A picture of two orange kittens, both squinting and giving “stink eye.” The caption reads “I gave my cats a bath and they've been looking at me like this all day... Should I be scared?”

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[–] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Cat owners should learn the Feline Grimace Scale. It’s a way for vets to get a rough measure of how much pain a cat is in:

I mention this because the kitten on the right would probably score a 3 or a 4, which is right on the threshold for when a vet would consider administering painkillers and/or looking into the causes more closely. Certain shampoos can be extremely harmful to cats. Since cats lick themselves clean, they’ll ingest anything you put on their fur. Including shampoos or hair products. And there are countless examples of cats going into organ failure, seizing, vomiting/shitting all over the house, etc after being bathed with harmful “pet safe” products… Just because the product is safe for their skin doesn’t mean it’s safe for them to ingest.

Also, oddly enough, this obviously AI article was one of the top results when I searched for shampoo toxicity in cats. I’m only linking it because the article is a fucking wild read, which only gets wilder as the AI hallucinates more and more.

[–] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 11 points 1 week ago

Firstly, great guide image at the top there. Very useful, thank you :)

Secondly, that AI slop article is hilarious.

"Cut the shampoo into manageable portions" :D

[–] Aganim@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I too enjoy the crunchy texture of shampoo. Never thought of grating it though, I definitely should try that. Variety is the spice of life after all and the spice must flow.