I take it that your cat either has no claws or you have a ballistic flak jacket and a full fencing kit stashed away somewhere, not to mention a kevlar flak helmet (See the instructions for giving a cat a bath below). The ONLY time I ever tried to give a cat a bath it was like trying to bath a 110 vAC buzz saw plugged into a 440vAC circuit.... nothing but claws and teeth. It actually climbed a tile wall by sticking its claws into the grout between the tiles.....
Ahhhhh! Here we are. I knew I had the
Instructions for Giving The Cat A Bath around here somewhere..... rofl
We also were adopted by a stray but the previous owners had him declawed (illegal in Germany so he came from somewhere else) and neutered so, at some point, someone somewhere loved him.... When we got adopted by him, he was so desparate that he chased us down the sidewalk although we had our two 30 kg dogs with us (Let no one say a neutered cat has no doo-dads!)! Since the dogs were raised with a cat, they thought it was pretty cool to play with.... The cat is not so sure but is finally getting used to being sniffed and licked.....
The little bugger is, however, "Persona Non Cat-a" in the bedroonm after having peed on the bed twice to show his displeasure that we went on vacation - both times on MY side of the bed..... :vangry