Comments on: How to Wash a Kitten http://www.howtocleanstuff.net/people-and-pets/cats/how-to-wash-a-kitten/ How to clean anything and everything! Sun, 21 Mar 2010 01:57:58 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Katriona http://www.howtocleanstuff.net/people-and-pets/cats/how-to-wash-a-kitten/comment-page-1/#comment-32938 Katriona Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:08:19 +0000 http://www.howtocleanstuff.net/?p=2064#comment-32938 this is a good guide but what about hairdrying don't you want your kitten to be dry. this is a good guide but what about hairdrying don’t you want your kitten to be dry.

]]> By: PiNG http://www.howtocleanstuff.net/people-and-pets/cats/how-to-wash-a-kitten/comment-page-1/#comment-17285 PiNG Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:30:25 +0000 http://www.howtocleanstuff.net/?p=2064#comment-17285 You can wash a kitten that young but you have to make sure that the water that you use is as close to the kitten's body temperature. A good rule of thumb for me is if it feels almost too hot to put my hands in, its ok for the kitten. Then you'll need to keep them in the water as much as possible...that means be really quick yet thorough with the soap. The longer the kitten stays out of the water the more chilled it will get. Once the kitten is clean, gently squeeze the excess moisture out of its fur and bundle it up in a large towel that was wrapped around a hot water bottle. Dry gently but thoroughly. By the end of this you should have one sleepy, fluffy, clean kitten, one sopping wet large towel, and one sweaty semi-scratched human. You can wash a kitten that young but you have to make sure that the water that you use is as close to the kitten’s body temperature. A good rule of thumb for me is if it feels almost too hot to put my hands in, its ok for the kitten. Then you’ll need to keep them in the water as much as possible…that means be really quick yet thorough with the soap. The longer the kitten stays out of the water the more chilled it will get.
Once the kitten is clean, gently squeeze the excess moisture out of its fur and bundle it up in a large towel that was wrapped around a hot water bottle. Dry gently but thoroughly.

By the end of this you should have one sleepy, fluffy, clean kitten, one sopping wet large towel, and one sweaty semi-scratched human.

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