Prepare your area first - it's too hard to try to get all these things with a wet kitten in your hands:
1. Have table or counter prepared with a clean towel laid out to keep him from sliding around.
2. Have the hair dryer plugged in and within easy reach.
3. Put a small amount of rubbing alcohol in a small container - set out 4 to 6 Q-tips.
4. Place the nail clippers along with the other items in easy reach. (on kittens I use a sharp pair of human nail clippers - adult cats use cat nail scissors).
5. Place metal grooming comb in easy reach.
Bathing Instructions:
1. Put some warm water in the sink (enough to cover just his hind quarters) the warm water will help loosen any litter residue that may have stuck to his fur - while his hind quarters are submerged in
the warm water use your fingers to help remove any litter from his fur. Then drain the sink.
2. Finish thoroughly wetting his fur under warm running water of the faucet.
3. Use clean soap free wash cloth to wet his head (use cotton cosmetic facial pads - wet with warm water & excess water wrung out - to clean the corners of his eyes and the opening of his nostrils -
careful not to get water in his nose).
4. Shampoo starting at his head working to his torso, legs, paws (sometimes has litter stuck between their pads) and finish the shampooing on the rump and tail.
5. Rinse head first with wet soap free wash cloth - then move on the his body. By running your hands down over his back & off his legs you'll wring out alot of the shampoo
(like you would when washing human hair). Be sure that you feel the soap all rinsed (squeaky) to prevent dry flaky skin.
6. Wrap him up in a towel securing his feet & legs inside the towel; lay him on a counter, table, or the likes - lay him on his side where you can reach his ears.
7. Clean his ears with Q-tips that have been dipped in the rubbing alcohol (the alcohol will clean his ears and dry quick helping prevent ear mites) - finish his ears by using a clean dry Q-tip to dry out
the ears. (their ears canal is in a 'L' shape, so as long as you are going straight down parallel with the side of his head;
Never turning the Q-tip to point in toward his head & you will not harm the inner parts of his ears).
8. While his paws are still wet you will clip his nails - this allows you to push the fur back on his paws and clip his nails without clipping the fur (even more helpful when he gets older and has more fur
on his paws); His nails are clear white making it easy to see the blood vein on the inside - starting with the front paws - cut the nail just before the vein;
( keep all his other paws secure in the towel) finish by re-wrapping his front paws securely in the towel and exposing his back paws for clipping.
9. Towel him dry - especially on his head; use blow dryer on medium setting and begin to dry his back, sides, neck, and head (only blowing on the top of head) keep roughing up the fur with your
fingers (you will have to keep him in place by holding him with your free hand. Turn him to his back resting your free hand along his chest allowing him to hold on to your wrist - blow dry his
underneath and paws.
10. When he is mostly dry, turn off the blow dryer and comb his fur with the metal grooming comb to separate the hair - then use the blow dryer again to finish drying him.
11. When he is completely dry, comb his lower belly - then between his front legs - then comb against the grain starting under his neck, and his sides - then starting at his neck comb against the grain
until you reach his tail. (check to see if he is dry - Persians have 3 different layers of fur, if any dampness blow dry again and comb everywhere against the grain again).
12. Finish either by using the grooming comb or a soft wire brush, and comb or brush with the grain (brush helps to fluff better than the comb).
13. Option-able - rub a little baby powder on his ruff under his chin down his chest - and on his bottom - also rub very small amount on his cheeks under his eyes;
(helps prevent staining of fur from tears, water, food, stool, etc...).
1. Have table or counter prepared with a clean towel laid out to keep him from sliding around.
2. Have the hair dryer plugged in and within easy reach.
3. Put a small amount of rubbing alcohol in a small container - set out 4 to 6 Q-tips.
4. Place the nail clippers along with the other items in easy reach. (on kittens I use a sharp pair of human nail clippers - adult cats use cat nail scissors).
5. Place metal grooming comb in easy reach.
Bathing Instructions:
1. Put some warm water in the sink (enough to cover just his hind quarters) the warm water will help loosen any litter residue that may have stuck to his fur - while his hind quarters are submerged in
the warm water use your fingers to help remove any litter from his fur. Then drain the sink.
2. Finish thoroughly wetting his fur under warm running water of the faucet.
3. Use clean soap free wash cloth to wet his head (use cotton cosmetic facial pads - wet with warm water & excess water wrung out - to clean the corners of his eyes and the opening of his nostrils -
careful not to get water in his nose).
4. Shampoo starting at his head working to his torso, legs, paws (sometimes has litter stuck between their pads) and finish the shampooing on the rump and tail.
5. Rinse head first with wet soap free wash cloth - then move on the his body. By running your hands down over his back & off his legs you'll wring out alot of the shampoo
(like you would when washing human hair). Be sure that you feel the soap all rinsed (squeaky) to prevent dry flaky skin.
6. Wrap him up in a towel securing his feet & legs inside the towel; lay him on a counter, table, or the likes - lay him on his side where you can reach his ears.
7. Clean his ears with Q-tips that have been dipped in the rubbing alcohol (the alcohol will clean his ears and dry quick helping prevent ear mites) - finish his ears by using a clean dry Q-tip to dry out
the ears. (their ears canal is in a 'L' shape, so as long as you are going straight down parallel with the side of his head;
Never turning the Q-tip to point in toward his head & you will not harm the inner parts of his ears).
8. While his paws are still wet you will clip his nails - this allows you to push the fur back on his paws and clip his nails without clipping the fur (even more helpful when he gets older and has more fur
on his paws); His nails are clear white making it easy to see the blood vein on the inside - starting with the front paws - cut the nail just before the vein;
( keep all his other paws secure in the towel) finish by re-wrapping his front paws securely in the towel and exposing his back paws for clipping.
9. Towel him dry - especially on his head; use blow dryer on medium setting and begin to dry his back, sides, neck, and head (only blowing on the top of head) keep roughing up the fur with your
fingers (you will have to keep him in place by holding him with your free hand. Turn him to his back resting your free hand along his chest allowing him to hold on to your wrist - blow dry his
underneath and paws.
10. When he is mostly dry, turn off the blow dryer and comb his fur with the metal grooming comb to separate the hair - then use the blow dryer again to finish drying him.
11. When he is completely dry, comb his lower belly - then between his front legs - then comb against the grain starting under his neck, and his sides - then starting at his neck comb against the grain
until you reach his tail. (check to see if he is dry - Persians have 3 different layers of fur, if any dampness blow dry again and comb everywhere against the grain again).
12. Finish either by using the grooming comb or a soft wire brush, and comb or brush with the grain (brush helps to fluff better than the comb).
13. Option-able - rub a little baby powder on his ruff under his chin down his chest - and on his bottom - also rub very small amount on his cheeks under his eyes;
(helps prevent staining of fur from tears, water, food, stool, etc...).
Bathing Instructions For A Kitten
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