Random Takes from My House

awwwww! why are you bathing the kitties?

my kittys name is Toby too!

lol - my nephew's name is Toby

Maybe they're dirty, Dia?
I used to bath my kitties too...

We got Toby from a family friend because his owner died... And he lived for more than six months in an apartment that was never cleaned, so, Toby's hair was all matted and he smelled.

So he got bathed.

And we bathed Zeus just in case of fleas and whatever. Plus it helps get rid of extra hair, especially during summer.

We used to bathe out cats - mostly because it was funny. :teehee

I always bathed any house cats we had...starting them out as kittens so they didn't try to kill me. I'm kind of a fanatic about smells, and though cats don't smell like dogs, it was just kind of a habit to bathe them. With my last cat, we even brushed her teeth with tuna flavored tooth paste. (:P)

We get Shadow bathed every month at Petco. It's worth the 30 bucks cuz she's so pretty when she gets out =D Also during the summer we do the shedless brushing with her fur. She's always so happy when she leaves, she poops in the planter box right outside the store :teehee

My cat is a 10 lb demon of flying claws and unearthly screaming sounds when he's bathed. It is not a common event, fortunately for both of us.

He will sit quietly through getting his claws clipped though.

someone ran over my cat and threw him in the gutter last week

That's... amazingly sad. :/

In other news, watch how often you bathe your critters. :) It can lead to various skin conditions that may cost more to cure than the baths are worth! Particularly kitties, who will fanatically clean themselves anyhow.

In the case of fleas and ticks, most shampoos won't help prevent them anyhow, they'll just provide temporary relief until the next round.

And if this sound know-it-allish of me I apologize. *shuffles feet* I have one cat who faithfully sits in the shower with me and washes his face every morning, but the other would shred me to ribbons if I even put her near water. And the dog... *sob*... if I ever have to bath him, it's got to be done totally on the sly. I have to pretend like it's all cool, then walk down the hallway with him on my right side and body-check him into the bathroom before he suspects anything. If he gets wind that something's up, he'll refuse to walk anywhere near the bathroom. Fortunately he's a clean puppy too. ;)

That shed did look like quite the ordeal, Mileron... I might have cried. Big cleaning jobs are not my forte. :( The weekly cleaning of my condo is about all I'll do without calling professional help, heh.

Petco. That's all I have to say about pet hair.

My first and only pet after moving away from home was this lovely little calico cat who would jump in the shower with me every morning, then spend the next half hour while I finished getting ready for work, sitting on the bathroom counter licking the water off. It was the only cute thing she did.

She was a tiny bit crazy, ok psychotic, but only because she had seperation anxiety and I didn't know that. I had to give her up when I got pregnant, cause hubby wouldn't clean her litter. I miss her, crazy tearing down of wall hangings and all.

Once every 2-3 months, depending. We figured it would be a good idea to bathe them both at the same time, though, considering the newness of the other cat and the... condition... of the environment he was brought from.


I'm glad I wasn't there to do it. My response to just about everything would have been "throw it out." :evil:

Bathroom Remodelling.
Before... The tile on the walls was plastic, put up sometime in the early 90s. Before that, it was butt-ugly green wallpaper, which thankfully was removed. We replaced the toilet in 2003 (as well as an 8foot square of the floor under it) due to the original toilet being from the 60s. Additionally, the faucets and spigot and shower portions of the tub were from the 50s. The sink was also from the 50s. The lights were fluourescent and had a horrible hum... We couldnt' find a ballast to replace in them.

Before 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

We pulled all the tile and scraped as much of the original glue off that we could. After that, the contractor took care of the rest, removing the sink and such.

During: 1, 2, 3

New sink, new shower liner, new faucet and handle. Prettier walls, at least until the cigarette smoke (three smokers in the house plus uncounted smoker guests) absorbs into them. It's a hell of a lot brighter with 4x75 watt incandescents on each side of the mirror. I had to turn them off for the pictures, they were interfering with the rest of the room. We bought the sink + vanity specifically for the drawer... and then we realized the sink's drain pipe comes through the floor. So the drawer's just the front and doesn't work :( We also need to have the contractor come back because the diverter for the shower isn't working (already.)


After: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
(The sign next to the door says "Please turn off the window fan when you leave the bathroom, unless it's really stinky.")

WOW Mil...really looks awesome now :D

Wow, hon, that does look really nice

Toby in the window

Toby on the floor trying to decide if this goofy looking person with this silver thing hanging off his face and these really annoying bright flashes is a threat or not.