July 20, 2005
Giving a Cat Bath
I gave Finn a bath last weekend for the first time (she had taken baths before, but never done by me). It wasn’t as bad as I was expecting. Surprisingly, she was pretty well behaved. She didn’t go running around the bathroom while I was shampooing her or washing her. She did try to hide every now and then, but at least she wasn’t going wild.
The trickier part was drying her. She would escape from my grasp and go hiding behind the toilet or wherever she could squeeze herself into. Especially when I brought out a hair dryer. She would run in circles around the bathroom and I’d follow her around with it. She was already half dry when I gave up, but that was enough.
An hour later, she was thoroughly dry and considerably more fluffy (which I credit to the shampoo). It was so hard to resist cuddling her (but I had to, for my sake!).
The trickier part was drying her. She would escape from my grasp and go hiding behind the toilet or wherever she could squeeze herself into. Especially when I brought out a hair dryer. She would run in circles around the bathroom and I’d follow her around with it. She was already half dry when I gave up, but that was enough.
An hour later, she was thoroughly dry and considerably more fluffy (which I credit to the shampoo). It was so hard to resist cuddling her (but I had to, for my sake!).
