If you don’t know what you’re doing, giving a cat a bath can be a painful experience (trust me, I’ve learned from my mistakes). Generally, cats do not enjoy water or being bathed. They usually take care of that themselves, so I avoid doing it. However, if you need to wash them with flea shampoo, clean off skunk spray, or another special case, sometimes cats do need actual baths. Check out this post by the Step By Step Guide To Everything for tips on bathing a cat without getting scratched:
-Soothe your cat by petting her and getting her relaxed
-Trim your cat’s nails with cat nail clippers
-Fill bathtub with lukewarm water just high enough to cover your cat’s paws, and keep the door closed.
-Hold them steady and let them get used to the feeling, but don’t let them go
-Gently wet the cat and shampoo them, being extra careful around the eyes. Rinse them off and dry them with a fluffy towel