http://www.floppycats.com/how-to-bathe-a-cat.html An Informational Website Dedicated To Ragdoll Cats Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:27:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.floppycats.com/how-to-bathe-a-cat.html#comment-489 Jenny Thu, 01 Apr 2010 18:02:15 +0000 http://www.floppycats.com/?p=785#comment-489 Melody, it's a lot like raising a child. If you have mothering instincts, then you will figure it out. You will know your kitty and he or she will know you. If you work with them from day one, they will let you do anything. If the mini-heater thing makes them comfortable - then go with it! I had Rags professionally groomed a few times after his chemo, and the lady said she didn't want to blow dry him because he was so old and she didn't want to stress him out...so she put him on towels, in a cage and let a fan blow on him. You could do something like that. Also, you really don't need to give your kitties a bath, so this isn't something to really worry about. Charlie has crap on his back fur sometimes - and I put him under the water to rinse it off, use a few towels to dry it up as best I can and then let him take care of the rest. The blow drying really is more for show cats or when it's freezing out and they need to be warmer quicker. Melody, it’s a lot like raising a child. If you have mothering instincts, then you will figure it out. You will know your kitty and he or she will know you. If you work with them from day one, they will let you do anything. If the mini-heater thing makes them comfortable – then go with it! I had Rags professionally groomed a few times after his chemo, and the lady said she didn’t want to blow dry him because he was so old and she didn’t want to stress him out…so she put him on towels, in a cage and let a fan blow on him. You could do something like that. Also, you really don’t need to give your kitties a bath, so this isn’t something to really worry about. Charlie has crap on his back fur sometimes – and I put him under the water to rinse it off, use a few towels to dry it up as best I can and then let him take care of the rest. The blow drying really is more for show cats or when it’s freezing out and they need to be warmer quicker.

]]> http://www.floppycats.com/how-to-bathe-a-cat.html#comment-481 Melody Thu, 01 Apr 2010 05:33:48 +0000 http://www.floppycats.com/?p=785#comment-481 If your Ragdoll kitten is too scared of the blow-dryer and never gets used to one, do you think it would be safe to bundle them up in a towel and sit with them in front of a mini-heater? I have been pondering this thought for a while because I never even use blow-dryers for my own hair so I probably will not own one in the future, plus I feel bad using one on a kitty.. If your Ragdoll kitten is too scared of the blow-dryer and never gets used to one, do you think it would be safe to bundle them up in a towel and sit with them in front of a mini-heater? I have been pondering this thought for a while because I never even use blow-dryers for my own hair so I probably will not own one in the future, plus I feel bad using one on a kitty..

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