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 ??