and here we have the kitten's first bath
what you do is you fill up a sink with a
little bit of water
and let the cat roam around sink
until it gets comfortable the situation
next step
play with the water show the kitten that
is water
bring your hand up let her smell it
put some on her paw
maybe on her body
don't let her jump off
now she understands she's getting wet
but she's not fully soaked
she's not afraid yet
now you hopefully your cat will just
decide to jump into the water and love
it
but most cats don't so what you're gonna
have to do is put it in there
nice and slow
so she gets comfortable with it one
so another step you get your hands what
pick up the kitten
and let it hover under water
she looks at the situation
put her paws in
and then she meows
what you want to do is see if she'll
stand in there on her own as you can see
she's a little scared
if that's the case simply hold her in a
comfortable position
it's okay
and just pour water on her you can use a
small cup
i use my hand
and you see how comfortable the kitchen
is
now if your kitten decides to scratch
and run which he's thinking about doing
you can always
grab him right here behind the neck
and they just basically get paralyzed
and you can
still hold them nice and easy
and give them a wash
and they understand what's going on and
they feel safe when they're paralyzed
because they know you're doing it for a
reason and they just go with it
once you've gotten the kitten fully wet
you can just go ahead and let it sit in
the sink and it'll examine your
situation
again it understands you're not hurting
it
if you take your time while you do this
it'll make her comfortable with the
situation for a future back
now she's gonna try to get out i'm gonna
stick keep her in here
just try to wash her i'm gonna use some
dawn dish though
so i let the kitten sit out if she wants
to while i keep most of her body down
here in the water
get the dawn dish soap everywhere i can
and one more thing if you remember when
we started we had the water ready and we
didn't have the water running
because if you bring the cat in here and
the water is running she's going to hear
the noise she's going to see the
movement and try to run away with fear
we did let this cat
watch the water fill up from a distance
so she understood the water was
flowing but she wasn't near it to freak
out so when we did bring her close by
she kind of had an idea of the situation
so again she's going to get everywhere
you can avoid getting any water in the
ears
the mouth and the eyes you want to wash
everything down and then the head area
nice and easy
and when you're done washing the cat
you can uh
go ahead and just get all the soap off
of her by pouring the water that you
already have
what i like to do is get rid of that
and allow the cat to understand flowing
water
right now her heart just started beating
even more but she feels comfortable
she's not trying to
run make it warm
and we let her see it hit her body
now i'm not holding her tight she's just
relaxed and trusting me right now
she's something new to her the first
bath she's ever had
i'm holding her right here behind the
neck
and everywhere i can
see she'll just stand up
kind
of okay
you can go ahead and get them right
there alongside their mouth around their
nose
really dirty
and pretty much
just wrap them up in a towel
dry them up and be good to go and they
get cold pretty easily
she's shivering right now but she'll be
fine
and here you have the finished product
one clean kitten
shivering in the blanket
waiting for your love
so you want to dry them off nice and
easy and let the cat walk away she'll
dry herself off
might take 20 minutes to an hour but
she'll be fine
and back to playing in no time thanks
for watching
magicjay
teaching you how to clean a cat
spur of the moment video
