One of the features of living here in the country is the need for a resident team of Rodent control operatives. Others might of course call them cats.
Deimund is a few year old black and white neutered tom who of course benefits mot at all from management who hates them all, or so she says....
He is of course very loved, and delights in the delight he knows you feel when he arrives at 5 am and asleep in bed. Even if you seem unsure about that, very loud purring and creeping under the duvet between you is just his way of helping you realise how happy you really are.
If all else fails he can sit on your head..
A lover of mushrooms, he knows that there is but one way of being sure that there are none at the bottom of the compost bin...
But of course as a cat of impeccable good behaviour he is at a total loss to explain how the contents of said bin ever end up spread all round the kitchen and any suggestions of culpability will produce a studied look of innocent bewilderment
Just as the mysterious disappearance of the odd lump of beef, cheese or chicken is as much a mystery to him as anyone else.
So anyway he arrived in the house yesterday in a bit of a state. he had somehow fallen into a bucket of oil, or at least so it seemed. This is the kind of thing that needs acting on and Bethan took charge.
Having filled the bath with warm water, armed with soap, into action she went.
This was an admirable chance to learn some valuable lessons.
Just because he needs one is not a reason a cat would agree to have a bath.
Cats do not like water, but not at any level of loathing you or I could possibly understand.
Jesus is not the only one who can cross water without sinking or indeed making ripples.
Underneath every placid domestic feline exterior lurks an untamed lion.
Gloves and facial protection are not optional, they are essential
Bathing a cat wearing the last pair of unladered tights, the ones that you need for school might not be clever.
Closing the bathroom door is all very well but having the side off the bath is asking for trouble...
But not as much as trying to extricate a cat who has taken cover underneath the bath when he prefers to stay where he is to being in the bath(see note above about gloves)....
Having got him out, trying to dunk him in the bath to rinse him off may well be in his best interests, he might not see it that way - see also note about lions....
Elephants never forget, in the case of cats, you need to factor in something about revenge.
R
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