How to remove Olive oil from bird tail?

[Rosalindagg]

I know the title sounds irresponsible but I had my birds out in the living room and I hit my foot on the coffee table and scared all three of them. Tito flew into the kitchen and his tail landed in the pan of oil. The pan wasn’t hot and nothing in the kitchen was on but now his tail looks so dark. Could I used some dawn dish soap on it?

 

[hiriki]

Dawn should be safe. Dawn is used by organizations to clean birds after oil spills.

 

[ZorroKnowsAll]

You could try rubbing coconut oil into the tail and then rinse it off with room temp or lukewarm water. It's safe and consumable, and it takes off my waterproof mascara so it should definately do the trick xD

 

[hiriki]

Idk if adding oil to oil will help the situation--but if you do end up trying I'd be interested to know how it goes!

 

[StormyPica]

I know the title sounds irresponsible but I had my birds out in the living room and I hit my foot on the coffee table and scared all three of them. Tito flew into the kitchen and his tail landed in the pan of oil. The pan wasn’t hot and nothing in the kitchen was on but now his tail looks so dark. Could I used some dawn dish soap on it?

I second everything everyone else said, but also just don't stress a ton about it. Try to get it out, of course, but don't traumatize your bird while doing so. Small amounts of olive oil likely won't even make them sick, so don't get too stressed if you can't get it all out.

 

[Free as a bird]

Hahaha I couldn't help laughing when I read the title of this thread and saw the picture of 3 tiels on the avatar knowing how much mischief they get into... But hey lucky it wasn't a hot pan, a good time to remind ourselves to put our birds away when we're cooking.

 

[DonnaBudgie]

Hahaha I couldn't help laughing when I read the title of this thread and saw the picture of 3 tiels on the avatar knowing how much mischief they get into... But hey lucky it wasn't a hot pan, a good time to remind ourselves to put our birds away when we're cooking.

I vote for Dawn- the bottle with the baby duck on the front.

 

[Rosalindagg]

You could try rubbing coconut oil into the tail and then rinse it off with room temp or lukewarm water. It's safe and consumable, and it takes off my waterproof mascara so it should definately do the trick xD

I will have to go buy some!

 

[Rosalindagg]

Hahaha I couldn't help laughing when I read the title of this thread and saw the picture of 3 tiels on the avatar knowing how much mischief they get into... But hey lucky it wasn't a hot pan, a good time to remind ourselves to put our birds away when we're cooking.

I could never have them out while cooking they are too clingy and would end up being cooked

 

[Rosalindagg]

I second everything everyone else said, but also just don't stress a ton about it. Try to get it out, of course, but don't traumatize your bird while doing so. Small amounts of olive oil likely won't even make them sick, so don't get too stressed if you can't get it all out.

It dried and the end of his tail looks so dark. Hopefully it gets out over time

 

[StormyPica]

It dried and the end of his tail looks so dark. Hopefully it gets out over time

It may or may not, but it’ll be out when he molts. As long as there aren’t cooking chemicals mixed in he should be fine to preen it and stuff.