So my dear cat Liffey is kind of... fat.

 

And she can't quite... get to certain areas. Also, she's rather epically lazy, so I don't know how hard she really tries.

Now, she's a shorthair and therefore prone to fewer problems with, shall we say, Klingons, than is her adored Nuala (who needs almost no help staying pristine, thank you very much.

But still.

Ew.

So last time I was at PetSmart, I checked out their kitty wet-wipes which they did have -- quite a variety -- and today as I was brushing my roly poly sweetie of a big ol' easily-panicked cat, I tried out one of these.

Of course, she freaked, but then there was the brushing which she loves so much, so she didn't go far.

I retreated and arranged things more carefully. More brushing, handiwipe nearby, more brushing, Mom-hold, and GO!

LOTS of yelling but almost no movement, because the Mom hold is Very Very Effective.

And now she is allllll clean and seems pretty much okay with the whole thing.

Ah, the things we do for the ones we love.