Need help quick

[sarahjayne]

My parrotlet just landed in the chip pan, i left the kitchen door open and he flew in accedently, :( thankfully the oil was cold not hot but i now have a greasy bird!!, ive gave him a wash in warm water and a bit of washing up liquid but he still feels greasy, how can i clean him up? i have put him in his cage with a bowl of warm water, so he can wash himself again, any advice is apperceated, i think it went in his eyes it wont blind him will it? :( also if he swallows it while he is cleaning himself, will it poisen him? he seems a bit shocked but ok, ill take him to the vet tommorow but will he be ok over night?
need help quick :(

[chapala]

Did you wash him well with tepid water and a dishwashing soap, preferably Dawn? Then rinse really well, keeping soap out of his eyes of course. That should get the oil off. A vet check if you're worried about his eyes is a good idea. He shouldn't be ingesting any oil if you washed him well.

[Jinx n Noodle]

I would agree something like Dawn will help break the grease and get it off him. I hope he feels better too!

[mighty mouse]

I agree with the advice posted - dawn is the best way to clean oil off a bird. Keep us updated!

[jimpierce]

Dawn is the best. Used by animal rescue in oil spills.

[kiwismom]

I had (almost) the same thing happen to Kiwi last winter, except it was gravy. He always sits on my finger at the edge of my dish for supper and something spooked him and he jumped right in my mashed potatoes and gravy. Of course it wasn't hot or he wouldn't have been sitting there but he was all chicken gravy greasy. Dawn did the trick, but he did look a little worse for wear the next week and smelled so good like I could eat him up LOL!

[StephGee]

Blue dawn and rinse, rinse, rinse, rinse!