Oatmeal bath for dry skin?

[mareeee]

Hi everyone,

 

I know people do it for dogs, and I did it occasionally when I had a hedgehog, but have any of you tried oatmeal baths for dry skin on your grey?

 

I figured it couldn't hurt since its all natural and he likes oatmeal anyway, so I gave it a shot tonight.

 

I put some dried oatmeal in an old sock, let it sit for a few minutes in a small amount of warm water, then squeezed the sock to get the oatmeal 'juice' on Charlie's back and chest. He wasn't extremely happy about it, but as he chewed on the yummy oatmealie sock, he did get distracted for a few seconds so I could finish the job.

 

He is pretty grumpy now though... more grumpy than I've seen him in a long time. We'll see if it was worth it...

[kins2321@yahoo.com]

Good for you! I agree, if it works for dogs, which I do when they get groomed, why wouldn't it work for a grey? I support your choice. Let us know how it works. Nancy

[Luvparrots]

I am a big fan of Aloe Vera juice and plain old water. I use it all the time on my parrots. Thank you Dave 007.

[Dave007]

I wanna say thanks for the item about using oatmeal baths on birds. I'm putting it in my book which is called

 

Inventions to Think About on a Very Slow Day.

 

PS---putting things like that on a bird's skin will make the feathers dirty if they're not waterproof feathers. Any item used on a bird suffering from dry skin needs items that will penetrate the skin, not lay on top of the dry skin. Oatmeal baths don't penetrate skin. The skin needs to breathe.

Edited December 13, 2011 by Dave007

[mareeee]

Ouch Dave.

[Talon]

Thank you Dave, I agree with you. aloe juice and water, oatmeal is sticky and when it hardens may cause the bird to pluck at themselves trying to get the sticky off.

[kins2321@yahoo.com]

Double ouch Dave! Lets just say... it works for dogs! Nancy