> S....recently started the dyer---with the cat in it......Thought the
> thumping sound was my husband's tennis shoes...started the wash....thoughts
> went to the time of year December....put the soap in the washer...My husband
> wouldn't wash his tennis shoes.....ever....and certainly not in
> DECEMBER....OH my Gosh....I just freaked....she was ok..Thank GOD....meowed a
> few times....But she was certainly......FLUFFY! ..I however; cried for
> days...:(
>
Oh Lordy, that's awful, but I gotta admit, it made me chuckle, because
it reminded me of this incident with my cat... And please people, don't
call PETA and lecture me, because I seriously got this info. from a book
written by a vet! ANYHOOOO, my cat is tiny... and I mean TINY... the
vet always asks "It's an adult??" and she's gray.... so she's waifish
looking. Anyway, when she about a year old, I was still on this kick of
bathing her, because, like the anal pet owner I am, I was thinking that
it would keep her dander free, and stop her from shedding, and blah blah
blah.... Well, everyone in both my family and my wife's family seems to
have some sort of cat allergy, and this book said something like "When
you bathe your cat, put in a capful of Downy in the bath water when you
rinse the cat, and it will control shedding and dander." Well, I'm
thinking, "Right on, we can invite Mom over and she won't sneeze, and
the cat will be April fresh" which is a good thing since she sleeps on
me, so I bathe the cat, and then run downstairs and grab the jug of
Downy, and then realize that I drained the water after washing her, and
I was just rinsing her with a jug and the tap running, since she gets
freaked out with water standing in the tub. Sooo, what do I do... LOL, I
am NOT making this up, I swear.... I....OMG, this is so mortifying... I
just take a capful of Downy and put it in the jug of water, pour it over
her slowly, and then take her out and dry her off.... Well... cat is
soaking wet, and it was winter, so I got out the blow dryer like I do
when it's cold, and dry her... and she doesn't seem to EVER look dry.
She was so frigging greasy, and her hair is standing up in tufts
everywhere, and my wife comes into the bathroom and bellows "OMG, she
looks like she's a victim of some oil spill!" And this is what she
looked like EXACTLY! I mean, the poor thing looked like something you
see on a Sally Struther's infomercial about how oil spills are killing
the animals or whatever. Oh man... I gave her another bath, apologized
to her the best I could, and have given up bathing her!
If you didn't think I was nuts before, I'm sure you do now.... Man,
the stuff we tell each other...LOL
TGIF you wonderful listas you!
Evian
