lazarus@cs.odu.edu (Keith E. Lazarus) (06/07/89)
a few nights ago, a friend and I were walking my rottie across the campus when
we found an injured bird (it could barely move, was _very_ skinny,
and was covered with something resembling tar). she took the bird home
with her and for the past few days has been force-feeding it the same
stuff that she feeds her baby birds (she currently has 30+ birds & is
always hatching new ones...).
the bird has been getting stronger, and has started putting on some weight.
also, it started eating cat food soaked in water on its own today.
we hope to release the bird back into the wild ASAP, however, we don't
want to until we've gotten most of the tar off. my friend tried to
remove the tar using some baby oil but has had no luck. i was
wondering if any of y'all have heard of any other ways to remove
tar/oil from a birds's feathers. any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
thanks,
k.e.l.
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Keith E. Lazarus Department of Computer Science
lazarus@xanth.cs.odu.edu Old Dominion University Norfolk, VA
=============================================================================mack@levers.dec.com (06/08/89)
I believe that the animal and bird rescue effort in Alaska uses Dawn dishwashing detergent to clean the critters. You might try that. Good luck Dick