How to Bathe your Cat that Hates Water (6 Step Tutorial) | The Cat Butler 

Best cat grooming/bathing video I’ve ever seen, even compared to any videos done by professional grooming and bathing. The bucket and cup is the best part. Great idea! The loud scary running water is what makes bathing a cat impossible! Amazing video! Thank you! ..Adorable kitties as well! I have a ragdoll cat that is the same flamepoint coloring! Only mine looks twice as large.. he is an 18 pound big boy! All muscle. Not overweight, just huge frame!

I wish it was that easy for me. My kitten is like an American Ninja Warrior, Bruce Lee and a piranha with fur! 😩🤕😭

What a well behaved kitty!

“We all know that our cats like water as much as we like paying taxes” ….. ain’t that the gotdamn truth!

That cat is so calm in the tub...my cat would be scratching, screaming, and running🤣🤣😂😂

my cat murdered me. but great video, I'm sure it works with other cats.

I'm getting a new cat soon and I'm learning these now, trying to be a good cat servant 😂

just tried this with my cat. while he’s def not happy with me right now, he did not try to scratch or jump on me quite as much and he was calm 98% of the wash. very useful and easy tips, thank you!

your cats are so well behaved it is amazing ☺️

Disclaimer: don't try this at home with an actual cat

I'm seeing a lot of comments about how this didn't work with their cat. This is normal. If you have to bathe an adult cat for the first time they are going to freak out. If you want to be able to bathe your cat regularly you have to start when they're little, otherwise getting them used to it is going to be a challenge even doing things right.

dude you litteraly saved my life, i wanted to start washing my cat because i read somewhere that its good for him, but i always thought my cat would kill me if it touched a drop of water. so i put him in my bathtub, preparing for the worst but for my surprise when i started to gently pour water on him, he just went with it and didnt even hiss or try to get out. i was extremely shocked because it was the first time i bathed him.

Thanks for sharing. I just gave my cat a bath and it was a traumatic experience for both of us, so I looked for better ways to do it and found this video. I'm looking forward to trying this next time.

Followed this guide every step of the way like 5 minutes ago and that was hands-down the best shower routine we've had...thank you!

just bathed her using this video! we started out in a deep sink with enough room for her to stand she HATED it and she escaped like 3 or 4 times by climbing up my shoulder and jumping off 😂 we then moved to the shower where i brought my cup and she was much more well behaved! and i only escaped with 1 scratch, great video!

My cat loves water. He is an 18yr old Russian Blue. Always playing in the fountain.

Super misleading, lol 😅 how is your cat so chill?? My cat wouldnt shut up the whole time, his meows were bellowing, and he started to fight me after I rubbed the shampoo in... so rinsing thoroughly was HARD. 😫😭

This is very well done. You clearly explained important points in detail. Like, cut claws before bathing, do it correctly & avoid the quick. Use shampoo for cats, pay attention to under parts & be sure to rinse thoroughly. I'll share a few more tips. I use a shower wand with 2 hoses to extend reach & manipulate where I need it. I reduce water pressure to keep cat calm & the continuous water flow speeds the process of proper rinsing. I like Adams Plus Flea & Tick Foaming Shampoo & Conditioner for Cats & Kittens. It easily works into a light lather, cleans well, leaves skin moisturized, coat shinny & smells nice. Hold head up & start at neck, work up chin but avoid eyes & ears. Direct water away from face. I have a small plastic ladder cat can stand up on to feel safe. I also give them a calming CBD treat before starting. I towel dry next to a small heater that quietly blows warm air. It keeps cat warm while I use a small slicker brush to gently brush hair in alternating directions. This efficiently drys their coat.

What an adorable calm kitty 😢 she trusts you so much!

thank you so much! with your video as a guide, I had succeed bathing my cat for the first time today! he moved around a little but not grumpy at all when I washed him. he’s a bit cranky as I towel-dried him, but with creamy treats and small portion of food as reward, we’re both happy!

Thank you so much my cat had its first bath today and I came out scratch free ❤️😻😸

Just did this, did not go this easily but got a lot from this that I would’ve been screwed without knowing. Thx man

Your cat is so calm! My kitten is so terrified of water, even the sound of a running tap scares her but I’m planning on bathing her soon. Thanks for these tips!

