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Originally Posted by DocDutch
before giving this kind of advice, have you tried it yourself and seen the state of hands afterwards,
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Not exactly, but when I was too young to know better [about 5 or 6] I went downstairs before my parents were up, & seeing 1 of our cats washing herself decided I would help. Poor Smokey was very patient with me, & I don't recall her objecting to me giving her a Fairy Liquid shampoo. When my mother saw what I'd done [only a few minutes after the fact] & rushed her into the shower to wash it off, Smokey wasn't quite as understanding with her.
Before anyone accuses me of being cruel, I would like to point out that I had no idea that it could be bad for the cat, & was genuinely just trying to help.
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Originally Posted by DocDutch
I remember my cats when I tried that kind of trick and my hands didnt look that nice...bit of a ripped effect.
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As I said, I haven't had the opportunity to try it, as I have been feline-deprived for considerably longer than it's been since I heard about it.
As for potential injuries - I apologise, but I assumed it was obvious that it shouldn't be attempted with a cat that tends to play rough [unless your reflexes are equal to or better than the cat's
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If I ever get the chance to try it, I'd probably start off with trying to just hold the front paws in my hands to see if they'd tolerate it, & to get them used to it, but only holding them very lightly so that they'd know they could take their paws away whenever they felt like it.
If/when they appeared comfortable with that I'd then very lightly rub my thumbs around in circles on their paw pads, & continue until they either fell asleep or they decided they'd had enough & removed their paws. Naturally, in the latter case I would let go & move my hands out of paw range as quickly as possible, just in case.
