As I mentioned on Icy's thread I thought I'd give this a go - but it wasn't quite as straightforward as Icy's instructions made it sound.
First I thoroughly cleaned the toilet, then not sure what to use to wash the cat I decided to use the dog's Bob Martin conditioning shampoo, so I tipped that in the toilet as per instructions. Then I had to get the cat. Now she knows when I get her it's for something horrible like flea treatment or a trip to the vets so a bit of a chase ensued before I finally collared her. I took her up to the bathroom where in the interim my son had been to the toilet and had flushed the shampoo away. So still holding the cat I give the toilet another quick clean and then proceed to add some more shampoo.
At this point my wife entered the bathroom, sees me with a strugging, mewing cat under one arm whilst simultaneously tipping dog shampoo down the toilet and asks me, perhaps understandably what the hell do I think I'm doing. So I told her about the 'cat washing' thread on NSC and how I thought the cat looked a bit grubby so I thought I'd spruce her up in time for Christmas.
Well! From the explosion you'd have thought she'd caught me in bed with her best friend! I was called all sorts of names of which 'imbecile' and 'lunkhead' were two of the more polite ones. Women eh? They moan that you don't do enough round the house and then when you try and help out by cleaning the cat they STILL moan!
Anyway, she's still not talking to me, I think the fallout from this is going to be worse than the time when I gave our son Nutella soldiers with his boiled egg because we'd run out of Marmite. (Well they look the same, I didn't think he'd notice).
Moral - Not all advice posted on NSC should be followed!
First I thoroughly cleaned the toilet, then not sure what to use to wash the cat I decided to use the dog's Bob Martin conditioning shampoo, so I tipped that in the toilet as per instructions. Then I had to get the cat. Now she knows when I get her it's for something horrible like flea treatment or a trip to the vets so a bit of a chase ensued before I finally collared her. I took her up to the bathroom where in the interim my son had been to the toilet and had flushed the shampoo away. So still holding the cat I give the toilet another quick clean and then proceed to add some more shampoo.
At this point my wife entered the bathroom, sees me with a strugging, mewing cat under one arm whilst simultaneously tipping dog shampoo down the toilet and asks me, perhaps understandably what the hell do I think I'm doing. So I told her about the 'cat washing' thread on NSC and how I thought the cat looked a bit grubby so I thought I'd spruce her up in time for Christmas.
Well! From the explosion you'd have thought she'd caught me in bed with her best friend! I was called all sorts of names of which 'imbecile' and 'lunkhead' were two of the more polite ones. Women eh? They moan that you don't do enough round the house and then when you try and help out by cleaning the cat they STILL moan!
Anyway, she's still not talking to me, I think the fallout from this is going to be worse than the time when I gave our son Nutella soldiers with his boiled egg because we'd run out of Marmite. (Well they look the same, I didn't think he'd notice).
Moral - Not all advice posted on NSC should be followed!
