Was looking at my funnies email inbox at work and I stumbled upon this, you guys might have seen it before but if you haven't it's really hilarious! :dance:

Too Wash A cat

1. Thoroughly clean the toilet.
2. Add the required amount of shampoo to the toilet water and have both lids up.
3. Find the cat and soothe him while you carry him toward the bathroom.
4. In one smooth, movement put the cat in the toilet and close both lids.
The cat will self agitate to make ample suds.
(You may need to stand on the lid so that he cannot escape.) Never mind the noises that come from your toilet, the cat is actually enjoying this.
CAUTION: Do not get any part of your body too close to the edge, as his paws will be reaching out for anything they can find.
5. Flush the toilet three or four times. This provides a "Power Wash" and Rinse," which I have found to be quite effective.
6. Have someone open the door to the outside and ensure that there are no people between the toilet and the outside door.
7. Stand behind the toilet as far as you can, and quickly lift both lids.
8. The now clean cat will rocket out of the toilet, and run outside where he will dry himself.

Sincerely,

THE DOG

To Funny...
I think it would have the added bonus of cleaning the toliet at the same time

Ah ... missed step one is clean the toliet... think that one could be optional

:) Here kitty, kitty, kitty! Time for your bath!

Actually Step #4 is utterly impossible. You ever try to put a cat into a small area it doesn't want to go into?

The sad thing is that out there somewhere is someone who tried this. And since there's nothing for the cat's claws to get ahold of, there is a very high likelihood that the cat drowned if the owner shoved the cat in head first. Something akin to small children and full buckets.

My cat never was a problem to bathe, not that she enjoyed it, but she tolerated it, and never did more than a bit of complaining growl (never scratched, never bit).

Pretty much unrelated...

My brother lives in S. Carolina and commutes to work, and lives up in N. Carolina during the week. His daughter just gave him a kitten. Anyway, he drives his motorcycle to and from work. He put his new kitten in a carrier with a little teddy bear and some soft clothes and he straps it to the back seat of his Goldwing and drives it up to NC with him and back to SC on the weekends. He says the kitten has adjusted and just falls asleep.

:D

Ah ... missed step one is clean the toliet... think that one could be optionalI think you can amend step one to read "dip each of cat's paws in Comet Cleanser" and you don't even need a clean toilet first. Get two jobs done at the same time!

As for the "one smooth movement" issue, just hold the cat by the scruff of the neck. If it works for kitty carriers it can sure work for a toilet too! :) Better yet, just toss a goldfish in the toilet and the cat will go in head first willingly!

Well, my big 20+ pound cat would not go into his carrier, scruff holding or not. The last time I took him to the vet I was practically in tears from the trauma of having to cram him into his cage. I resorted to handling him a lot more roughly than the old guy deserved. Poor baby was so traumatized by the vet. I decided after that point that he would never have to go again.

Well, my big 20+ pound cat would not go into his carrier, scruff holding or not. The last time I took him to the vet I was practically in tears from the trauma of having to cram him into his cage. I resorted to handling him a lot more roughly than the old guy deserved. Poor baby was so traumatized by the vet. I decided after that point that he would never have to go again.In your case, I would recommend tossing the goldfish into the carrier instead of the toilet!

When my sisters cats see the suitcases come out they know she's leaving and they freak out. They hide under beds or where ever. When she does a real move to another place they really freak out, cant decide to hide or squall.

we take our cats to the vet on harnesses/leashes... they hunker down and don't move.... can leave them unattended in the back seat and don't move much except trying to cram themselves as far in the cushions as possible to avoid anyone seeing them in their humiliation.

/cackle!

Yeah! Putting a harness on a cat that isn't used to it is funny. They think they can't move.

can leave them unattended in the back seat

actually, they're only holding still because they're too busy 'wetting their pants' with fear.

At least that's what my cat did if we didn't put her in a carrier. Actually, she still did it in the carrier, but at least there it was contained. We'd put a clean towel in before we left the house, and carried a clean towel with us to replace the wet one when we got there. It kept most of her fur dry that way, and kept the car from reeking of cat urine.

Be warned, cats will always get revenge:

Cats use fax as toilet, spark house fire (http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=2005-06-10T140428Z_01_T25618_RTRIDST_0_ODD-CAT-FIRE-DC.XML)

Yeah, those paper houses are tough to put out! ;)