Is it really that necessary to bathe a cat? Aren't they "self cleaning?"
I recently lost my cat who was more than 16 years old. We never needed to bathe him even though he had fairly long hair and spent half his time outside. I brushed him a lot but as far as I know he never had a bath nor was he ever professionally groomed. Before you say ewww gross, I'll say he was perfectly clean and did not smell. He didn't really have any scent at all.