Simply Sphynx Skin System
Here you will find instructions on how to use your Sphynx wash shampoo (W), Fractionated Coconut Oil (O) and Silver Solution (S).
First the instruction is in the “short form” then a more detailed version of how I (Airie) bathe my cats. Of course you can do it however you like. You can use your own Coconut oil, or no oil at all. Please realize that the products are made to help balance your cat’s PH on their skin and keep them healthy. ***The Drawing solution is NOT meant to be used all over! It will make your cat very dry. Even the oiliest cat does not need this much drawing out of oil, the solution is made to open the pores and bring oil to the surface so you can remove blackheads more easily.*** Both your shampoo and oil are highly concentrated. While there are 2, 4 or 8 oz in each bottle, one oz or less of each mixes with 2 oz of water. Because these products do not have any preservatives, and have the purest most organic ingredients possible, 8 oz is the largest amount we put in a bottle due to time/oxygen content to keep them good. Organic products like these can go bad, but you do NOT need to refrigerate them, it will make no difference. You actually have in your hands enough for quite a few baths. PLEASE STORE IN A COOL, NON DIRECT SUN LOCATION. If you use straight out of the bottle, it would be gone very soon. Used properly, it will last quite awhile. Humans bathe in water. Dogs bathe in water. Do cats? No. Cats do not submerge themselves in water. Nature created them to be self cleaning with the tongue. Our beautiful naked babies, though a natural mutation, are not what nature intended. However, they are cats, and expect to be treated as such. Some cats seem to love the bathtub, most do not. So here’s how to treat them like a cat, not a dog or a person |
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Bathtime
Simply Sphynx Skin System short form. You are given mixing bottles with each bottle you buy from us. Every 2, 4, or 8 oz bottle or set comes with a 2 oz mixing bottle. Customize your bath each time. You can use the shampoo mixed one part water, one part shampoo in your mixing bottle for a very dirty cat. If you don’t use all of your mix, it will keep, and you can warm it up next time by sitting it in a bowl of warm water. Use one mixing bottle to dilute your coconut oil to one part oil, one part water. For the shampoo: Regular use, one part shampoo to one part water, or for a more gently shampoo, one part shampoo to three parts water. Dry skin? Mix one part water, one part shampoo and one part coconut oil. Slightly irritated skin? Add a squirt of Silver. Use a mixing bottle to hold a small amount of Silver Solution to put in their ears. Time for a bath! Get a big bowl and fill it with clean, hot water and a large wash cloth or two. Get a big pitcher and fill with clean hot water. Put a large clean bath towel in your bath area. Set your cat in an empty sink or tub and use the large shampoo cloth to wet them down. Put the shampoo cloth back in the water. Use the oil and water and massage into cat all over. DO NOT RINSE Use the shampoo mix directly over the oil and massage into cat however you like. Use the wet shampoo cloth to wipe off head, face, and wring over rest of body. Use the pitcher of water to rinse the rest of your cat. Wrap cat in towel. Dress Cat. Please read the whole document. You can write to me at [email protected] with questions on how to use the products. |
How to have a really clean cat:
OFTEN: Every day (or as often as you want) use a microfiber cloth, and soak it in hot water. Wring it out and use it to lightly rub down your cat, paying special attention to under the chin, chest and armpits. You can also wipe face, inside ears and butt if you like. I bought a whole bunch of them from the dollar store and use them for nothing but that. If you think they are not working and you don’t see dirt, leave one out to dry overnight. You’ll be shocked at the fact that overnight it turns brown and black. This is because it’s not dirt. The body oils of the sphynx that have no fur to disperse into turn brown upon contact with air. A dry microfiber cloth does wonders in removing “nose dirt” in between bath times when used gently. Over bathing can cause problems. A balanced skin does not attract dirt as much, as the skin is not producing more oil to overcompensate. The Fractionated Coconut oil (FCO) helps balance out both problems. Between Bathing as Needed: Dry skinned kitty- Use the warm cloth to remove some of the body oil or dirt, take some warm water and a small squirt of the fractionated coconut oil and rub it in your hands. Gently rub and massage into dry parts. This oil absorbs almost instantly and a little goes a long way. Oily skinned kitty- Remove excess body oil with the warm cloth. Use a few drops of the FCO in about 1/4 cup of water, and massage over body with hands. We are trying to balance the ph of the skin. It’s different with each cat, and while coconut oil is great, it can be greasy and cause the cats body to produce more natural oil to try and shed the extra non-cat oil. KEEPING your cat dressed helps a lot. Clothing absorbs excess body oil an keeps dirt off of the areas where it tends to collect. Of course the best clothing is available at www.simplysphynx.etsy.com. |
THE BATH Long Form
You don’t have to dunk your cat. Here’s what I do. (Plastic Bowls and Pitcher are best. “
Hot” means almost as hot as you can stand it yourself.)
90% of what we put on our skin can go directly into our bloodstream. A cats skin is only half as thick as ours. So what you put on your cat goes in your cat.
