| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name
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| 1515.1 | Anything to avoid bathing a cat... | JAWS::COTE | Look!! Eeet eees BASSOON! | Thu Jun 30 1988 16:13 | 3 | 
|  |     Rub cat litter into her fur. It'll absorb alot of the oil.
    
    Edd
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| 1515.2 | SSS | IAMOK::HTAYLOR | Me and my lil'pots o' purrs | Thu Jun 30 1988 17:02 | 8 | 
|  |     Try Avon's Skin So Soft.  That usually works on that kind of thing.
    It is a bath oil, but it has a number of other things that it does.
    
    Holly
    
    p.s.  Skin So Soft is also a GREAT mosquito and black fly repellant.
    
    
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| 1515.3 | Dawn - it breaks up grease! | PARITY::WHALEN | And may the traffic be with you | Thu Jun 30 1988 17:04 | 7 | 
|  |     
       After rubbing as much off as possible with a dry papertowel,
    I wet a rag and put a dab of Dawn or similar greasecutting detergent
    on it  and rub the spot. Rinsing it after with just a wet rag, cleans
    the area without having to bathe  all of kitty...
    
                                     Denise       
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| 1515.4 | DISH SOAP IS NOT A HEALTHY IDEA | SKITZD::WILDE | Time and Tide wait for Norman | Thu Jun 30 1988 17:25 | 7 | 
|  | re: .3 
DAWN is a detergent and can be harsh to the skin of cats and people - as well
as toxic if the cat licks it off or is groomed by another cat.  Please call
the local groomer and ask for a kitten shampoo brand name or better yet,
get the kitten bathed, toes trimmed, and fluff dried for a nominal fee....
you won't be the bad guy and the kitten will look wonderful.
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| 1515.5 | COOKING FOR GREASY CATS! | UBOHUB::HOOD_S |  | Fri Jul 01 1988 07:17 | 15 | 
|  |     
    Jim,
    
    I have a completely white cate "Dinky" who LOVES to rub her head
    on anything oily or dirty.  The best 'cure' I have found so far
    is to rub a little baking soda (Bicarbonate of Soda) into the oily
    patch (this absorbs the grease) and then give her a brisk rub down
    with an old towel.  Most of it seems to come off this way and at
    least if Dinky chooses to have a go at cleaning the oil patch herself,
    I know that the baking soda is not harmful to her.  
    
    Hope it helps!
    
    SANDY.
    
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| 1515.6 | Baby powder | CHEFS::GOUGH |  | Fri Jul 01 1988 10:36 | 4 | 
|  |     Talcum powder (the sort you use for babies) also absorbs oil quite
    well.
    
    Helen
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| 1515.7 | Rinse, Rinse, and Rinse | EDUC8::TRACHMAN |  | Tue Jul 05 1988 10:09 | 2 | 
|  |     Dawn works VERY well and if it is rinsed off completely, it doesn't
    cause problems.  
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| 1515.8 | if your cat has touchy skin... | SKITZD::WILDE | Time and Tide wait for Norman | Tue Jul 05 1988 14:12 | 7 | 
|  | >    Dawn works VERY well and if it is rinsed off completely, it doesn't
>    cause problems.  
Having a cat with skin sensitivity, I can only suggest you at least do
a skin patch test for 24 hours before using the product all over the cat.
Even rinsed off, it could be a problem for an animal that has touchy skin
because it is a detergent and is not designed for that purpose.
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| 1515.9 | grease cutter | BRUTUS::SOBEK |  | Thu Jul 07 1988 14:03 | 2 | 
|  |     A product called "Basic H" cuts grease beautifully and seems to
    cause no irritation... My husband uses it for shaving.....
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