Best rinse-free body cleansers according to redditors

Hopefully my Amazon link will work here. They use them in hospitals and nursing homes. You microwave it and put it on your head and rub it in. No drips, no residue. https://www.amazon.com/Shampoo-Haircare-residue-Massage-Drench/dp/B07CVJLPNX

Another low-cost option for hygiene is Rinse-Free body wash. When I lived for about 2 1/2 years in a conversion van with no plumbing or electricity, this kept me clean enough to teach a college class without anyone ever saying anything to me. I purchased an 8 ounce bottle of ready-to-use rinse-free shampoo and used it for shampoo and body wash. When that was depleted, I got a 16 ounce bottle of body wash concentrate. One capful of concentrate in the 8 ounce bottle and fill with water. Dampen a washcloth and scrub yourself. Either dry the washcloth with the air dryer in the restroom or put it in a Ziplock until you can air dry it elsewhere. One 8 ounce bottle could last up to a week, and a 16 ounce bottle of concentrate made 64 bottles of diluted solution. Total cost was under $20 ($6 for the 8 ounce bottle, $8 for the 16 ounce bottle, $5 for a package of washcloths) and that would provide about a year's worth of hygiene. Even now I still use Rinse-Free when I'm pressed for time and can't take a proper shower.

God bless you!! He is Beautiful!! Do you know how old he is? Even though obese and/or elderly cats can be a bit more work, they are so worth the effort! We've adopted three elderly obese cats over the years. It's a special calling for sure!

If by chance your new cat needs help cleaning himself I have some experience and advice that may help, if you don't mind. Also I have only had female Obees cats. Not sure how it would matter, but it's worth noting.

Early on with the first cat I stopped using clumping clay litter. One day she was walking funny and after examining her hips, legs and then her paws, she had a massive clump of Clay litter that had hardened between her toes on one her back paw. She could not reach her back paws so she could not clean it off even after it become very painful embedded. Being new at this whole servant of a fat cat, I had no idea that I occasionally needed to examine her back paws. I switched over to a corn husk based litter called "Worlds Best Cat Litter." I highly recommend it not only because it does not turn rock hard and matted in their fur but because it tracks way less than clay litter, it's easier to carry and it has better Oder control. All around it's just better.

Cats by nature HATE to be dirty and they especially hate being smelly, so you may have to give the feller a helping hand. Your cat will be grateful for the help as long as you are not mean, unkind or rough in doing so. With a few different cats, over a lot of years I think that I have found a gentle and effective way of cleaning their backsides. At first I used baby wipes but that wasn't very effective and it was costly over time. The cats didn't seem to appreciate the cold either. Through a lot of trial and error, I eventually landed on a method that worked. I went to Kohl's and bought a bunch of plain white wash clothes that were on sale, a roll of five rags for like $5.99. They are not the super soft, high-end type but they were not the cheap rough bumpy type found at most discount stores either, the cheaper variety are way too rough and scratchy for such a delicate area. We use white so that we can use bleach when we wash them. We use those rags solely for cleaning up the kitties backsides.

We use a human grade "no rinse bath," similar to what they use in nursing homes to clean bed bound patients after they use the restroom. I figure if it's safe and won't throw off the PH balance of a women, it should work similarly for the cats. All of the pet products we tried were more costly, Chemicaly and too perfumed. I keep the rags stacked in a basket on the sink so I can reach them quickly after she goes to the bathroom. If it's just number one, I dry her with tissue with very gentle pats. When she needs more help, I run warm tape water, add a few spritz of the no-rinse body wash to the rag then wet my rag under warm water, ring it out and then clean her with the rag. I am very careful not to use any parts of the rag to swipe twice. You don't want to spread fecal matter to her vaginal area. Maybe and wouldn't be the same concerns for a male cat. I've just never had to clean my male cats. With girls it matters so I wipe, move rag, using a clean space wipe again, move rag until she's all clean. Then I dry her with tissue. Drying is very important. One of my cats developed a fungal like infection, the vet believed it was because I wasn't drying her well enough after cleaning her. Lesson learned.

After a week or two the cats sought me out to clean them. It just became their normal rather quickly. Our second obese cat was a 29lbs Maine Coon. After she used her litter box she would walk into whatever room I was in, regardless of who was in the room with us, lay on her back and spread her legs. Occasionally it was hysterical, sometimes it was embarrassing (guest at dinner. ) Most cats will gladly allow you to be their bitch. Back in ancient Egyptian times they were worshiped as Gods, they've never forgotten that. They expect you to cater to their needs.

Be Gentle and use warm water rather than cold is the trick.

Good luck in dieting your kitty! Being elderly when we adopted them, I was never able to successfully diet either of the first two cat back down to a weight that allowed them to manage on their own. I am still trying with one. She is younger than the others and not quite a big so I'm optimistic.

Here is the exact product that has worked for us for the last few years. Good luck!!! I hope he brings you as much joy as ours has to us.

https://www.amazon.com/Clean-Life-Products-Bottle-Gallon/dp/B000SOOICO/ref=lp_9379711011_1_4_a_it?srs=9379711011&ie=UTF8&qid=1535949804&sr=8-4

PS it's perfectly normal for a cat to not eat at all when they are moved into a new environment. Give him space to hide and plenty of water. Our vet insisted that are cats be put on prescription wet food. None of them would eat it at all ever. Don't get into the habit of buying treats. I'm never had a cat that ate people food but if he does seem to want your food don't let him from the start. He'll get used to the new house rule of "people food it's only for people."
Dieting a cat is a very slow process. You can't rush through weight loss without huge risks to their health.

Don't free feed. Keep rigorously scheduled feeding times.

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