My filthy cat refuses to let me bathe her – Should I let her clean herself?
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HE is on a mission to help our pets . . . and is here to answer YOUR questions. Sean, who is the head vet at tailored pet food firm tails.com, has helped with owners’ queries for ten years. Q: DO you have any advice about how to give a cat a bath?.
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Sometimes our tabby Ziggy comes home covered in mud but she seems to hate the water and runs a mile every time I try to coax her into the bath. Should I just wait for her to clean herself?. Barry Martins, Glasgow. Sean says: Probably best to just towel her off rather than try to bathe her.
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Cats infamously hate water, most anyway. So it would probably be quite distressing for her to force a bath on her regularly, and may even ruin your close bond. There are good brushes and microfibre pet towels that will do the job more quickly and with less stress.
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Ziggy will do the rest, no stress. Q: I hope you can help. Do you know of a way I can stop my dog from constantly digging holes in the garden?. He goes through the flowerbeds, dislodging all the bulbs I have planted, and digs great big holes in the lawn — it’s a mess and the neighbours are getting sick of me shouting at him!.
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Jenny Cooper, Durham, Tyne and Wear. Sean says: If he’s a digger, he’s a digger, and there’s not much you can do to get rid of that motivation besides limiting his access to the garden. And that’s not exactly practical or fair. He may just be bored or have bags of energy.
