How often should you bathe your cat? Pet parents all know that good ways to enhance intimacy with their pets include grooming, playing games, bathing, etc. However, pets cannot be bathed frequently, especially if they have cats. , don't bathe too frequently. So what is the reason for this?

1. From the perspective of the origin of cats, most common modern domestic cats originated from desert cats and grassland cats. It is not easy to find water in deserts and grasslands, so after evolution, cats’ skin has adapted to drought. Environment, cats' skin can secrete a kind of oil to protect the skin from bacteria. If you bathe your cat too frequently, this oil will be destroyed, causing bacteria to invade the cat's skin and cause the cat to suffer from skin diseases. I feel deeply about this because my seven was fostered in a friend's home for a short period of time when he was young. Because the friend let seven sleep together in bed for fear that seven would get dirty, he would give seven a bath every day or two, causing seven to go home. Soon after, he contracted cat ringworm, and it took a long period of treatment before he fully recovered.

2. Cats cannot produce vitamin D on their own. They need to rely on sunlight to produce vitamin D on their fur, and then absorb vitamin D by licking their fur. Vitamin D helps cats absorb calcium. If you bathe too frequently, it will destroy the vitamin D in the cat's hair, making it impossible for the cat to absorb it, leading to calcium deficiency.

3. Cats are animals that love to be clean. Its little tongue is like a small brush that can be used for disinfection. It spends at least 4 hours a day cleaning its fur carefully to remove all kinds of dust and bacteria. It is cleaned up by the cat itself, so even if the cat has the smell of its saliva, it is actually very clean~

How often is the appropriate time to bathe a cat?

Generally, it is enough to bathe long-haired cats every two months. Short-haired cats are not prone to dirt and can be bathed once every 3, 4 months or even half a year. Of course, there are other ways to make a cat's hair clean and fluffy without bathing. Brushing the cat's hair carefully every day will not only help the cat go through the moulting period smoothly, but also clean the hair, promote the cat's blood circulation, and keep the cat's fur healthy and shiny. It has the function of making the cat fluffy and increasing the intimacy between the cat and its owner. Therefore, on days when the cat does not take a bath, please comb the cat~