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

[deird1]

Yeah, I still have a scar in my arm from the first time I washed my cat (four and a half years ago), when he tried to escape by climbing up my bare arm.

These days, I use a cat harness to hold him, and have a towel ready to drop over his head if he tries anything...

From Laney

[(Anonymous)]

So... did you have to employ the Towel of Doom?
And does the harness work?

[deird1]

No, and yes.

Cat harnesses are a brilliant invention.