What is an Olive Oil bath

[Ame]

I read that somebody bathed their babes with "olive oil bath". Could someone please explain to me what this is, how to make it or where to get it? Thank you.

 

[lilspaz68]

Your rats were treated with Revo so you don't have to worry. Oil baths are sometimes used in a pinch to help a severely infested rat with ectoparasites until you can get a proper treatment. I don't recommend them at all as 1) they hate it 2) they cannot regulate their temperature with it on and it can lead to a respiratory infectuon. 3) if they ingest too much oil it will give them diarrhea.

 

[Ame]

Your rats were treated with Revo so you don't have to worry. Oil baths are sometimes used in a pinch to help a severely infested rat with ectoparasites until you can get a proper treatment. I don't recommend them at all as 1) they hate it 2) they cannot regulate their temperature with it on and it can lead to a respiratory infectuon. 3) if they ingest too much oil it will give them diarrhea.

Thanks for your reply. That's good to know. He was still scratching like mad. When I rubbed his fur backwards, I could see little white flecks. I'm thinking it could be dry skin since he was treated last Thurs. I gave him a bath last night. I used oatmeal water which really seemed to calm his skin. He was filthy from being outside. I found him in the garbage garage at the condos I'm in. gross. No idea how long he was outside. I think somebody dumped him. Cruel humans.