When Cats Need Baths: A Small Collection Of Ridiculous Stories

Cats hate water. That is a known fact. The number of funny videos there are online of cats accidentally falling into bathtubs and chaos ensuing is all the proof you'll ever need. Thank goodness they clean themselves, because if we had to give them baths on a regular basis, we would lose it. 

Sometimes though, your hooligan cat who is always finding new and incredible ways to get itself into trouble gets into something nasty. You may try to get it off with some wet wipes or something else, but sometimes, you cannot, and bath-time become imminent and necessary. Normally, it's pandemonium, and these stories from ICanHas users definitely show that. But, in some incredible cases, cats actually seem to like water and baths, and those are somehow the funniest stories of them all.

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    Font - Debra Fisher I had a cat that had a thing for warm baths. We couldn't keep her out of them. The kids would start to fill the tub up, walk away, and return to find Scarlet O'Hairy standing in the bathwater with a blissful look on her face. "MOM! SCARLET'S IN MY BATH AGAIN!" I can't tell you how many times I heard that before I convinced the kids to shut the bathroom door so she couldn't get in. Then she took up standing in our misting sprinklers in the side yard. She must have been part Tu
    via Debra Fisher

    Honestly, after seeing the way that our basic run-of-the-mill cats react to water, reading stories like this is all the more incredible to us. It's like our brains refuse to accept it. No way in heck do cats actually react like this. And yet, they do, and we have to live the dream vicariously through you. 

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    Facial expression - Theodore Celen I only bathed my cat once. After we pulled her from a sewer at 2 weeks of age so we could pick the fleas off one by one. After that she baths herself 33 Like · Reply Hide Message 3d
    via Theodore Celen

    One of the only acceptable reasons ever to give a cat a bath in our humble opinion. Some people try too hard, think that they need to treat cats like dogs and give them baths, when in reality, for the most part, it's unnecessary. Clearly, it was necessary here, and we thank you for helping this little furbaby. 

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    Font - Rachel Jacobs As a grooming assistance in my younger years you can bathe a cat my suggestion is quickly and you don't letg and only when you really need to I Can Only Name a few things skunks severe skin allergies fleas and the cat got into paint if your cat likes it but don't put anything in the water no bath salts and or bubble bath and only use cat safe shampoo when needed 3 Like · Reply · Hide Message · 2d
    via Rachel Jacobs
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    Mammal - Susan Foreman Hall I have only once in my life tried to bath a cat for fleas when I was a teenager. I grew much smarter after that. You should not bath a cat and I cannot imagine one ever sitting in a tub. 11 Like · Reply · Hide Message - 3d
    via Susan Foreman Hall
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    Facial expression - Patti Pannell I bathed my cats only when they were tiny bebes and didn't have a cat momma to do it for them. Once grown, they're on their own for grooming Like · Reply · Hide Message 3d
    via Patti Pannell
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    Facial expression - Marsha Smith My husband and I bathed our new kitty and both of us were soaked and the bathroom was flooded. s 1 Like Reply Hide Message 2d
    via Marsha Smith
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    Font - Jennifer Payton I had to bathe a cat once. He got into some motor oil and I didn't want him to clean it off of himself. First and last time I ever bathed a cat. My cat keeps herself very clean, so thankfully I do not have to bathe her. This cat is a cutie and a half. Like Reply Hide Message 3d Edited
    via Jennifer Payton
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    And now, to the real debate:

    Rectangle - Holly Olsen-Pierce Cats do not need baths. O 42 Like · Reply · Hide Message 3d
    via Holly Olsen-Pierce
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    Rectangle - Trinity Marshall Why would you bathe a cat? They are self cleaning and should only be bathed for showing or on vets advice. Traumatising cats by trying to bathe them can be fatal. 16 Like Reply Hide Message 2d
    via Trinity Marshall
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    Dress - Jan Davis-Burke Cats are not supposed to be bathed are they?? Like · Reply · Hide Message 3d
    via Jan Davis-Burke
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    Font - Victoria Persephone If the cats go outside they'll occasionally need baths, u never know what they'll encounter. I had a friend whose kitten was completely enamoured with playing in his litterbox so he needed frequent baths. He eventually grew out of it but it was a messy first year. Fortunately he was very cooperative. Like · Reply · Hide Message 2d
    via Victoria Persephone
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    Font - Martha Cuthill I've never bathed any of my cats. The were indoor/outdoor cats. Never had fleas. They rolled around in the garden and I brushed them regularly and wiped their wet feet if they were out in the rain or snow, but that's all I did. They did the rest. Bathing cats tends to dry their skin out, is what I heard. Like Reply Hide Message 3d
    via Martha Cuthill
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    Human body - Sandra Brown I've never bathed a cat in my entire life, l'm simply not that brave!! I have enough trouble bathing the spaniel!! 2 Like · Reply · Hide Message 3d
    via Sandra Brown

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