***The Detox is NOT meant to be used all over! It will make your cat very dry. Even the oiliest cat does not need this much drawing out of oil, the solution is made to open the pores and bring oil to the surface so you can remove blackheads more easily.***
But you can use it too, just mix seperately and don't cross contaminate!
Both your shampoo and oil are highly concentrated. Both shampoo and oil are water soluble and activate upon contact with water/ shampoo activates upon contact with the oil as well.
“Flash” or foam is not needed to be clean - they are usually made from drying detergent type of ingredients. They are used to disperse the product, and you are going to do it instead.
“Clean” is a misconception. You do NOT want to strip all the natural body oil or ear wax from your cat. This causes skin problems, ear problems and breaks the barrier between your cats skin and the bacterial environment.
Your cats internal and skin temperature are much higher than yours, keep the water hot, and the room warm.
In between bath time wipe downs and keeping your cat dressed helps with removing the body oil. Body oil turns brown upon contact with the air. If you dress your cat right after the bath, and then take the shirt off the next day, you will see brown inside the shirt-it’s just body oil.
If a cat that usually stays clean suddenly starts to get more oily/brown, first check the environment, then the cats health. Cats that are not feeling well get dirty faster as the skin is a way the body expresses health.
thanks for taking such great care of your cat!
Airie McCready
www.simplysphynxcats.com
You don’t have to dunk your cat. Here’s what I do. (Plastic Bowls and Pitcher are best. “
Hot” means almost as hot as you can stand it yourself.)
- In your mixing bottles, put about 1 oz of hot water.
- In a larger bowl, fill to the top with hot water and submerge a large microfiber cloth or hand towel.
- In a pitcher, fill almost to the top with hot water.
- Have some small microfiber or regular towel pieces nearby.
- If you have the detox kit, or have made the detox balm, mix and/or have a few dabs ready on a paper towel.
- If you are using the butt cleaner, have a dab ready on a paper towel.
- Mix your products to what you need.
- Fold a small towel and put it in the sink, and have a big bath towel nearby.
- Fetch your cat. Set your cat in the empty sink.
- Take the big microfiber cloth, wring out slightly and place on cats back. Use the cloth to gently massage/wet your cat, whole body, sides of face, forehead and chin.
- Use the diluted coconut oil and use your hands to massage it into the cat, all over. It’s important to have the oil/shampoo ready so you are not holding onto your cat and trying to get it out at the same time.
- Keep massaging it in. You may see some dark brown drops appearing on the cat and in the sink. This is a very different kind of bath, much more like their mother would give them with a tongue-not a person bath.
- Now is when you put a dab of the Detox on chin/tail if needed, and put the butt cleaner on the anus.
- Use your warm water and towel to again get your cat wet/damp. I like to dip it back in the water, wring a little and use it to “sponge” the water all over.
- Use the diluted shampoo a bit at a time and rub into your cat with your hands or a microfiber cloth. The shampoo activates upon contact with water and oil.
- Rub, rub, rub your cat. Make sure you get the armpits, stomach/creases under the hind legs and chin and chest very well.
- IF you get anything too near or in your cats eyes, ears, mouth or nose, use the small pieces of cloth and the hot water from the big bowl to wipe the areas.
- Now you have a cat that is covered in the shampoo over oil.
- Use your paper towels or a dry microfiber cloth to wipe your cats face, and if needed under the armpits and last, the anus.
- I like to use the big cloth dipped in water and squeeze it out over the back, wipe the products off the face then the tail and butt.
- Then I use the pitcher of water, pour it over the cats back and neck. hold their front legs up and then pour it down the stomach and pits.
- Wrap in a big warm fluffy towel and dry! If you do nails/ears/blackheads at this time, you can do those, then dress in a nice soft T shirt and you are done!
90% of what we put on our skin can go directly into our bloodstream. A cats skin is only half as thick as ours. So what you put on your cat goes in your cat.
***The Detox is NOT meant to be used all over! It will make your cat very dry. Even the oiliest cat does not need this much drawing out of oil, the solution is made to open the pores and bring oil to the surface so you can remove blackheads more easily.***
But you can use it too, just mix seperately and don't cross contaminate!
Both your shampoo and oil are highly concentrated. Both shampoo and oil are water soluble and activate upon contact with water/ shampoo activates upon contact with the oil as well.
“Flash” or foam is not needed to be clean - they are usually made from drying detergent type of ingredients. They are used to disperse the product, and you are going to do it instead.
“Clean” is a misconception. You do NOT want to strip all the natural body oil or ear wax from your cat. This causes skin problems, ear problems and breaks the barrier between your cats skin and the bacterial environment.
Your cats internal and skin temperature are much higher than yours, keep the water hot, and the room warm.
In between bath time wipe downs and keeping your cat dressed helps with removing the body oil. Body oil turns brown upon contact with the air. If you dress your cat right after the bath, and then take the shirt off the next day, you will see brown inside the shirt-it’s just body oil.
If a cat that usually stays clean suddenly starts to get more oily/brown, first check the environment, then the cats health. Cats that are not feeling well get dirty faster as the skin is a way the body expresses health.
thanks for taking such great care of your cat!
Airie McCready
www.simplysphynxcats.com