RE: Anyone have cats and give them baths?

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I surely would not have yelled at you, If you are not allergic to them than you are very lucky, It upset me to no end to place my cat in a friends home. That was MY CAT, she laid on my feet every night and kept me warm

Terry I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish that He didn't trust me so much. ~Mother Teddy Bear's Early Learning ProgramEstablished August of 1992

From: asthma [mailto:asthma ] On Behalf Of Cheryl BurtonSent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 3:54 PMTo: asthma Subject: Re: Anyone have cats and give them baths?

Thank God I can stop keeping my secret. We have 3 cats, oopppsss, Furkids, and if I had to get rid of them I would rather die. They are family. I am glad to see others here have cats as I was afraid I would be yelled at by everyone for having them.

Cheryl Burton ncicheryl@...

To: asthma Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 12:36:18 PMSubject: Re: Anyone have cats and give them baths?

We love them horribly too. They are human too. Who knows, maybe they are allergic to us.

Char

Re: Anyone have cats and give them baths?

I am not allergic to my two inside cats, but when I brought the second one in from the outside to be an inside cat I gave her a bath because she rolled around outside in grass and weeds, and that was what I was the most allergic to. I love my cats...could never get rid of them.Cindiadanaturkey8385@ webband.com wrote:

I once knew a man that had cats and asthma and he always gave his cats baths, always! I don't remember how often he did it but it helped.

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I have a cat who became an outdoor cat last year. Even though I test

negative the docs don't want me breathing the dander. We bathe him

regularly with a no rinse herbal shampoo. Does wonders. Got it at

walmart. It has chamomile in it. You put some in your hand and rub

it on the cat then dry the cat with a towel and use a comb to pull

out loose hair. Leaves him soft and odor free.

Madeline

>

> You all will think I am absolutely insane here, but I wear an old

pair of

> shorts and a t-shirt when I bathe my girls. I get right in the tub

with

> them...in warm to slightly hot water about neck deep. I was told

once that they are

> calmest in water that comes up to their neck. I rinse them with a

large cup

> that I use to pour the water over them. I do get some scratches,

but what I

> get when Im IN the tub with them, holding them in my lap while I

bathe them

> is much less than what Ive gotten when Im NOT in the tub with

them.

> Definitely have your towel ready for drying and have a couple in

place on the floor

> for when they jump out. Oh...MOST importantly...CLOSE the door!!

>

> I dont bathe them weekly though b/c that will dry out their skin

and deplete

> the oils from their skin that they need. I give them a bath about

every 2-3

> months. You could do it more often than that but if you brush

them

> regularly and use baby wipes (with no aloe vera or other funky

stuff) regularly on

> them that is enough to keep their dander down. This information

came to me

> from an actual groomer. The baby wipes DO pick up a lot of lose

hair so Im sure

> its picking up the dander too. They make wipes that you can buy

at PetSmart

> or other pet stores but they sell them in packs of 50 or 100 for

like 8 or 9

> dollars. You can buy essentially the same exact thing in any baby

aisle in

> the grocery store or Wal Mart for half the price (and you get 2x

the amount

> of wipes too).

>

> I did purchase a waterless shampoo at PetSmart though. Its pretty

easy to

> use, you spray them down with it (which is pure torture if you use

a squirt

> bottle to deter them from doing what you dont want them to do) and

rub it into

> their skin, brush them and then towel dry them. This was

something like

> 13.00 but it works great. It also eliminates a lot of the stress

of a bonafide

> bath.

>

> I hope these suggestions help.

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