and lowest setting possible at the worst areas, mainly to see if they'd dry or not or if they're stuck together. When we saw they were fine we let him be free and he's been cleaning himself obsessively since. He better be ok...
Poor thing, he was so happy when he first came in...
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Why do cats have these weird drinking habits? One of our cats (long ago) used to turn open the tab and drink only running water, an other of our cats insisted to drink out of a coffeecup (water or coffee, he drank it all!), and another one just loved to jump in the bath with you if he saw a chance (We had to lock the bathroom door when we took a bath to prevent that! Ok, not to drink but it's water/bath related... ) Cats!!! ^__^
Give him a big cuddle from me!