While you sometimes (but not often!) may want to bathe your cat, don’t put any water or suds on her face. Cats really do not like that and will have a hard time forgiving you. Just bathe her from the neck down, working towards the tail in the direction of her hair growth. And keep the shampoo dilute—one part shampoo to five parts water, says the ASPCA.
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