Reply #4: Cool cat! [View All]

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Those his expression says otherwise, he actually isn't minding that bath too much at all!

My own don't mind all that much--until I wash around their face. THEN they go ballistic. It's really how much they are used to it--my adopted kits, Amanda and now Oliver, don't seem too keen on the idea. They've just never been exposed to it like my own are. I can't even remove the crud from Amanda's eyes without her resisting me, nevermind if I try to clip her claws!! But yeah--cats are cool if they've gotten used to something!

My old buddy Dax, who was my alpha male, used to terrorize the other cats. When I decided to punish him, I picked him up, turned him stomach up, and made him sit on my lap like that, trimming his claws while he remained relatively quiet. Treating him like a baby I swear made him feel sheepish, because when he'd get off my lap afterward, he would sort of slink away and leave the others alone.