GENERAL MANAGEMENT 7 



but, through circumstances not always under con- 

 trol, it may become necessary to wash a cat, an 

 operation often of extreme difficulty, as the cat 

 has an inherent hatred to washing, though some 

 owners wash their cats regularly. It is a mistake 

 to immerse the animal, but it should be placed in 

 an ordinary foot-bath, or shallow vessel ; the fur 

 then wetted on the hinder part of the body and 

 some dog-shampoo then well rubbed in, so as to 

 form a good lather. This is then rinsed off with 

 tepid water. The same is then applied to the fore 

 part of the body, and then the whole rinsed off 

 with cold water. The cat must be thoroughly 

 dried afterwards. As cats are very refractory, it is 

 better to use a pair of stout gloves to prevent being 

 scratched. 



Dry Shampooing. 



Many may argue that a dry shampoo has not 

 the same cleansing power as the wet process, which 

 to a certain extent is true, but this method of 

 cleansing the coat has much to recommend it ; in 

 fact the writer believes if it were more widely 

 known its adoption would become universal, as it 

 reduces the hardship of the feline ablution to one 

 of comparative simplicity. 



Dry shampooing fluid can be obtained in bottles 

 from the chemists'. The coat is freely wetted with 

 it, and then vigorously shampooed till the lather 



