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Should I use warm or normal water when bathing my cat or kitten?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Cat | Domestic Shorthair | Female | unspayed | 4 months and 12 days old

How to bath her? I mean using warm water or normal water

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Answered By Dr. Strydom, DVM

Veterinarian

Published on September 15th, 2019

Yes, you can use warm water - not too hot. It is best to use shampoo made for cats but you can also use human baby shampoo. If she doesn't like the water you can always use a waterless shampoo. ( https://www.petsworld.in/catalogsearch/result/?q=waterless+shampoo )

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