The Washing Of Cats

[deird_lj]

I just gave my cat a bath.

He's been coming in with grey fur recently, so I thought it was about time to return the white bits to their normal shade...

He looked so funny!
He was standing in the bath, covered in soap, stiff as a rod, mewling piteously - and I know I'm not supposed to take pleasure in the suffering of others, especially when those others happen to be my pets, but I couldn't stop laughing at how very silly he looked.

He has now spent a couple of hours licking himself back to his normal fluffiness - except he kind of went overboard into INSANE FLUFFINESS OF DOOM, and looks sort of like he's been electrocuted...

Comments

[immer-am-lesen.livejournal.com]

ooh, ooh- photo, photo! :-)

The one time we washed Hamish, he was petrified. Especially of the hairdryer.
Looked so cute with spiky fur though, hee. :-D

[feralxheart.livejournal.com]

I agree with the above - photo! Photo!

[taiba.livejournal.com]

Washing cats is a 2-person job.

One to wash the cat, one to take photos/video :-p

[shapinglight]

Is he still speaking to you?

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Been there, done that...!

I love it when they go madly fluffy, but ours has too much Siamese to do that!

[snowpuppies]

Aren't they pitiful? All soapy and soaked and...kinda wet-rat looking? :P

I've never had the balls to wash a full-grown cat, because I've washed plenty of kittens that tried to skin me alive! Still, between afixing band-aids, it was hilarious. :P

[klme.livejournal.com]

I'm told that a clever way to wash a cat is by sticking them into a pillowcase with a bar of soap, tying the pillowcase up around their neck and then sticking them into a bath of water in it...
The logic being that they would thrash around and lather themself up, and they can't scratch you through the pillowcase.
I have never been game enough to do this...