This helped immensely thank you so much! Got both cats washed and blow dried with no injuries! I never expected them to tolerate the blowdryer but they both enjoyed it after a little while! One was schmoozing my foot while I brushed and dried her. Now they're floofy and smell nice and no more bugs! Everyone wins! You rock! 😻😻

Perfect, this is truly the best and kindest way to bathe a cat, so many ppl get it wrong and try to immerse the cat in the bath and then wonder why it ends up a disaster! Well done. Subbed.

Awesome video! My cat is 6 years old and has never had a bath before, and also DESPISES water. This gave me so me some good tips to keep somewhat calm, and if I die in the process thank you forthe enjoyable video. 😁😂

Thank you for this, best cat bath video out there. Just had the best cat bath experience of my life, and first ever not being scratched. Me and my Cat thank you!

How obedient she is ...so cute

You make it look so easy! My cats won’t even let me cut their nails, much less let me wet them and bathe them. I even have a mesh net thing to tie them up but they manage to get out of it too! You have such a sweet cat

I just tried this with my cat. She hasn't taken a bath her whole life cause she's too scared even if it's just one drop of water 😭😭 but didn't expect she was actually calm, didn't even mutter a single meow or try to scratch me. She just kept WALKING away from the water but i still managed to bath her, i'm not sure if she's clean enough tho cause i tried being gentle as much as possible cause she don't like being massaged for a long time. It's still her first time, i hope she'll become more comfortable the next time. Thanks for this!

I just bought a handheld showerhead, a long hose and water suppressor that allows to control water flow making it not loud and scary for cats. A much recommended solution. It also makes rinsing the bathtub easy after you clean it.

This is the most thorough, adorable cat bath video ever!

Your cat is so calm mine runs away with first splash of water

Your cat is sooooo calm during bath mine will never stay at one place keep trying to escape

Gorgeous cats and you are so gentle and loving with them, everything was done very well 😀

I tried this with my cats today and while they both still hate being bathed they didn't scratch and Scrabble as much as they do normally. I only came out with a few scratches this time instead of looking like I'd been through the wars 😂

THANK YOU for such a wonderful video! So detailed and well thought out. I was able to survive giving my cats a bath.

I struggle bathing my cats as they grow bigger and stronger. I usually bath them with warm water when they were small. Thanks for sharing. You encourage me to bathe them again

I did this method and my cat dad so good for me for her first time!! Thank you so much!!

Aw! So calm & well-behaved. About to give my kitty a bath now 😅

This was really informative and detailed, thank you! Your kitten is beautiful

OMG Your cat is an angel!!!!!

Let me start by saying that my cat absolutely HATES and is TERRIFIED of water! I’m so glad and grateful to have come across this video b/c I couldn’t believe it until I tried it. My cat was so calm…well he was meowing a lot but did not attempt to jump away or scratch me. I was able to bathe him with ease. Afterwards I gave him lots of treats b/c he was such a good boy my baby 😊😊 THANK YOU for the tutorial !!!❤

