To give cat a bath after falling in toilet?

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We have a kitten who is 5 months old, we have been really careful with putting the toilet seat down but she's absolutely crazy and like a little ninja and went into the bathroom without DH noticing. Anyway while he was peeing she flew at him and landed on the toilet and fell in. Covered in wee!

We gave her a bath. Not just a rub down with a flannel. We didn't fill the bath up with water we just put her in the sink and poured it on her with a jug and used baby soap. (We were very careful and gentle we didn't just throw water on her) To us, this was just an obvious thing that you'd do? We don't ever bath our cats but surely we should intervene if they're covered in wee or poo?!

Anyway we told the story to DHs parents who looked at each other like we were crazy and said they would've just left her. They said cats are self cleaning and she would've got it off herself. Ok but what about before that.. running around the house getting it on the carpet or the bed? Anyway we shrugged it off just thinking they're a bit weird and dirty.

But then another person at work told me the same. They said cats don't need our help and it isn't worth stressing them out as baths are really traumatic for them and that we should've just kept her in the bathroom until she had cleaned herself and maybe just wiped her down with a towel.

I kind of feel really guilty now, I mean she's fine it didn't traumatise her, after we finished she just started zooming around as normal. Is it really that cruel to bath a cat that's covered in pee?! I'm a first time cat owner so if it is at least I know for next time but I'm a bit shocked that anyone would be ok letting a cat that has been down the toilet bowl chill in their house without cleaning it off ??

Was your cat upset by this interaction? Mine would have scratched me to bits but if she didn’t mind I don’t see a problem. I doubt she’ll be traumatised for life.

Our cat used to hate being in the car when we took her to the vets for her booster. Always turned up covered in her own pee/poo/puke. Vet soon remembered her and used to recommend a gentle wash when we got back home, similar to what you did.

It's not like you are washing the cat every week. I'm sure she will be fine.

The poor cat would've had to self clean by licking wee off itself! I think you did the right thing

A cats are different. Sounds like yours was fine.

I think you're over thinking it, cat will be fine either way!

I have a very longhaired, fluffy cat. She also has stomach issues occasionally doesn't understand that manufacturers are sometimes lax about cross contamination.

She has baths. She isn't exactly a fan of them, but they happen. She largely just stands and hopes it's over and done with as quickly as possible, but she's had them when necessary for the last 19 years. It means we don't have an animal stinking of piss or shit having to be put into a carrier to stop her spreading it over the house and furnishings. When it isn't hotter than Hades here, she also gets blowdried, which she tolerates remarkably patiently.

You naturally didn't want a piss covered kitten around. Of course you bathed her.

Thanks for the responses! I moreso just wanted to know if it's normal to leave a cat covered in pee? My cat is absolutely fine I'm not worried about her. I was just shocked that three people all said they would've left her so wanted to see what the general consensus is here

It's fine - our white cat was literally covered in mud and I put him in the sink and washed it off him - he looked utterly woebegone and sorry for himself but he was completely fine after we'd toweled him and he'd licked himself.

most cats dislike baths. however if they desperately need one them so
be it. ur cat will be totally totally fine, it's honestly not a big deal. now as a slave of 5 cats i don't bath them but if i have to like cover in pee or pee or sick, of course then need a clean, and sometimes it's a wee bath that only does the trick. stop worrying b about this u haven't done anything wrong just don't make it a regular thing even if ur cat is all
dust and first from summer etc, they will sort themselves out. i personally love ur thoughfulness to not have them going about stinking in man pee, just like u wouldn't have ur man stinking of cat pee ;D

I would have done the same. The thought of my cat licking human wee from her fur is gross. Or her not licking it off and going around smelling of piss.

A quick bath won't do her any harm and if she gets treats while she is being washed and tolerates the process, it'll be easier if you have to do it to get something harmful off her.

Tbh my cat would absolutely hate and fear that, but she was a rescue and had not been socialised nor been got used to potentially scary things in a safe environment. So maybe consider it part of her education?

I'd have just rinsed, no need for shampoo with just wee.

Some cats really like water, sounds like your kitty might. I heard of a Maine coon (friend of a friend of a friend) that used to shower with its owner.

I would have done the same and have done when my cat messed in the cat carrier and was covered in it.

When I was young our kitten flew up the chimney (my DP would say like mother like kitten) and had a good scrabble around and came back covered in soot. We had pale carpets. She got a wash in the bath the same way you did in the sink. She hated it because she was a cat but she then wasn’t covered in soot and lived to be 20 practically surgically attached to my mum. So you’re fine.

Yes I would have gently rinsed cat and patted dry no problem

I would have done exactly the same. My daughter lives in Istanbul and has often told me that people routinely bathe their cats.

I'd have bathed mine after that too

I would have bathed her.

It it did make me smile she did this mid pee

We bathed our kitten once. Wouldn't try it now he's a muscular adult, as we value our hands.

My son's Bengal cat jumps in the sink with water in. He leaves a couple of inches in there with the plug in. He just jumps in and out. He's a bit mad though.

I think you did the right thing. Ours was involved in a baking incident at a similar age (kids were fighting over the mixing bowl, which was upended over the poor kitten!) and I gave him a wash just as you described.

I would have bathed her. There's no way I would have left a kitten covered in piss to lick herself or trail it around the house.

I would NOT let a cat lick human wee (which whilst probably harmless would also contain any medications the human is on) and potentially, traces of toilet cleaner, off itself.

i would have done exactly as you have done - sometimes a bath is what is needed. As several of our family cats have learned after snoozing underneath leaky vehicles!!

You've survived to tell the tale so your cat wasn't as distressed by it as some may be. My cat was bathed as a kitten before we got her, she loves sitting on the side of the bath dipping her toes in now.

I have had to bath cat before, he got covered in paint by joining children in a painting session. He was fine, looked a bit cross but no issues, didn't fight it in any way and enjoyed the towels and cuddles after.
I wouldn't let a cat run round the house covered in pee.