How Often Should You Wash Your Cat. Not only should you wash your pet’s food bowl with hot, soapy water after every meal, and wash water bowls every couple of days, but william (bill) burkholder, dvm, phd, dacvn, and charlotte conway, ms, from the center for veterinary medicine at the food and drug administration, or fda, also recommend washing your hands with hot water and soap before and after handling. If you are feeding dry food to your cat, rinsing with warm water every day is the least necessary and you can wash them once in two or three days.
Observe your pet bed for dirt, shedding, and odor, if you notice any of those signs, time to throw the bed in the wash! But there will come a time when your cat may need a bath. Today, when i took him for a sanitary clip, i mentioned this to the groomer who said i was bathing him too often;
The gums should be firm and pink, not white or red, and should show no signs of swelling.
So should you bathe your cat? It also depends on other situations such as dangerous dirt. Last, but not least, whether or not you bathe your cat also depends on the cat’s personality, level of aggression, and how used to bathing your cat is (or will become). In fact, cats can spend up to 50% of their waking hours grooming to cover themselves with their scent.