"How To Bathe A Cat" joke I. Know that although the cat has the advantage of quickness and lack of concern for human life, you have the advantage of strength. Capitalize on that advantage by selecting the battlefield. Don't try to bathe him in an open area where he can force you to chase him. Pick a very small bathroom. If your bathroom is more than four feet square, I recommend that you get in the tub with the cat and close the sliding -glass doors as if you were about to take a shower. (A simple shower curtain will not do. A berserk cat can shred a three-ply rubber shower curtain quicker than a politician can shift positions.) II. Know that a cat has claws and will not hesitate to remove all the skin from your body. Your advantage here is that you are smart and know how to dress to protect yourself. I recommend canvas overalls tucked into high-top construction boots, a pair of steel-mesh gloves, an army helmet, a hockey face-mask, and a long-sleeved flak jacket. III. Use the element of surprise. Pick up your cat nonchalantly, as if to simply carry him to his supper dish. (Cats will not usually notice your strange attire. They have little or no interest in fashion as a rule.) IV. Once you are inside the bathroom, speed is essential to survival. In a single liquid motion, shut the bathroom door, step into the tub enclosure, slide the glass door shut, dip the cat in the water and squirt him with shampoo. You have begun one of the wildest 45 seconds of your life. V. Cats have no handles. Add the fact that he now has soapy fur, and the problem is radically compounded. Do not expect to hold on to him for more than two or three seconds at a time. When you have him, however, you must remember to give him another squirt of shampoo and rub like crazy. He'll then spring free and fall back into the water, thereby rinsing himself off. (The national record for cats is three latherings, so don't expect too much.) IV. Next, the cat must be dried. Novice cat bathers always assume this part will be the most difficult, for humans generally are worn out at this point and the cat is just getting really determined. In fact, the drying is simple compared with what you have just been through. That's because by now the cat is semi-permanently affixed to your right leg. You simply pop the drain plug with your foot, reach for your towel and wait. (Occasionally, however, the cat will end up clinging to the top of your army helmet. If this happens, the best thing you can do is to shake him loose and to encourage him toward your leg.) After all the water is drained from the tub, it is a simple matter to just reach down and dry the cat. In a few days the cat will relax enough to be removed from your leg. He will usually have nothing to say for about three weeks and will spend a lot of time sitting with his back to you. He might even become psychoceramic and develop the fixed stare of a plaster figurine. You will be tempted to assume he is angry. This isn't usually the case. As a rule he is simply plotting ways to get through your defenses and injure you for life the next time you decide to give him a bath. But at least now he smells a lot better.

When I wipe my cat with those pet clean wipes she acts like I’m murdering her 🙄

Just reporting back. She took it really well! A bit of splashing everywhere when she was done but no scratching attempts! Just lots of noisey disaprovals when hinds had to be done! I lived!

Cats are my favorite animals, and this video is really helpful. Thank you, and btw those cats are so cute!

I should've watched this BEFORE I gave my cat a bath. She's vnever had one before and was COVERRED in soot. I wasn't scratched, she didn't really struggle too much, but I feel bad for her now🥺

Thank y'all so much dearest 🌹 Y'all such an inspiration 🥰 Appreciate y'all from the bottom of my heart 💖 Be Blissful Eternally 🙏👼🌈

thank u for this. love how gentle u wer.

These cats are so calm, let's hope my cat will as calm when I give him a bath! Thank you or this video!

A good way to get cats to not be so angry during bathing is to start when they are young and reward them with treats afterward! (rewarding with treats for good behavior is how we got our cats to stop being so scratchy or squabbly during baths)

thanks for the tutorial! my cat is very old and has a hard time grooming herself so this is very helpful!

Such well mannered kitty you got. Just showered my kitty as he got dirty and poor boy he got scared, heartbeat racing and clinging onto my top.

This was exactly what I needed. Amazing, my kitten is now ready for his bath. Thnx so much

just bathed my cat for the first time and this video helped out a lot, great work!

Love your kitties. Great video!

Nice my cat loves the bath thanks for helping i wish when you make cat videos my cat will like it thank you so much

Thank you you're video is the only one I've seen that has actually helped me

Thank you so much for the tips . This is the most helpful video I’ve seen 😸😸

Thanks for your video, I so appreciate your tips, next bath for my Rico should be a better experience. Your cats are adorable 😊

I love the Marine Corp towel! I will need that to wash my cat! Thanks for the tips

Awesome job. He was so calm.

I got lucky and have a Maine Coon! He's attracted to water and is so calm during them ( usually)! But yes, he's still a kitty and is done when he's done! 😸

Cool ! Merci !!! You have probably just saved several human lives😊☺️😉🙃😇

❤❤ great tips , great delivery of instructions. Thanks

Thanks so much for this video. Just washed mine and he was definitely calmer. 3 churo and some dreamies later he s on my lap getting brushed:)

I found that putting my hand around the back of my cats neck/upper back and push down on her as she tries to jump out of the tub very easy now……not forcing my on her hard or hurting her!!!! It’s like pushing her body towards the ground but not really if I’m making sense 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

I just bathed my cat and it was hard, but we managed! This was quite helpful

So glad I came across this video. We are new cat parents and rescued a kitty from a shelter and need to give him a bath. We would have done it all wrong without this video. Thank you!

