FabSwingers.com forum: Bathing Your Pets

By *ensuallover1000 OP Man
21 weeks ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

Good folks: How often do you bath your pooch/es?

Possibly you like to bath your cat/s? (You are a brave soul if so!)

If you have other pets, how often do you give them the spic and span treatment and what does it entail?

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By *ealMissShadyWoman
21 weeks ago

St Albans/ Welsh Borders

My dog hates a bath. I have to wait until it's warm weather and shampoo him in the garden using the garden spray thing. In between I use dry shampoo brushed through his fur. He has special stuff for sensitive skin and I always brush coconut oil through his fur and on his pads along with rubbing it on his ears and nose

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By *oewes69Man
21 weeks ago

wakefield

2 cats and they both get a bath and good scrub once a month ish. Their pretty clean. Im brave but the little shits will still claw me to death. Needs to be done

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By *oo..Woman
21 weeks ago

Boo's World

I have a French Bulldog

Bathed weekly with a specialist skin care wash as he gets itchy otherwise.

Ears cleaned weekly

Face washed daily because of the wrinkles and a special wrinkle cream applied to stop sores/sweaty face.

Suncream applied

Teeth cleaned

Foot balm applied to feet daily or they get itchy.

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By *inUpProWoman
21 weeks ago

Liverpool

I have two kittens. I've never bathed them though. They'd claw my face off!

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By *onkeynutWoman
21 weeks ago

somewhere

I am a dog groomer… there’s a reason I’m not a cat groomer

My short haired dogs get a bath maybe every 6 months, my curly coateds get a bath, blow dry, scissor and clip every 4 weeks on average with a simple bath somewhere in between.

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By *orphia2003Woman
21 weeks ago

Tonypandy.

My ginger moggy gets his ears and face wiped over most days.

I'll give him a good wipe over if he gets dirty digging up my garden. He hates it, but still insists on getting muddy.

Bath every 3-6 months in flea shampoo.

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By *laytime_13Woman
21 weeks ago

Lincs

2 cats. I’m not stupid enough to try bathing them thanks! Though one seems to have a curiosity of the bath water when I’m in it and I’m dreading the day he falls in by mistake

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By *ensuallover1000 OP Man
21 weeks ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

I like to give my pooch a bath every two-three months or so (unless she gets filthy in the meantime!)

She is prone to earwax though so I have to wash her ears out every two weeks which is a ritual she is not best pleased by and sits looking decidedly miserable throughout

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By *electableicecreamMan
21 weeks ago

The West

I have two juvenile kitty's and I've not bathed them yet. I did read up on it and from what I understand it's not necessary unless they are exceptionally dirty or of a breed that needs it.

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By *ou only live onceMan
21 weeks ago

London

In the winter I end up bathing him quite a lot as he loves mud and comes back from almost every walk needing one!

Otherwise - notwithstanding any fox poo incidents - it's every few weeks, but he has to be groomed so they do it!

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By *ootyfruityCouple
21 weeks ago

andover

I’d have a major fight (and mostly likely badly lose) if I tried to bathe my cat!

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By *iberius61Man
21 weeks ago

Pontefract

Many years ago I was painting the ceiling and my cat jumped in a 10ltr tub of emulsion. We're talking a complete dive, not tip of paws. Thankfully I managed to grab here before she ran off spraying paint everywhere.

There really was no option but to take her into the bathroom for a shower. I discovered how sharp those claws can be when she really wants to use them

On the other hand, a girl I play with occasionally has a bengal, they actually like water! Gets in the shower with us!

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By *atnip make me purrWoman
21 weeks ago

Reading

Don't bath the present cats as they are young and good groomers. But we did have to bathe our elderly cat at least twice a month. He was good as gold but the problem was afterwards he would get so cold. I used to have him wrapped in a towel with a warming mat and under the duvet but until he was dry would shake from the cold. He was so good about it all. I miss the old boy as we lost him a couple of years ago.

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By *iberius61Man
21 weeks ago

Pontefract

"I’d have a major fight (and mostly likely badly lose) if I tried to bathe my cat!"

Of the feral cats that have moved into my old stables, there's one that I definitely would not pick a fight with

she sits there watching you pet and stroke the more friendly ones, but if you go anywhere near her she becomes a hissing ball of claws and fur. She has drawn blood on more than one occasion.

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By *atnip make me purrWoman
21 weeks ago

Reading

"Many years ago I was painting the ceiling and my cat jumped in a 10ltr tub of emulsion. We're talking a complete dive, not tip of paws. Thankfully I managed to grab here before she ran off spraying paint everywhere.

There really was no option but to take her into the bathroom for a shower. I discovered how sharp those claws can be when she really wants to use them

On the other hand, a girl I play with occasionally has a bengal, they actually like water! Gets in the shower with us!"

Our present cats are part bengal and although they don't get in the bath with us they do sit on the lip of the bath and play with their paws in the water. They also like drinking straight from the tap.

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By *iberius61Man
21 weeks ago

Pontefract

"...They also like drinking straight from the tap."

