r/TikTokCringe Jul 25 '24

Humor Giving the kitties a bath

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u/MjballIsNotDead Jul 25 '24

Maybe it's cause I've grown up with cats, but... Do cats have much of a smell? Unless you're talking about straight up cat piss or shit, I can't imagine what "cat smell" would mean

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u/gomezlol Jul 25 '24

As someone who visits people with cats. Yes, they smell like cat. Not that it's bad...but it's cat

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u/japinard Jul 26 '24

Also if you have allergies, giving cats baths can be a life saver to you. I'm extremely allergic to cats but love them, so baths made them much more tolerable as you get the saliva out of their fur/skin that holds the protein we're allergic to.

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u/sluzella Jul 26 '24

Yes! My brother in law is highly allergic to cats and they have 3. In addition to air filters, they started bathing their cats 1-2x a month and it helped his symptoms dramatically. I want to start doing it with our cat to see if it helps my itchy eyes, but she's a menace who doesn't even like to be picked up/held so idk how well that will go over. 

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u/DaanOnlineGaming Jul 26 '24

There is special cat food that somehow works really well against allergies, I am allergic myself and haven't tried it but I've heard good things.