olive oil bath? - 2008/02/14 22:41has anyone had any success with a few drops of olive oil added to the hedgie bath water? i've tried the aveeno bath powder, but since i've run out i wanted to try the vitamin e oil suggestion someone posted. but i'm just wondering if anyone has tried olive oil since i don't have vitamin e.Lisa My Heart Belongs to: Teddy, Sugar, Sapphie, Fudge, Archie, Chuckie - The Yorkies Emery (Black), Wendy (Siamese Mix), Echo (Tabby) - Cats Omelette - Hedgehog Jack - Guinea Pig Artex - Hamster Lesley - Hermit Crab
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Re:olive oil bath? - 2008/02/14 23:19I've found that putting olive oil in the water makes the sink slippery and seems to be hard on the hedgehog. I used to buy vitamin E but now after the bath I pour a bit of olive oil in one hand, then I rub my hands together and then run my hands over the hedgehog. It works great! Harley has wonderful skin and rarely scratches. Also his quills are extra shiny.
~Sara“The fox has many tricks, and the hedgehog only one, but that is the best of all”
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Re:olive oil bath? - 2008/02/15 11:36I've put it in the bath water and it worked just fine. I didn't find it was hard on my hedgehogs at all.*~*Steph*~* Cotton, Noodles & Cocoa (hedgehogs), Kuruku & Kimiko (kittens), Sushi & Lily (Ryukin Goldfish), Rosy & Ruby (beagle sisters), Aries & Artemis (fancy guppies), Archie & Rocky (African Dwarf Frogs), and Squiggles (Blue Mystery Snail)
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Re:olive oil bath? - 2008/02/15 13:04I use olive oil here quite a bit - both for cooking, AND bathing hedgies! The only issue I've had with it is sometimes (if it's the heavier extra virgin, etc) it can stain the fur a yellowish color. No problem, as long as you're aware that's all it is!Stasi Terrapin Hedgehogs Joppa, MD www.terrapinhedgehogs.com
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Re:olive oil bath? - 2008/02/15 16:06well that's good news. it's definitely time for a bath. she ran in her wheel all night and got poop on her feet and then she sat in it. Lisa My Heart Belongs to: Teddy, Sugar, Sapphie, Fudge, Archie, Chuckie - The Yorkies Emery (Black), Wendy (Siamese Mix), Echo (Tabby) - Cats Omelette - Hedgehog Jack - Guinea Pig Artex - Hamster Lesley - Hermit Crab
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Re:olive oil bath? - 2008/02/15 16:28aislinsadia wrote: I've put it in the bath water and it worked just fine. I didn't find it was hard on my hedgehogs at all.
Ha ha!
Putting it in the water turns my sink into a slip & slide! It probably has something to do with my sink, and I hate cleaning it out after the bath.
~Sara
Post edited by: Hedgehogmadhatter, at: 2008/02/15 16:39“The fox has many tricks, and the hedgehog only one, but that is the best of all”
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The only issue I've had with it is sometimes (if it's the heavier extra virgin, etc) it can stain the fur a yellowish color. No problem, as long as you're aware that's all it is!
