Should Kittens/Cats be given a bath?

There are some dissenting views on this issue but in general there is usually no reason to bathe your cat especially a shorthaired indoor cat. Cats spend a large percentage of their days grooming themselves and they are experts at it. Using their barbed tongues they lick dirt and debris off their fur in order to keep it clean and odor free. Cats with long hair may require the occasional bath if their fur gets too oily. Their fur can get too oily based on climate conditions and the individual skin of the cat. There are also occasional times when your cat's fur may get excessively dirty due to some mishap that the cat has gotten itself into. In some of these cases it may be necessary to give your cat a bath. You should know right off the bat that almost all cats hate baths, so be prepared.

They say that cats don't like to be wet so they do not take a bath. I think so. They bath by licking their bodies with their tongues. That is what I noticed on cats. However, that it is true that they don't like to be wet. I don't know the reason for that. :-) Have a nice day!

It is true that cats don't like water at all. If you train them when they are kittens, perhaps they are not so afraid of the water. However, I don't think they will like to have the bath with the water anyway. Cats are clean animals because they often use their paws and tongue to clean themselves. They are just like ladies that are elegant.

I wouldn't recommend bathing a cat very much due to the amount they hate it and fight making it very difficult today.Also cats can keep themselves clean enough themselves. I only ever washed our cat once,I don't know what she had done but she smelled really bad.It was a really big struggle to do on my own I had to hold her with one hand which was a struggle the amount she was wriggling and trying to get out and wash her with my one free hand.I would recommend only washing a cat if they are particularly dirty usually it's just not worth the hassle.

Yes, they should. Sphynx cats need to bathe regularly because their skin accumulate oils and they can get sick if you don't keep'em clean. It depends a lot on the cat breeds, others don't need to bathe regularly.

As far as i remember, my grandma never take her cats to bath. In our country, we have beliefs that if they became wet, it will rain. I am sure it is myth, but they do believe about it.

I have bathed cats. Kismet, when we got her, had 2 baths before we ever got her home.

That's what I hate most about cats. They do not want to take a bath. lol. But I do adore cats because they still look neat despite the fact that they are afraid with water. I thought cats have a dangerous rabies. In our house, there is no cats only puppies.

Haha! Now you learned your lesson but I feel sorry for your you. Cats belong to the animal families that do not normally go into water. Getting them wet will mean danger to them so it's their natural instinct to defend themselves. Some pet owners train their cats to be bathed though, but this is unnatural to cats so it's better to leave them like that. They have their own ways of cleaning themselves, all we have to do is to train them not to just pee or defecate everywhere.