Cats love to be clean, but many kittens don't like to take a bath. If you want to make it easy for cats to bathe, you must train them from an early age and develop a good relationship with the pet owner. tacit understanding. However, different types of cats, especially cats with different hair, have different ways of bathing. How to bathe cats better?

1. Overcome the cat's natural dislike of bathing

Bathtub, bath towel, bath liquid (use non-irritating cat's skin), comb (metal, wood or plastic can be used, it is best to prepare dense teeth , each with thin teeth), brush, absorbent cotton swab, tweezers, eye ointment, hair dryer, etc.

2. The water depth and water temperature are moderate

If you develop a bathing habit from a young age, one person can do it, but a naughty cat or a cat who has not developed a bathing habit needs two cooperation . The depth of the water is suitable not to submerge the kitten. The best water temperature is between 30 and 35 degrees, as long as it feels mild.

3. Drop fragrance bath liquid in water

You can drop some bath liquid in water. After these preparations are made, put the kitten into the bathtub slowly, and scrub the head, back of the neck, back and tail, abdomen, and limbs in the order.

4. Take a bath quickly

The action should be quick and complete as soon as possible. Change the water. After washing, immediately blot the kitten's body with a dry towel. If it is a long-haired cat, it is not suitable to wipe it with a bath towel. It is best to comb it with a hair dryer and dry it at the same time.

2. PetsPay attention when bathing cats

1. It is not advisable to take frequent baths

Generally 2-3 times a month. Because the oil on the cat's skin has a certain protective effect on the skin and hair, if it is too frequent, the oil will be lost in large quantities, which will easily make the kitten's hair brittle and reduce the skin elasticity, which may become a trigger factor for skin inflammation.

2. Keep the room warm

When taking a bath, keep the room warm, especially in winter, to prevent the kitten from catching a cold and causing a cold. Before bathing, you should also allow the kitten to perform light activities to get the cat to pass the feces and urine.

3. Prevent water from entering the eyes and ears

You can squeeze a little eye ointment into the cat's eyelid before bathing to prevent and protect the eyes. When bathing, be careful not to let water get into your cat's ears. After washing, use a absorbent cotton swab to dry the water in the cat's external ear canal.

4. Carefully clean the cat's tail

The cat's tail is easy to get dirty, especially male cats, which excrete secretions from the base of the tail, and the tail is often stained with dirt. This kind of dirt cannot be washed off with water, you can brush it with a toothbrush dipped in the bath liquid, and then wash it off with warm water.

5. It is not suitable for weaning during pregnancy

It is not advisable for kittens that have just been weaned to take a bath. The kittens have just left the mother cat, and their body's resistance is relatively weak, so they are prone to illness. Cats should not be bathed in the later stages of pregnancy because bathing may cause miscarriage in cats.

6. Pay attention to bathing in winter and summer

After bathing in summer, do not let the cat go to the place where the sun is violent, it is very easy to cause heat stroke in the cat. After bathing in winter, to prevent the cat from catching a cold, it is necessary to keep the cat warm in time to prevent the occurrence of diseases.

7. It is not advisable to inject vaccines

The cat cannot take a bath within 2?L after the injection, because the cat may have a systemic or local reaction after the injection, so take a bath at this time Can cause other types of diseases in cats.

3. There are many steps for long-haired cats to take a bath

1. Water slowly seeps into the roots

Pour warm water into the bathtub, hold the cat into the basin, Let it stand, then shower it with a spray head, let the water slowly seep to the roots of the hair, never pour water on the head, use a gauze or towel dampened with water to wet it little by little.

2. There is a sequence from head to tail

Apply special shampoo on the head, neck, and chest in sequence, and then gently scrub it with fingertips like scratching it, etc. After the special shampoo lathers, wash cats's buttocks and paws, and the dirty areas should be washed carefully.

3. The foam should be clean.

After scrubbing, use the nozzle to wash the neck, chest, tail, and head in order. When washing, pay attention to the temperature of the water. Appropriate, taking special care not to let the shampoo lather into the eyes and ears. Dirty areas should be washed twice.

4. Blow fluffy and comb softly

Dry the hair with a hair dryer. When using a hair dryer, the order of blowing is to start from the buttocks and look towards the neck. This makes the hair fluffy. The temperature should not be too high when blowing, so as not to scorch the tip of the hair and burn the skin. After blow-drying it is ready for combing and grooming.

4. Short-haired breeds cats can be wiped

1. Gently wipe with short hair

Because the hair is short, it is usually not necessary forced to take a bath. Just soak the towel with warm water, dry it with lemon, then wrap the towel around the cat and wipe it gently, and then wipe it off with a dry towel to remove the dirt from the cat's coat.

2. Wipe down the hair two or three times.

Wet your hands in water, first rub the cat's buttocks to the head against the hair 2-3 times, and then wipe the cat's head down the hair. , back, two ribs, and abdomen, the dirt and shed coats attached to the coat can be removed. When finished, carefully wipe off the moisture on your body with a dry towel.

3. Comb carefully and carefully

After wiping, use a clean brush to gently comb the whole body. Careful combing is required for particularly dirty areas. Cats have a characteristic, they usually do not like people to touch its abdomen and heels, and these areas should also be carefully groomed.

In addition to the precautions mentioned above, it should be noted that when kittens are very small or sick, they are not suitable for bathing. At this time, their resistance is relatively weak and they are easy to get sick.