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A picture of two orange kittens, both squinting and giving “stink eye.” The caption reads “I gave my cats a bath and they’ve been looking at me like this all day… Should I be scared?”
You got 24 hours to live
Did you give them a “human-style bath” with a bowl of water and soapy stuff, or did you give them a “cat-style bath” by licking them clean with your tongue?
Cat owners should learn the Feline Grimace Scale. It’s a way for vets to get a rough measure of how much pain a cat is in:
I mention this because the kitten on the right would probably score a 3 or a 4, which is right on the threshold for when a vet would consider administering painkillers and/or looking into the causes more closely. Certain shampoos can be extremely harmful to cats. Since cats lick themselves clean, they’ll ingest anything you put on their fur. Including shampoos or hair products. And there are countless examples of cats going into organ failure, seizing, vomiting/shitting all over the house, etc after being bathed with harmful “pet safe” products… Just because the product is safe for their skin doesn’t mean it’s safe for them to ingest.
Also, oddly enough, this obviously AI article was one of the top results when I searched for shampoo toxicity in cats. I’m only linking it because the article is a fucking wild read, which only gets wilder as the AI hallucinates more and more.
Firstly, great guide image at the top there. Very useful, thank you :)
Secondly, that AI slop article is hilarious.
“Cut the shampoo into manageable portions” :D
If this were real, I’d say you probably got soap in their eyes.
You know we’re self-cleaning, right?
Exceptions apply, such as after accidentally getting out and taking a tour through the local storm drain. This one happened to my boy. Wasn’t fun for any of us.
They’ll remember this and, from now on, be a little less trusting
If they weren’t orange, you’d be in trouble. But what looks like planning a murder is just them trying to get the single shared brain cell of theirs synced up again.
They would plan a murder, if only they could.
Cats are exclusively capable of murder.
Not really planning in the case of orange brain cells like these two, though; it’s usually more of a spontaneous murder
And orange cats, mutually exclusively!
Look at that face and tell me they wouldn’t re-inact ancient Egypt law if they could.
…well, they’d do it in turns! Participation for everyone!
They look chill as fuck. That clean feeling
They’re cold. I know my dog appreciates a cozy sweater after the bath (she told me), but I usually do two because the first one can sometimes be a little damp.
They are going to murder you in your sleep.
Or in your awake
It is too late to be scared. Enjoy an other breath while you still can.
Giving cats a bath is redundant and they know that.
That very much depends on the cat and the type of coat they have. Some coat types have a tendency to get very compacted and/or matted if they aren’t bathed regularly to loosen the shed hair. Some cats are unable to properly self-groom and need regular bathing. Sometimes a cat gets into something really nasty and letting them self-groom could make them very sick.
It is until it isn’t.
Everyone should bathe their kitties at least once or twice just so that they know what that is. Then you do not do it again until they are adults covered in the blood of their enemies and tracking it all over the house.
It is until it isn’t.
Everyone should bathe their kitties at least once or twice just so that they know what that is. Then you do not do it again until they are adults covered in the blood of their enemies and tracking it all over the house.
You done goofed there mate.
