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By briantologist | June 1, 2009
What have I been up to? I’ll tell you what I’ve been up to. Spreading misery, that’s what.
Gus did maybe not need that much of a bath, in retrospect. The whole thing got started because Smudge’s dandruff was off the fucking chain, to the point where she became enraged whenever she’d see a Head & Shoulders ad in one of Gus’s Ladies’ Home Journals. Erin wisely took action with an ingeniously purchased harness (she started with a cat harness, but thanks to Smudge’s attitude of fattitude she was forced to exchange it for a CORGI HARNESS) and a bottle of cat dandruff shampoo.
It sure did work on Smudge, I can tell you that much. Why not expand our frontiers, Erin thought? Gus’s lower back/butt area is looking a little greasy, isn’t it? Let’s see what that’s about!
It’s about Gus being damp for like, literally an entire day. It’s also about his butt still looking kind of greasy afterwards.
BUT! Erin deserves high marks for initiative. Which is why she’s Hero #1 in my latest failed attempt at NaBloPoMo. Attagirl, honey.
Topics: good times., NaBloPoMo, Sweet Kitties | 6 Comments »
June 1st, 2009 at 10:51 pm
A) You guys are brave
B) Gus has a cute meow
C) Did everyone make it out of the experience unscathed? Remarkable.
June 2nd, 2009 at 7:11 am
C: seconded. That’s the first cat bath I’ve ever seen that did not require medical attention and that stuff they use at crime scenes to soak up blood…
June 2nd, 2009 at 7:57 am
There are forms of spinal surgery I’d rather get than try to bathe a cat.
June 2nd, 2009 at 8:21 am
Nobody bled. True story. I think a by-product of our kitties’ lifelong totally cush indoor lifestyle may be a tendency toward complaining rather than attacking.
Seriously, the harness is the best idea anyone’s had for a long time.
June 3rd, 2009 at 11:31 am
I love how she pats his tail down into the water. So gentle!
June 16th, 2009 at 5:22 pm
Just this weekend I learned of this condition which affects mostly yellow cats. People think the cat has gotten into something greasy when actually the grease was produced by a gladular secretion called “stud tail.” Lots of info about it online, but here is a short one: http://www.bobmckee.com/Client%20Info/Skin/stud%20tail%20in%20cats.html. This may be more than you wanted to know!