I've been debating about giving Snickers a bath for days. I've been tired of looking at all the grime all over his feet from being a stray. I've also been mortified of the thought of a cat gone psycho in the bathtub!
I don't know what got into me this afternoon, but I had a moment of Super Nerve and just decided to see what happened. I got a nice warm tub full of water ready, a jug full of soapy water, and a bucket of clean water. (He really needs to be scrubbed, but I didn't want to make it last too long the first time.) I bribed him into the bathroom with a bag of treats, picked him up, and deposited him in the tub. At first he froze. I thought he was going to freak out. But I just held him by the scruff real lightly and kept talking to him as I washed him off, telling him what a good boy he was. He eventually just stood there and let me. By the time I was rinsing him off, he was like a wet noodle and I didn't have to scruff him anymore, just hold him. He didn't like the towel-drying part at all, but as long as he let me wash him, I figured that was the big hurdle.
I am now a mix of proud of myself for doing it and guilty I made him so soggy.
He did purr a few minutes ago when I went to rub the sides of his face, so I'm guessing he isn't too mad at me.
I don't know what got into me this afternoon, but I had a moment of Super Nerve and just decided to see what happened. I got a nice warm tub full of water ready, a jug full of soapy water, and a bucket of clean water. (He really needs to be scrubbed, but I didn't want to make it last too long the first time.) I bribed him into the bathroom with a bag of treats, picked him up, and deposited him in the tub. At first he froze. I thought he was going to freak out. But I just held him by the scruff real lightly and kept talking to him as I washed him off, telling him what a good boy he was. He eventually just stood there and let me. By the time I was rinsing him off, he was like a wet noodle and I didn't have to scruff him anymore, just hold him. He didn't like the towel-drying part at all, but as long as he let me wash him, I figured that was the big hurdle.
I am now a mix of proud of myself for doing it and guilty I made him so soggy.