I ran to the deck to rescue Simon when a sudden downpour occurred. I found him taking a bath instead. But, not being a duck, he soaks up water and gets so saturated and heavy he can't walk without falling over.
He was shivering and freezing.
1st - a bath with soap and warm water.
2nd - paper towels to get 90% of the water removed (better than a real towel).
3rd - I hold him for 45 minutes while using a hair dryer. He's always very cooperative.
4th - Nice and dry and brilliant white and fluffy.
Simon gets so much petting by people and children, and they don't always have clean hands... so he gets dirty eventually. He takes baths by himself, but somehow never manages to get totally clean (no soap). So, 2 or 3 times a year I give him a real bath.
must be Wednesday - Namcoke and Moto get their baths today
ReplyDeleteGoodstuff - I try to not bath him very often... he needs the oils in his feathers, but... sometimes from all the handling, he gets dirty.
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