wet cat

I gave Agnes a bath today. Nearing 16 years in February (she's a Pisces...) she is doing really well but she has some difficulty reaching her back when grooming due to age and (ahem) weight issues. She has a little arthritis as well. And now she has eek! fleas to add to that. She was very upset during the bath but once it was over she started grooming herself to dry off and even stopped growling at me. This is unprecedented. I think she particularly enjoyed having the warm water run onto her back. I washed her with some lovely oatmeal-skin-healing pet shampoo.