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[Aubade]

He's so cute =]

[Arnock]

I've never had to bathe my cat, she keeps herself clean quite nicely.

[Fivelives]

I hope you haven't had your cat for long! If you don't bathe them every couple of months (at least) they get disgusting. They LOOK clean, but you'll occasionally smell something and not know what it is.

At least until you get used to it, then it's only company that smells it.

[Nikachelle]

I hope you haven't had your cat for long! If you don't bathe them every couple of months (at least) they get disgusting. They LOOK clean, but you'll occasionally smell something and not know what it is.

At least until you get used to it, then it's only company that smells it.

The hell? Cats don't smell and you certainly don't have to give them baths unless they're outside rolling around in the mud.

[Invisusira]

I hope you haven't had your cat for long! If you don't bathe them every couple of months (at least) they get disgusting. They LOOK clean, but you'll occasionally smell something and not know what it is.

At least until you get used to it, then it's only company that smells it.

gonna have to call your bullshit on this one as well.

There are some dissenting views on this issue, but in general there is usually no reason to bathe your cat, especially a shorthaired indoor cat. Cats spend a large percentage of their days grooming themselves and they are experts at it. Using their barbed tongues, they lick dirt and debris off their fur in order to keep it clean and odor free. Cats with long hair may require the occasional bath if their fur gets too oily. Their fur can get too oily based on climate conditions and the individual skin of the cat. There are also occasional times when your cat’s fur may get excessively dirty due to some mishap that the cat has gotten itself into. In some of these cases it may be necessary to give your cat a bath.

[Levantine]

What they said.

[Kelaan]

Maybe he's mistaking Cats for Dogs? Short of flea baths, cats are self-cleaning. They even clean their own butts! (Beware of kisses.)

[bldavis]

Maybe he's mistaking Cats for Dogs? Short of flea baths, cats are self-cleaning. They even clean their own butts! (Beware of kisses.)

this is what i love about dogs,
watching them finish cleaning them selves right before thier "mommy" gets home, going up to them and mommy asking for kisses...

its like omg i wouldnt want that tongue NEAR my face, much less on my lips

i am perfectly fine just getting cuddles and rubs as affection from the dog, i dont need to be licked
*note* our dog shows affection by climbing in our laps and rubbing his head against our shoulders and such, or he will just lay down next to us on the couch and put his head on our leg
he is a cocker spaniel

[Fivelives]

Cats with long hair may require the occasional bath if their fur gets too oily.

Your quote agrees with my statement. I see no bullshit to be called, here.

[Melathys]

I remember having to fight over seating rights with my brothers...now I have to do it with the cat...



but as for bathing, he's got ear mites. So we need to clean them out, and his ear medicine tends to spread around, as it were.

[fuzzygeek]

One of my cats is either too stupid or too fat to reach her own back, so she sometimes gets these really disgusting knots in her fur. About once a year I have to cut them out and bathe her.

Stupid cat.

[katraya]

I hope you haven't had your cat for long! If you don't bathe them every couple of months (at least) they get disgusting. They LOOK clean, but you'll occasionally smell something and not know what it is.

At least until you get used to it, then it's only company that smells it.

Cats with long hair may require the occasional bath if their fur gets too oily.

Your quote agrees with my statement. I see no bullshit to be called, here.

I disagree. His quote deals with a specific subset of cats while your comment generalized to all cats.



Also, Charlie Sheen's madness has finally been put to good use:

[Fivelives]

The only difference is in how frequently cats need to be bathed. Their tongues work perfectly fine for dirt and debris, but not for the oily feel.

All animals produce oil from glands in their skin. For cats, it gives a nice healthy sheen to the coat and produces that "cat" smell. It does build up over time. For a long-haired cat, bathe them 4-6 times a year, unless their coat is filthy and/or matted to the point where you can't brush it out without giving the cat a bald spot. For a short-haired cat, 1-2 baths (or even something simple like wiping them down with a wet rag, more frequently - around monthly/bi-monthly) per year should suffice, with "as needed" baths coming in situations like a skunk encounter or something. Indoor/outdoor cats also generally need to be bathed more often than cats who stay indoors 100% of the time.

Unless, that is, you don't mind the musky scent of a cat's skin and coat. Personally, I don't care much for it, and it DOES get rather rank. Ever walked into a person's house that has multiple cats? That's the smell that I'm talking about - and it's not the litter box. It's the cats themselves that produce that odor.

[Nikachelle]

I don't know. I tend to think you're confusing litter box smell with cat smell. I have definitely been in some people's places where they don't disinfect the litter box and/or rarely clean it out, and it is DEFINITELY rank. It's a horrible putrid smell that's near impossible to get out of your nostrils. But I've never smelled someone else's cat when I've walked into their home unless I stuff my own nose in the cat's fur. And for reference, I never had cats growing up so it's not like I became accustomed to the smell at an early age.

[Invisusira]

The only difference is in how frequently cats need to be bathed. Their tongues work perfectly fine for dirt and debris, but not for the oily feel.

All animals produce oil from glands in their skin. For cats, it gives a nice healthy sheen to the coat and produces that "cat" smell. It does build up over time. For a long-haired cat, bathe them 4-6 times a year, unless their coat is filthy and/or matted to the point where you can't brush it out without giving the cat a bald spot. For a short-haired cat, 1-2 baths (or even something simple like wiping them down with a wet rag, more frequently - around monthly/bi-monthly) per year should suffice, with "as needed" baths coming in situations like a skunk encounter or something. Indoor/outdoor cats also generally need to be bathed more often than cats who stay indoors 100% of the time.

Source.

Unless, that is, you don't mind the musky scent of a cat's skin and coat. Personally, I don't care much for it, and it DOES get rather rank. Ever walked into a person's house that has multiple cats? That's the smell that I'm talking about - and it's not the litter box. It's the cats themselves that produce that odor.

Have you ever walked into a clean person's house that has multiple cats? What you're smelling is the person's general lack of hygiene - be it personal or living space - and not "multiple cats." While I will absolutely agree that a person becomes accustomed to the scent of their own home in time, I have been to many, many places where multiple cats reside and not noticed "cat smell." I have also been to a few where said "cat smell" was noticeable; but said places were also generally less well-kept. So you get things like cat hair and dander piling up in the dust. It's the by-products of the cat that produce the odor, not the cats themselves.