I was told/read that cats prefer running water. So I got a fountain for them, I also regularly put out fresh water...but they insist on drinking instead from a rusty old wheelbarrow, an upturned flower pot, a dirty puddle...anything but clean fresh water it seems

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By *inkedKuntsCouple
21 weeks ago

Sheffield

We have a springer so he is naturally drawn to enormous puddles of sludge, standing water and streams/rivers/lakes, so he gets hosed down a lot but only a proper bath with shampoo every month. We were told by our vet for a healthy skinned dog like him anymore than that you risk removing their natural oils.

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By *iberius61Man
21 weeks ago

Pontefract

"...I did read up on it and from what I understand it's not necessary..."

The 'house' cat evolved in the desert, unlike most dogs a cat's fur is not adapted to getting wet. Having said that cats can swim perfectly well, they'll just hate you for the rest of their lives if you make them

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By *JcuriousCouple
21 weeks ago

Derby

Our pooch goes every 6-8 weeks for a groom

Miss S x

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By *hrough the looking gla55Couple
21 weeks ago

Epsom

There was one point when I used to bath our pup like twice a week (she enjoys rolling on fox poo)

But now probably like once a month or whenever she finds something gross to roll in

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By *sleWightCoupleCouple
21 weeks ago

Ryde

Just budgies and rodents here.

Did have Chinchillas and Degus, both of which required the occasion dust-bath.

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By *inxybWoman
21 weeks ago

Durham

I have six cats and they have a bath or shower as and when needed, I have dry shampoo and cleansing wipes for muddy paws. Generally I opt for showering rather than bathing my cats. My big long-haired Norwegian Forest boy loves the shower and happily just stands there getting shampooed and he knows when the cat towel gets laid on the floor he goes and stands on it to get wrapped up and dried off…he’s a star!

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By (user no longer on site)
21 weeks ago

I have 2 spaniels... they would happily bath daily in every muddy puddle and swamp they can find.

I usually make them go on the river when awful or hose pipe them .... the couple of proper baths a year

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By *oodOmensfor2Couple
21 weeks ago

Ennis

We have a malamute cross that hates having baths and only gets a full one once or twice a year. In winter he will have regular leg/ paw showers though. He does love and need regular blow outs though. Thankfully we live in the country and there is nobody,who cares if we turn the lawn white and fluffy

Our beagle cross loves a good roll in whatever crap she can find and therefore has very regular showers and full baths

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By (user no longer on site)
21 weeks ago

Bath the cat once a month and have to endure three days of sulking.

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By *xposedInTheSunCouple
21 weeks ago

Cambridgeshire

"I have a French Bulldog

Bathed weekly with a specialist skin care wash as he gets itchy otherwise.

Ears cleaned weekly

Face washed daily because of the wrinkles and a special wrinkle cream applied to stop sores/sweaty face.

Suncream applied

Teeth cleaned

Foot balm applied to feet daily or they get itchy.

Wow, all that and it's still as ugly as sin

But then I only came here for the pussy jokes ...

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By *ittleMissCali_MrDJCouple
21 weeks ago

wonderland.

I have cats... unless they get covered in stuff that they can't remove there is no need to bath a cat at all

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By *ex HolesMan
21 weeks ago

Up North

I love to wash my cock in a ladies sink

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By *oo..Woman
21 weeks ago

Boo's World

"I have a French Bulldog

Bathed weekly with a specialist skin care wash as he gets itchy otherwise.

Ears cleaned weekly

Face washed daily because of the wrinkles and a special wrinkle cream applied to stop sores/sweaty face.

Suncream applied

Teeth cleaned

Foot balm applied to feet daily or they get itchy.

Wow, all that and it's still as ugly as sin

But then I only came here for the pussy jokes ..."

"Some" are ugly just like humans, not all

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By *4bimMan
21 weeks ago

Farnborough Hampshire

If I tried to bath my cat I'd be ripped to shreds.

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By *unchalMan
21 weeks ago

Dartford

"2 cats and they both get a bath and good scrub once a month ish. Their pretty clean. Im brave but the little shits will still claw me to death. Needs to be done

Mmm…does it though?

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By *igR93Man
21 weeks ago

Sarcasm City

"Good folks: How often do you bath your pooch/es?

Possibly you like to bath your cat/s? (You are a brave soul if so!)

If you have other pets, how often do you give them the spic and span treatment and what does it entail?

I bathe my two goldens every other week

They do however enjoy mud baths so it is often considerably more

I shampoo wash them a couple of times a month

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By *unchalMan
21 weeks ago

Dartford

"I have two kittens. I've never bathed them though. They'd claw my face off!"

I’ve got three cats and I wouldn’t dream of bathing. Quite apart from the fact they would claw my face off, they don’t need to be bathed. They just need an occasional brush.

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By *oewes69Man
21 weeks ago

wakefield

"2 cats and they both get a bath and good scrub once a month ish. Their pretty clean. Im brave but the little shits will still claw me to death. Needs to be done

Mmm…does it though?"

I have the marks on my arm from last week so yehit does

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By *ivemealadybonerWoman
21 weeks ago

somewhere

Our 3 year old cat went in the bath when he was a kitten, he is a bit wary around water now bless him, the other one doesn't like being picked up and never follows us to the bathroom, if I am on my own and leave the door open, she wanders in, looks at me and goes back out "mum, you are having private time, close the door!"

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