This is Brutus.

He may look like a gentleman, but he smells like poop.  He is a kitten so he gets dirty, and on top of it he is not good at cleaning himself (how do you teach a kitten to clean himself?!) Furthermore, he has a sensitive tummy so he frequently has diarrhea which he likes to dance in.

So today I decided to give him a bath. He had mixed feelings about the event. And by mixed feelings I mean fear, anger, and unhappiness.

Over all he was pretty good, He did struggle a bit but no where near as much as the other kitties. He didn’t even hold a grudge afterwards, instead choosing to snuggle in my lap.

He still had an air of “pooiness” about him afterwards. Some of this was probably due to the immense about of poo-stink he had on him. Some might have been “startle-farts” which happens when Brutus gets scared or nervous.

I dried him off a bit with a towel but he was shivering so I used the hair dryer on him for a bit but he really didn’t like that.  After about an hour of licking himself dry he was not only his soft fluffy self again, but all the poo-stink was gone.

I’m not sure how long this new poop-free Brutus will last, but I will enjoy it while it does.