Sink?
Tub?
Is there warm water in the sink already?
Do you run the water, do you use a bucket.
Please tell.
I am getting ready for a frist bath at home.

I use the laundry tub/sink, it's deep which means no bending
over for me like I used to do when I used the bathtub.

I don't put water in the sink.
I attach a spray hose to the tap.
Make sure my water is running at a comfortable temperature,
then I place Dolly in the tub and wet her all over with the spray hose.
I have my shampoo ready, most times I put it in a container, add water to
it then pour it on her coat.
I will use "straight" shampoo for trouble areas, like her under her chin, and her front
paws that get the stain from her washing her face.

I rinse forever, another shampoo, then rinse forever again.
I have a facecloth handy for doing her face and inside the ear.

Purrs,
Joan

I do Dylan in the bath, I get in there with him. He just sits here and I put the water over him then the shampoo and then rinse him off and still he will just sit there. I lift him with my hand under his front paws to do his underside. I let the water out before rinsing him and the water runs orange at first, when it runs clear I know he is well rinsed. After all this I wrap him in a towel and take to be dried. I rub him to with a fresh towel before starting with the hair dryer and of course he still sits there and purrs. But then, this is Dylan, Dana is a little more challenging and although I use the same technique I have to hold on tight.

How do I wash my kitties?.... carefully

I get in the shower with them. We have a seat in the shower, with one of those shower heads on the long cord. I sit with them, with the door closed. Then go to town.
Hanumen has been washed about every other month since he was a kitten, so he has no real problem with it other than "ugh, I wanna do something else". Houdini, who needs it more, hates it.

I use my double kitchen sink one for washing , one for rinsing, and the spray attachment. I fill the sind half full with warm water. sit Bluie in,wet her down good, soap her up and rinse and rinse and rinse her off, then the cream rinse, then lots of rinsings..

I have never washed a cat and cannot wait to see how Jasmine reacts, I have been thinking about washing her. She is fairly clean but she has this smell I cannot stand from her previous home.

What shampoo do you use?

I use a deep sink with a spray hose. Just put the cat in it, wet down with the sprayer, shampoo, rinse rinse, and rinse some more. Use a shampoo for cats or baby shampoo. If the coat is oily you can use a diluted Dawn dish detergent. Whatever you use, rinse really well! The more you do it the more accustomed to bathing they will be (with a few exceptions such as my Maggie).

Here's my routine - once a week, every week.
She never has knots - but if she did, they'd have to be combed out before bathing.

Squirt Dawn dish detergent into kitchen sink & fill with lukewarm water. (I never use Goop, I can't stand the smell.)
Lower cat in-she's gentle and doesn't fight.
Gently squish suds through coat.
Add some Dawn directly to three spots - by her ears, on her chest (armpits) and underneath between her back legs (crotch).
Gently suds those 3 areas.
Let water drain.
Start water running at lukewarm temperature and rinse cat with sprayer.

Second sudsing with a cat shampoo (I rotate between three or four I like). I dilute in half and gently suds.
At this time I leave suds on the body as I do face.

Shampoo Face: w/a tearless shampoo, I use a super soft infant's toothbrush and dipping it into a saucer of diluted shampoo I wash the face.
Using a washcloth I rinse the face (this takes longer than anything because I have to be so freaking careful not to get water in the nose).
I keep going until I'm sure the face is rinsed.

Next, I rinse the entire body with sprayer.

Last bathing step: fill sink with clean water and lower cat in until coat is floating around. Play with coat for a while ("floating the coat")

Lift cat, squeeze out water, towel her and blow dry with a pet dryer that doesn't get hot. I blow dry with my hands until she's mostly dry than comb a little bit, then use a pinbrush a little.

In between all the steps I thank her for being good and indulging me in my compulsion to keep her clean.

In total, it takes no more than 45 minutes.