Bath?

[*Rebel_Angel*]

Pew! :sick2: Kaina stepped in some fresh poo, and in an attempt to wipe it off...she covered herself more in it..with all the squirming.

Is there a way I can give her a quick bath to take away the stench?

 

[hprats]

EEEEW.
I have no idea what to do but eew, eew...I'm off to change the litter boxes haha.

 

[*Rebel_Angel*]

*lol*

 

[mamarat]

Poor you, poor Kaina. I just take a bowl with lukewarm water and a face cloth, dip the rat in the water and wipe with the cloth. Dry rattie. Pictures? I love wet ratties.

 

I would get a damp warm cloth and wipe her off! I don't like outting them in water in fright water will ghet in the ears!

 

[mamarat]

I only have a couple of inches of water in the bowl. That's also how I wash my older gentlemen (penis plugs) and the ones with HED actually seem to enjoy the water massage. lol

 

[*Rebel_Angel*]

Hehehe ok thankx!

 

[lizmo1221]

I use baby wipes. They work wonders!

 

[kelsey514]

I use baby wipes too, love 'em! I use the Natural Care so they don't have any alcohol or yucky chemicals. My girls like them too.

 

[*Rebel_Angel*]

But even on fur? Don't we have to rinse them after?
I have the wipe's "pamper's baby wipe's/ sensitive", ok I will use the wipe's from now on if their ok. I was hoping to make her smell good and not just wash the doo doo off. *lol*

 

[kelsey514]

lol Yea I use them on their fur. If they're good enough for my baby's butt, they're good enough for my rats They don't smell great, but as soon as that smell wears off, the rats have their natural rat smell back. Mine smell like toast...haha Is that weird?

 

[*Rebel_Angel*]

Nope not at all, mine still have that baby smell that I prefer over what Kaina was smelling like this afternoon! Pew !!!!

 

[TorachiKatashi]

I generally look at my rats the same way I do my cat (or any other self-cleaning pet) - the only time I'd give them an actual soap-and-water bath was if they had a skin condition that warranted it, if they could no longer clean themselves in their old age (which from what I gather is common in rats), or if they had something on their fur/skin that I didn't think would be safe for them to clean off on their own. Any other time, a rub-down with a baby wipe is plenty. As opposed to my dog, who gets a bath every two months whether he likes it or not.

 

[*Rebel_Angel*]

Ok! Well to me I saw it that they shouldn't really ingest poo. *lol*

 

[Joanne]

Ok! Well to me I saw it that they shouldn't really ingest poo. *lol*

Sorry, hate to break it to you, but they need to eat poo to ingest certain nutrients. :giggle:

 

[kelsey514]

They must be very sneaky about it though! I saw Mackenzie doing it once last week and that's the only time I've ever seen it out of my almost 4 years having rats. Weird.

 

[*Rebel_Angel*]

O *lol* ew!

 

make re baby wipes are hypoallergenic and scent free

 

[*Rebel_Angel*]

They are!