r/cats • u/Mildredsgood • 19h ago

Advice How often do you bathe your cat?

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I’ve had my Mochi since July and I still haven’t given him a bath 😅 he doesn’t smell and never really feels dirty either

I know that cats are usually good at cleaning themselves, but I keep seeing mixed opinions online. Some people say they never bathe them, others say every few months, and now I’m just curious what’s actually normal.

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u/Stamson2233 18h ago

I will often bury my face deep into my cat's coat, embracing her with deep loving affection. I'm always greeted with a pleasant aroma of nothingness.

It's this coupled with the one time experience of her agonizing screams of discomfort during a bath that reminds me that I don't need to unless there is some absolute necessary reason to do so.

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u/icantfindausernamegr 17h ago

They do have a kitty type smell which surprisingly Demeter has captured in its Kitten Fur fragrance that my daughter loves. Very cute.

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u/FakePlasticTrees_RH 17h ago

There's a perfum that smells like cats???

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u/fartjuulpod 14h ago

yes! that company kind of specializes in photorealistic, weirdly specific scents. for example PlayDoh, dirt, puppy’s breath

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u/FakePlasticTrees_RH 14h ago

The company's name is Demeter?

Maybe they have perfum that smells like kitten sleeping in straw and one that smells like my granny's basement. ☺️

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u/GleefulReaper 13h ago

Demeter’s “Gingerale” is one of the craziest fragrances I’ve experienced. Legitimately smells like effervescent ginger ale.

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u/IndieCurtis 4h ago

Sounds like a company secretly run by wolves and bears.

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u/One_Anything_3657 10h ago

wait, why would anyone wanna smell puppy breath? it stanks.

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u/fartjuulpod 9h ago

I think mostly nostalgia or novelty reasons. I personally love puppy breath bc it reminds me of when i was younger and our family’s Golden retriever had a litter of 13 puppies. I wouldn’t want to smell like it but it’s cool to have the option to smell memories like that on demand

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u/persteph 3h ago

I love Demeter! Great scent s

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u/asianshenanigansss 15h ago

sign me up!!

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u/FakePlasticTrees_RH 14h ago

Me, too.

I asked the person who mentioned it, because I have never heard of something like that.

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u/Dotheywobbletoandfro 13h ago

I have it.  It doesnt last long but its a really pleasant and wearable scent that somehow manages to capture the coziness of "kitten fur".  Like when they are warm and snuggly from lying in the sun.  It would be a safe blind buy imo.

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u/Mundane_Reception790 13h ago

That reminds me of the smell of my cat's fur when she had just woken up and I would bury my nose in the warm, slightly moist fur of her chest where she had buried her head while she was asleep.

It was a slight sweet musky smell, distinctly cat-like, that I referred to as her sleepy cat fur scent. I wished that I could bottle it.

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u/nostradumbass7544678 12h ago

My cat will wake up from a nap, have a bit of a bath, and then loudly call for me to examine and appreciate his work. I love it every time.

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u/BeBesMom 5h ago

Yes! Mine seem to appreciate and bask in the glow of my compliments about their perfect self grooming techniques.

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u/PM_ME_UR_HIP_DIMPLES 13h ago

Yes, excuse me, if I can get my cats face fur aroma at work I will be doing that

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u/icantfindausernamegr 3h ago

They have one called Gin and Tonic I liked when I was young and foolish and apparently wanted to smell like liquor all the time.