Water procedures for cat's and their owners — the real nightmare. But it is possible to wash a cat and without traumatism if to use simple life hack.
The beginning breeders of cats sometimes do not even represent how it is difficult to look after a pet. The feeling of happiness and love for the smaller fellow is saddened during the first water procedure. The bitten-through fingers scratched in blood of a hand and heart-rending miaow — all this is similar to the horror film more likely.
To wash a cat without mutual traumatism quite really. Try not to panic and not to fly into a rage. And appearance of scratches and stings will be prevented by small cunning.
How to wash a cat in 5 minutes
Several hours prior to water procedures an animal separate from a forage. It is better to cut off claws of a cat for safety. It is for this purpose better to use a special kogterezka as ordinary scissors will cause the mass of inconveniences. If necessary slightly process the flaking claw plates a nail file.
The animal before bathing needs to be calmed. Do not raise the voice on a cat at all and do not apply physical impact — the pet will be frightened, will begin to behave inadequately to an entrance to the bathroom. It is the best of all to wash a cat in a sink. Feeling a firm surface under paws, it will be less aggressive. If you have no such opportunity, try not to gather a lot of water to the bathroom and not to hold the pet suspended in soul.
Adjust a pressure and water temperature. It is possible to check indicators on an internal elbow bend. The stream has to be warm and not too strong. Before wetting hair of a cat, intercept fingers skin on a nape and slightly delay on yourself. Impact on this point makes an animal pliable. Probably, memory affects, kittens quietly behave when mother moves them from place to place. Now it is possible to begin to water the pet accurately.
Try not to get into eyes, a nose and ears. The last part of a body is most vulnerable as the auricle at cat's has a bit different building, than at the person. The cat after water ingress in ears begins to lose hearing, the probability of development of otitis and other inflammatory diseases increases.
Pay attention to an underfur. At each breed it has different density. Indumentum has to be evenly wet. After that it is possible to apply cats shampoo. Try to distribute the easy massing movements it on all wool, without weakening capture of a nape fingers. It is necessary to wash away detergent also accurately, and from the head it is better to delete structure with a wet hand.
At the end of the water procedures, wool is slightly wrung out, promakivatsya by a terry towel. The cat after bathing itself will find to herself the place where will be able to dry. Try that indoors there were no drafts, otherwise catarrhal diseases of animals it is necessary to treat long time at the veterinarian.
Useful tips
After washing of a cat it is recommended to comb out wool, especially in the period of a molt. It is better to use a soft hairbrush with frequent plastic teeths. Owners of long-haired pets need to comb out an animal most carefully, after full drying. The felted wet shreds can be pulled out accidentally, especially if you use metal brushes.It is not recommended to bathe an animal too often. Depending on breed of a cat, water procedures carry out time in 2–4 weeks. The short-haired pet who is not going out of the apartment can be bathed even less often.