the cat and the hygiene

To the cat it does not like the water. Therefore, it is important to accustom it the bath from his but tender age, around

of the three months.

The quarter in which it will bathe and dry the cat must have good heating and be free of airflows.

It is necessary to begin to fill the bathtub with some centimeters of water, to 36 or 37 ºC and to introduce slowly to the cat in the water, speaking to him and caressing it to tranquilize it.

Next, the body of the animal gets wet delicately, using a small glass, without letting caress it and avoiding to spill water in the auditory eyes and channels.

Once the cat well is wet, a special champú for cats can be applied to him. It is not necessary to never use champú human beings, since it is not adapted for the felines, in effect, not only pH of the human skin is different but also that the cat could be intoxicated when licking itself. It is necessary to rub well all the body, insisting on the zones of the legs, the tail and the belly.

Once the champú has been applied well, it is rinsed to the cat with the shower and soon the same operations are repeated. The rinsing is a little while important, during which it is precise to be kind so that I did not send the spurt of the shower to the eyes or the ears.

Soon we surround it in a dry and lukewarm towel, and rubs vigorously it to eliminate the water. Later a small piece goes of cotton (not to use cotton rod) through the auditory conduit, to absorb the water that had been able to penetrate in spite of the precautions that have been taken.

To the cat it usually does not like too much the use of the dryer of hair, since the noise and the air bothers to him, but the animal already is accustomed the dryer, will be no problems. He is advisable to use an apparatus of relatively low power, avoiding to direct I flow of air towards the eyes or the ears. To dry the coat of all the body well, without forgetting the belly, the legs and the tail.

The cepillado one before is very important and after the bath, by means of which the old hairs are eliminated that, by the habit of higienización of the cat by means of the licked one, yes he is not cepillado frequently, they ingest hairs and when making this action they can form pilobezoares in the digestive apparatus running the risk of producing intestinal obstructions or of favoring the colónica impacción (I accumulate of fecal matter in the colon).

(Encyclopedia Royal Canin of the Cat - First edition Spanish 2.000)

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