Reader “P” sent me a photo of her cat who had crawled into in a plastic bag; the reader assured me that there was no danger involved in this incident:
Here are photos of my kitty sporting her own clear plastic bag. 🙂 Note that this wasn’t staged at all… I was shredding stuff this evening, and she enjoys lolling about in boxes and bags and on paper because it feels warm and cozy. She’s safe, as I don’t leave her unsupervised with plastic bags.
My first reaction, of course, was that this cat was an Orthodox Jewish felid in the vicinity of a cemetery. I asked “P” about this, and received this reply:
No, Jerry, she’s not Jewish, just passing. Her name is Zoe! Her sister’s name is Zelda, the black one. It was a very funny coincidence, as I did see your interesting post of the Man in the Bag, hence I took the photos.
And if you’re not having a good day, it’s still better than what this moggie had to face.
Cats, always funny beings*…
*I use “being” rather than creature, because that would imply that there is creator, in which I don’t believe as non-theist.
Please, someone let the cat out of the bag!
It feels safe in there as long as there’s an elephant in the room.
WTH? The cat in the video sounds human! That clip made me lol.
Poor cat in the video. He doesn’t like water at all. Isn’t there a less traumatic way to clean a cat? I hate the smell of those foamy dry-clean sprays.
Indeed, I’m having a hard time imagining a need for anything more than just a quick-but-vigorous rub with a very damp hand towel. Unless the cat is covered in something toxic that won’t come out without detergents, full immersion is counterproductive. And cats aren’t exactly known for diving into oil spills….
Most of the time that one might want to give a cat a bath, it’s because the cat has already gone for a dust bath outside. All you need is to transfer the worst of said dust to the towel so the dirt doesn’t get tracked all over the house, and the cat will take care of the rest much better than you could in the bathtub.
I suppose there might also be cases where a bath makes sense for flea treatment, but I’d tend to think that either there will be other options or you’ve let the situation get really bad in the first place.
b&
Agreed. It’s got to be something really bad like being skunked. It’s a rare cat who loves to play in water.
Except tigers, of course. And jaguars. As I understand it, you can’t keep either out of the water.
Then again, you did write, “rare.” And both tigers and jaguars are, sadly, quite rare….
b&
My grandparents’ cat would sneak into and take showers with them… 🙂
Cool! I’ve seen some youtube videos of domestic cats playing in bathtubs of water… fascinating. I did have one grey Burmese kitten who liked puddles.
Ben, good point!
LOL
There may be something deeper going on here… people with the last name of Katz are usually Kohanim. For all we know this cat is a reincarnation of a guy named Seymour Katz!
OM!!! that cat being bathed was HILARIOUS!!!! the guy just kept screaming, NO, NO, NO!!!
Did the cat live after this barbaric treatment?