The first time I gave Scrappy (my little room mate) a bath, she tried clawing my hands to shreds. She was only a few months old. I (and she) probably will remember that night forever.
She still doesn't like her bi-monthly bathing ritual but she has more or less got used to it....sort of.
She does like to play with water though.
I made the bad habit of letting her drink water from the bathroom faucet tap when she was just a little girl....and now turning the bathroom faucet on both when I get up and when I come home from work...or whenever she meows for it to be turned on...has become one of my daily duties.
She also likes to dip her paws into the cascading water and sometimes if I am near her in the bathroom, she will even toss the water droplets my way via her little paws.....like she is playing a game of "Let's splash Johnny".
It is cute but yet her fascination with this water thing is also annoying at times. As far as I know she has NEVER even drank water from her cat bowl on the floor...even though it is fresh every day. In the summer I even drop an ice cube in to the bowl to keep the water "chilled" and the only thing she does is take the cube out of the bowl and play with it on the floor or carpet or wherever else she can manage to drag said ice cube.
Well then here is a little article from New Scientist that tries to explain why "most" cats and other felines are afraid of water.
I was surprised when, after reading the article, I discovered there are quite a few kittys that do enjoy taking a "dip" now and again!
Click on link below to read the article:
New Scientist Back Page - Fearful felines
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