Gail Futoran wrote:

"Susan H. Simko" wrote in message
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I can't imagine any of my four cats allowing me to paint
them. OTOH, I
have one who gets in the shower with me every morning and
*loudly*
demands his shower massage time. Hand held shower massage
head set on
deep, pulsating massage all over his body.

Worst part is mopping up the puddles off the floor after
this twenty
pound cat gets out of the shower. Oh yeah, he also pouts
if he doesn't
get his massage. *laugh*

Good..... grief! I've had cats since the 1960s and I've
never had a cat that liked water for anything other than
drinking! I can't even get my cats close to my ground level
pond to watch the fish - no fountain to disturb them. You
have a truly weird cat, Susan.

My parents had one grey cat (it was part Siamese though), that loved to go
outside in the rain so that she could come back in and get her towel
massage (see, you gotta train cats that love water to also love being
dried). She would even go running through the sprinklers when it wasn't
raining and then come running inside for her towel rub down.

I have a black cat (also part Siamese) that loves water. He bats at the
water in his water bowl. I've had to put a plastic placemat underneath the
water dish because he splashes it so much. He also jumps in the shower as
soon as it turns off (he hates the sound of the running shower though) and
plays in the water. Once he even jumped in the toilet, oi, that wasn't
nearly as cute (but at least he didn't mind the bath that followed too
much).

My other cat, a black and white stray, tries her darnedest to get up on
top of the tanks and go fishing. She's scared some of my tetras into
hiding for hours doing that. She'll also get in the tub on occasion, but
only when it's dry (and usually to chase the other cat). She too is a
bread stealer... she'll even stand beneath me when I make a sandwich to
catch a few crumbs.