My budgie Oscar divebombed the sink of dirty dishes in water. He has some gunky stuff on him and there was no detergent in the sink. Should i bath him in anything or should I just leave him to fix it himself?

 

He got really wet and we are trying to dry him in the lounge where it is warmer.

Edited October 15, 200915 yr by KAZ

I would give him more water to see if he will take a bath and leave it personally he will probably get it off himself, they are so delicate and pressing and trying to rub it off may end up being a bad experience for him.

I've heard baby wash is okay to bathe birds in ( wild life rescuers use it for the native animals contaminated in oil spills)

Just avoid the face as much as possible i'd say

Personally i would wash him with warm water to help clear the gunk and then dry him off in a warm room. If you have a hair dryer that has a really low setting I know mine like it but just make sure that you are not to close to them as and always go with the feathers

 

make sure he is warm tonight as well even after you think he is dry

Edited June 19, 200816 yr by Angelic Vampyre

Thanks guys for the reassurance. I freaked when he just bombed straight in there. he seems to have dried quite well and is happy now. I think he has dropped his two longest tail feathers, so I will have to watch him when he flies around. Thank god it was not hot or soapy water. I did'nt even think about it.

 

I have the heater on in the loungeroom, so he will be warm enough for the night. He is in the next room, but gets a warm flow through there.

 

Once again, thanks for the advice. I can always rely on you guys to help me out in a crisis.

 

Hugs to all.

 

Kathym1977

xxoo

Oh Mate, I would have freaked out too ....

Baby sitting last 2 weeks as proven that my 2 kids are sooooo not ready for tamed budgies!

Dylan was taking one to the toilet, That could have been devestating, Needless to say thay are now home

back with my MIL

My son Flynn is 4 and always in bed before Oscar comes out for a play at night. He is okay with him but every now and then Oscar gets a thing against Flynn and beats the daylights out of him until we put him away in the cage. So Flynn is understandably quite scared of him sometimes and i am so scared he will hit him or swat him away and accidentally hurt him.

 

The sad thing is that Oscar was supposed to be Flynn's pet and now he is more my husbands than any one elses. He loves Jason ans kisses him, lets him stroke his chest, talks to him. i am so not allowed to touch him unless he decides I can. he will kiss me but not much and he takes ages to chat to me and that is usually when Jason is not here and I am the last resort!!!!!

 

And I did freak. I thought I had murdered him and he would not get clean.

 

Next time he will be in the cage before i run the tap for anything. He like to bath under the running tap, so I think that is what he thought I was doing for him.

 

gotta go

 

see ya

Kathym1977

xxoo

 

 

 

Oh Mate, I would have freaked out too ....

Baby sitting last 2 weeks as proven that my 2 kids are sooooo not ready for tamed budgies!

Dylan was taking one to the toilet, That could have been devestating, Needless to say thay are now home

back with my MIL :budgiedance:

Same thing happened to my budgie. I tried to clean him but it did not help since he was so greasy

 

But he cleaned himself in matter of days. He had no consequences, stayed healthy and learned not to go to the kitchen anymore. :bliss: