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Plant Sciences, Zoology & Evolution / Re: Cats fear of water
« on: 28/09/2004 11:29:12 »
back to the water thing though.
maybe cats don't like water because when you are putting them in a bath, YOU are PUTTING them in the bath. All the cats I've known have liked to call the shots. They always know when they are forced to do something, and they can sense when humans think something will be unpleasant for them and then react accordingly.
I had a cat that hated bathing. The other one didn't mind so much. We gave up on cat #1 since she was quite clean anyway. However,after a while she would get jealous and/or curious when cat #2 had a bath. So she would jump in to play. Not only did we get her to have a bath by not forcing her to do so, she even let us blow dry her (please don't call the RSPCA -I was very opposed to the blow dryer)
maybe cats don't like water because when you are putting them in a bath, YOU are PUTTING them in the bath. All the cats I've known have liked to call the shots. They always know when they are forced to do something, and they can sense when humans think something will be unpleasant for them and then react accordingly.
I had a cat that hated bathing. The other one didn't mind so much. We gave up on cat #1 since she was quite clean anyway. However,after a while she would get jealous and/or curious when cat #2 had a bath. So she would jump in to play. Not only did we get her to have a bath by not forcing her to do so, she even let us blow dry her (please don't call the RSPCA -I was very opposed to the blow dryer)