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How to clean poop off vent?

music2music

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I gave my bird Twiggy a bath on Saturday (2/3) and it seemed to get some poop off of his vent. He hasn't been displaying any problems except diarrhea, which has gone away since Saturday. Is there any safe way to get the rest of the poop off except for giving him a few baths? Thank you.
 

saroj12

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wet cotton swab?
 

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I think I'd continue with a mist spray or putting him in a shallow lukewarm bath if he's ok with that.
 

BeeBop

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You could use a washcloth with warm water. That's what I have done. If not a few baths should also do it, they will preen after getting wet so probably a good idea.
 

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Before you do anything that might stress him out, try offering him a plate of wet greens (like lettuce) in just a little bit of water. A lot of budgies seem unable to resist leaf bathing in wet greens and rolling around in the wet leaves will probably help clean him up.
 
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