Caring for cat hair is an essential part of your pet's hygiene procedures. This concept includes both regular combing with brushes (if you are the owner of a long-haired or half-long-haired animal), and bathing your pet. How often can cats be washed?
There are no restrictions on such a procedure in general. But for many animals, swimming often turns into stress - for the most part, cats do not like water, and the feeling of wet hair is unpleasant for them. But there are exceptions to the rules. Some of them, on the contrary, greatly respect water procedures and love to play with water. And such a breed as Maine Coon, and does require periodic swims. These cats are considered waterfowl in nature.
How to wash a cat who does not want to bathe? First you need to choose the temperature of the water.
The body temperature of cats is higher than human and is normal from 39 to 40 degrees, depending on the breed. In sphinxes, rex and other pets with very short hair, it is higher than in long-haired. Therefore, you need to adjust the water in the bathroom so that the pet does not freeze. Before washing a cat, you need to choose the right cosmetic product. A wide range of cat hair shampoos is provided at any pet store. Also among them there are special tools designed to combat parasites living in cat's fur: fleas, ticks. Before you decide on a particular bottle, you need to decide what your pet needs: take out fleas, just wash the coat to shine, or at the same time achieve its softness and obedience. Persians and
Angora cats, for example, often encounter piled tongues in the absence of proper care and malnutrition. And having made a choice, the indicated shampoo will need to process the animal.
Before washing the cat, you should also prepare a dry towel that absorbs moisture well, so that immediately after taking a bath to wipe the pet dry. If this is not done, especially in the cool season, there is a risk of catching an animal. For the same reason, it is better to postpone bath procedures if the house is quite cool at the time of their holding.
But everything is prepared, and it remains to understand from which side to approach the pet and how to properly wash the cat. It is necessary to put it in a bathtub or in a container where bathing will be carried out, gently holding by the front paws. Some cats tend to break free to avoid executions. To reduce the likelihood of suffering from the claws of your pet, you need to firmly, but carefully hold his front paws with one hand, and the second is already to be manipulated. Pour the animal with warm water, shampoo all parts of the body. You should be careful with your head - you can’t let the water flow into the ears, the cats are very delicate and can get inflamed from moisture. After this, the shampoo must be thoroughly washed off so that it does not remain on the wool and the pet subsequently could not lick it. For light-colored animals, the procedure can be repeated if the coat was very dirty.
Then the cat needs to be well rubbed with a towel to remove excess moisture. After that, long-haired breeds should be combed out using special brushes. Well, then it's better to leave the animal alone. It will immediately begin to put its own toilet in order - to lick. It is better not to tear the cat away from this process. So she, firstly, will relieve stress after an unpleasant procedure for her, and secondly, she will remove the smell of shampoo from her hair and restore her own, and this is very important for her self-identification.
As you can see, the method of how to wash a cat is not so complicated. If you are not afraid and behave firmly and confidently, there should be no problems with bathing your pet.