"Hello doctor, can you give the cat a bath after vaccinating it? ”
The cat is too dirty, so let's take a bath after deworming it for a while! ”
Such remarks about "cat bathing", veterinarian Xiao Ming really heard too much, almost every day there are shovel officers asking when cats can take a bath, today veterinarian Xiao Ming will come to tell you, under which circumstances, cats can not bathe, I hope novice shovel officials can remember.
1. When the cat was just brought home.
When many excrement shovelers pick up cats from the pet store, they will dislike that they are not clean and smelly, and then want to take them outside to bathe and have a brand new cat.
However, this is absolutely impossible.
When cats just step into a new environment, their emotions are already unstable and they are particularly prone to stress, and if they bathe cats rashly, they will only increase the probability of their stress, which will lead to the cat's illness.
Remember, as long as it is a cat that has just been brought home, whether they are adult cats or kittens, do not bathe cats, and wait until they are familiar with the environment before thinking about bathing.
2. After vaccination.
In the hearts of many owners, they feel that if they vaccinate their cats, they will be safe and can take a bath, which is also wrong.
In fact, cats are usually weaker after vaccination, because they need to produce antibodies, and secondly, if the injection site is bathed, it will increase the probability of infection (just like after we get the new crown vaccine, the doctor does not let the bathe).
Therefore, it is recommended that the excrement shovel officer should take the cat to take a bath on the 7th day after the 3 shots of the vaccine after the cat is fully vaccinated, and the cat is in normal physical condition.
3. Just finished deworming the cat.
Many people think that since the cat has been dewormed, it is better to take a bath by the way, which is also not good.
Now most of the anthelmintic drugs are in vitro drops, dropped on the surface of the pet, if the cat has just finished deworming, immediately go to the bath, one is that the drug has not been fully absorbed at this time, if you take a bath immediately, it will affect the effect of the anthelmintic drug, and the second is that the cat will lick the hair after bathing, resulting in the cat may be poisoned, although the probability is relatively low.
For example, if there are fleas on the cat, when they are dewormed, you bathe it again, doesn't it make the cat cleaner?
4. The cat has just been neutered.
When the cat has just been neutered, some of the body hair may be dirty, so let the shovel officer move the idea of bathing, please stop.
Cats are relatively weak after neutering, bathing cats will cause cats to get sick and increase the probability of wound infection, so generally after the cat removes the stitches, their body is completely **, to bathe the cat, preferably in the 2-3 weeks after the cat is neutered.
5. The cat has just given birth.
Bathing is also not recommended for female cats who have just given birth.
After giving birth, the vitality of the female cat is greatly damaged, which is the most vulnerable time for the cat's body, their resistance is particularly low, and bathing the female cat will greatly increase the risk of the cat getting sick.
So, even if the female cat is very dirty, it is best to wipe it with a dry towel dipped in some warm water.
Veterinarian Xiao Ming hopes that the shovel officers can pay more attention to the popular science knowledge of taking care of cats, so that they will not make some low-level mistakes in the process of raising cats, and "mistakenly" injure cats.
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