Professional Cat Bathing Tips: Groom Your Cat like a Professional at Home
Here are some secrets and tips to bathing your cat at home ad getting professional results:
Professional Cat Bathing Tips #1: Trim the Nails
The first step in bathing your cat like the professionals is to trim their claws. Trimming the claws does not hurt the cat if clipped properly. It is best to take a training course to learn how to trim your cat's claws before you jump in and do this yourself. You do not want to cut their skin and cause any infection to occur.
Once you have properly trimmed claws on your cat, then you can safely handle them without fear of being hurt yourself while trying to bath the cat.
Professional Cat Bathing Tips #2: Add the Leash
Now, the next step is to check out the local pet store for cat leashes. Generally these hook over the body and strap on around the should blades as well as around the neck. This helps the leash to stay in place while the cat may wiggle and try to free itself.
If you us the proper leash then no harm should be done to your cat. Using a typical collar style leash or dog style leash may harm the at because they can free themselves of the collar and become in tangled in it.
Be sure the cat leash fits properly and commutable on their body It should not be cutting into their flesh nor hanging off of them.
Once the leash is on the cat you may find they hover low to the ground, which is typical of them when they fear they are trapped. This is to your benefit and will keep the cat in a more sedentary position.
Professional Cat Bathing Tips #3: Give the Cat a Feeling of Security
Finally, giving your cat a sense of security means allowing them to position their feet up on the edge of the sink or tub you age bathing them in. When you cat feels they have some control over the situation, but having their feet up higher where they wish them to be, then they will feel safer and in control.
Allowing their feet to be raised an perched on the edge allows the cat to feel like they could quickly and nimbly pull themselves out of danger if needed.
Follow these 3 cat bathing tips to help make bathing your cat a more safe and enjoyable experience.
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7 Comments
Post a CommentI have bathed my cat twice already. I put her on the bathroom basin and got her all shampooed first. Then I took her to the bathtub and rinsed her well. She was uncomfortable, to say the least, and was shaking for about one hour after the ordeal. But once the fur dried, the feeling of cleanliness was priceless. I definitely recommend washing your beloved pet at least once every two weeks. It removes dirt, loose hair, oil, and insects. I cannot believe that there are people out there who are unwilling to clean their pets!. Yack!
My rule of thumb is to never bathe my cat unless absolutely necessary, which would be 99.99% of the time. But for that 1% I'm definitely going to remember the rule about trimming the nails first. ;-)
Try licking some tape now Phil.
I tried to bathe my cat, but the damn fur stuck to my tongue.
Bathing cats is not for the faint of heart, that's for sure. Great tips!
Thanks so much for these tips -- I am dreading giving my cat his first bath!
OMG! I could have used these tips last week. Tried to bathe my long haired cat and it turned into a disaster for both the cat and me. I didn't know they sold cat leashes. I think that would have helped alot. Great article.