Washing A cat is hard. I have a couple hundred scratches and deep gouges along my arms and hands to prove it. Cats hate water but need to be washed. I hate work but still need to eat. There for is making me go work cruel and unusual just because I don't like it. If my cat wants to bite and scratch me the two or three time a year I wash her, then she can go into the spa. After all it is no different then getting caught in a rain storm and your cat will be to tired to fight you while drying.