So helpful. Thank you 😊

cats like bathing like we love to pay taxes 😂💔

Thank you for the tips! My cat has an underlying smell of tobacco from her last home - so we are going to try to bathe her!

Your cat is so calm...

What a bath friendly cat 🥺🥲

My stepmother had a kitten that never learned to groom properly and the little devil liked to dive into her dirt pile after she was done sweeping, role around a bit then tare around the house dirtying it up again. It was a game he played every time she got the broom. If she got the dirt in the dust pan, he'd sit in that and refuse to move until she dumped him out. Lol, it was his way of screwing with mamma but it also meant he needed a bath almost daily since once again, he didn't groom himself. They found another home for him when they moved and couldn't take him with for various reasons. He's no doubt still up to his old tricks.

The cat's face looks so relaxed! 1:23

Ur cat is very calm and compose

Nice and informative tutorial. Now it's time to try it on my own pawbuddies..Thanks!

I always put in a chair and put my cat or dog on top of the chair, this way they don't feel too overwhelmed or overpowered and get hostile, then I begin the shower process by lathering them up in pet shampoo and rinse with a cup. Always works.

Just did this with my gf's and my cat. Worked so well. No scratching at all. He did try to escape, but he was so calm when I brought him back.

GAAAAH why is your cat so darn cute?!

Thank you so much for this, Ive been meaning to rebathe and flea treat my orange little devil I have and your methods helped me not get clawed and bloody. I am going to be the best cat Butlar now cause of you

At 1:08 when he said "step 1 is to trim your cat's nails" -- I cannot stress that enough. My cat would saw me in half!

Recently adopted a 5yo cat. She hates water. Can't wait for the first bath lol

First time taking my new cat a shower and this video helped a lot! He didn’t enjoy it, but if definitely went smoother then I thought it would. (:

I just washed my two kittens (3 and 6 months) using this awesome walkthrough! Thank you! Way easier than turning into hamburger arms!

what a nice kitty!

I should bring my cat here; if you manage to complete any of these operations I will be amazed! (Btw adorable kitten-I enjoyed the video!!!!!) :-)

Good info, thank you.

Thank you for sharing

My cat would kill me if I tried to give her a bath....maybe it depends on the breed...mine is a tortoiseshell 16 lb cat and she runs the show, not me LOL

They are absolutely beautiful and my daughter does the same trimming first before her five sphinx cats get their bath I under their head and believe that I like to have my little girl soak in her tub so that the dirt particles are loosened and away from the areas that’ll be cutting I feel like gives me less risk of her having an infection even though I’m not going to be cutting her a lot of debris does go up underneath her cuticles and I have to use a silicone toothbrush with her nail cleaner so basically she gets a manicure I guess but if you didn’t trim your cats nails before the bath it would be a bloodbath for you

Ok i am going to try it.Well i wanna say that i love my family.

I'm learning how to bathe a cat, because I heard one way to get rid of bugs like fleas on your cat, is washing it out with lots of water, so bathing it would also take care of the dirt as well. Thank you for this video.

Adorable cat!

I used to wear gloves while giving my kitten a shower in fear that she would bite or scratch me and it would end up taking us an hour in the washroom. Turns out she hates the gloves and now whenever I give her a shower without them it takes ~20 minutes. I used leather winter gloves but I found out that my sister would use them at night (God knows what she would do to her with them). When I found out that my sister was using my gloves, I switched to plastic disposable gloves but I think my kitten just associates the texture of anything touching her that is not our bare hand as a red flag.

Thank you,trick and tips

Usmc towel was the first thing i really noticed. It just rang inside of me because im an Army vet and respect that such a hardcore person as a us Marine is so careful with their kittens. It shows that even though youre a Marine. Youre a person and a good person for caring for your animals so gently. Alot of people think of marines as these big hard mean guys and really it just shows how awesome you are man. Bad ass enough to be a marine but gentle enough to bathe a kitten as calmly as that. Thats crazy skills 👍🏻 thanks for the tips too. Not running water next time i bathe my cat. Bucket and cup is so smart.

This helped a lot! My kitten is a stray our neighbor who keeps them outside let’s us keep one of their kittens we chose her but she wasn’t trained at all we’re still training her to use the litter but shes needs a bath really badly so this helped a lot!