Some related matters on how to bathe cats:
1. Hair grooming and inspection.
Usually before the cat takes a bath, I will use a needle comb to comb all the cat’s hair several times, especially long-haired cats. In fact, except for hairless cats, even short-haired cats are indispensable for this step. Knotted hair can be combed with an open-knot comb, or cut with scissors to remove hard knots, and then check the cat’s hair for dryness, ringworm, and other infections or trauma. Depending on the cat’s living environment, you may also need to check for fleas and ticks.
2. Clean up the cat before bathing.
The cleaning before bathing generally includes the inspection and cleaning of the ear canal, the examination and cleaning of the nails, the examination and cleaning of the facial secretions, the examination of the anus, and the cat’s nails are usually cut off before the bath, and the soles of the feet are It can also be pushed off with a fader, and the ears are cleaned with Erkang or boric acid cleaning solution and then stuffed with cotton to prevent water from entering the ears in the bath, and can also reduce the impact of water flow and blowing on cats.
Check whether the secretions are normal in the eyes, and help the cat to drop protective eye drops
to prevent the body lotion from entering the eyes when bathing. I usually choose eye protectors for human use. Use scissors to cut off the miscellaneous hair in the cat’s anus, and clean the anal glands after entering the water.
3. Preparations before the cat goes into the water.
The preparation work is mainly to put two pots of hot water for the cat first, one with a temperature of about 40°, and the other with a temperature of about 50-60 degrees, and prepare the cat bathing liquid.
It is best to prepare two wrapping towels, absorbent towels and large towels for cats. If your cat is not taking a bath for the first time and has adapted to the sound of running water, you can directly open the flower without preparing two pots of hot water. Just sprinkle it. For cats who don’t bathe often, it’s better not to use a shower for the first time.
4. The cat bathes in water.
The preparations are done, the cat can go into the water, the owner should wear gloves, grab the cat’s back neck with one hand, and sprinkle water on the cat with the other hand, pay attention to start the watering from the cat , according to the first body, then the abdomen, the back, and finally the neck and the head, wipe the face with a wet towel, do not spray water directly, otherwise your hands will be unlucky. For cats with fleas, you can wet the neck first, Then on the body, abdomen, back, mainly to block the transfer of fleas to the head.
After the whole body hair is soaked, you can use the cat bath liquid, apply it all over the body, help the cat to massage the whole body, so that the bath liquid fully soaks the hair, and wash it with the first basin of hot water after 3-5 minutes Clean, apply the product such as bath lotion or conditioner again, the same method, wash it again, and then rinse it again with the hot water of the second basin, pay attention to the flushing of the anus, and squeeze the anal glands to take the bath liquid before operation.
5. Dewater and dry the cat hair.
The cleaning of the cat has been completed. When it comes to the most difficult job of drying the hair, the cat is quite sensitive to the sound of the hair dryer. Of course, the cat that has been bathed since childhood is much better.
First wrap the cat with an absorbent towel and wipe the whole body. You can use the deerskin towel sold on Taobao. The water absorption efficiency is still very high. This action should be fast, because the absorbent towel becomes very wet after absorbing water. , very cold, it is easy to make the cat feel cold, after the absorbent towel, you can use a large towel to wrap the cat, the second time to absorb water, the towel is more comfortable than the deerskin towel, turn on the hair dryer, or water blower, dryer at the same time, Start preheating, and after the second time, change a large towel, wrap the cat, continue to rub and dry the hair, usually after two towels, the water scattered on the surface of the cat’s hair is gone.
A cat who is not afraid of hair dryers and water blowers can grab the back of the cat’s neck and follow the steps from the back to the abdomen, to the limbs, to the tail, to the Blow the buttocks, neck, and head in order. Note that the buttocks, head and face must be blown quickly, move your wrists, and blow quickly, otherwise the cat will be driven crazy by you.
What about cats who are afraid of hair dryers and water blowers? You can use the cat bath cage in the picture above to clamp the cat, or use The iron mesh trash can covers the cat. It can be used on the cat through the iron net, and it can also effectively dry the cat’s hair. The most convenient thing is to use the drying box. Dry your hair quickly. The temperature of the drying box can be set to 38°-40 degrees. It is best to buy the one with the bottom that can blow dry, so that it dries faster.
6. Ending work.
After the hair is dried, take out the cotton on the cat’s ears, and use a brush to help the cat to pull the hair. If there is a hair-spraying spray, you can spray a little, so that a fragrant cat that has just come out of the oven is finished, although it is a little tired. , But after all, cats take a lot less baths than puppies. This is a healthy way to cuddle cats.
