Thinking of bathing the cat.... help!

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She has long furr, she always keeps herself well groomed, I only have to run through her hair once a week with a brush to remove any tangles.

Last night she must have used the litter tray... and got a dingleberry... then spent most of the night licking to try and remove it.

This morning I cut it off but now she's smelly

SO..... to bath or not to bath? I have no cat shampoo either, so what would I use?

Have you got a mild shampoo? It can't be nice for her to have cleaned up her own poo.

I bathed a cat once. He had got into the outside bin and was covered in bin juice. Used washing up liquid as that was what I had to hand. Wear rubber gloves, easier to get a grip. Also long sleeves (and a full face motor cycle helmet or fencing mask if you have one!) because he ripped me to shreds. I'd be tempted to try to do it with a flannel or a Spanish shower.

Don't do it. Brush her, make sure you've got rid of any clinging poo, then leave her to get on with it.

I tried to rinse mine off in the bath once (long hair and pooh around bottom). Tried the shower. She hooked her claw through the flesh on my arm and I nearly had to pull a chunk out of my arm to free her. Bloody hurt!
For future dingleberries... comb them out. They don't squash into the fur and leave a stinky bum.

She is pretty nervy, she trusts me, but she has never had a bath before... I'm also going out tomorrow night and don't want to be covered in lacerations.

Might leave her till I get back and see how smelly she is then...

She's clean, just smelly. Ugh.

Perhaps some time outside in the fresh air?!
It's got to be better than Febreeze?

Wrap her in a towel so she can't claw you to pieces. Then use a soapy flannel to wash her rear end.

No it will distress her. You can get dry shampoos for cats from the usual places and this would freshen her without applying water.