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Marvellous melt residue after bathing - help

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Sorry, more questions in my saga of Cuthbert's bald patch

Well Cuthbert and Grubb got their baths (2 nights after the Xeno 450 treatment, as instructed) last night and were perfectly behaved but not overly chuffed.

Unfortunately, they are both long haired and the combination of CocoNeem Melt and Manuka & Neem shampoo has left them with a really greasy sheen to their coats.

Has anyone had the same thing with their pigs? Seems like I didn't rinse it off well enough, although I rinsed them both in lots of clean water. Maybe it wasn't hot enough?

Question is - what do I do now? Shall I rebath them tonight (with very mild baby shampoo perhaps)? 2 baths in 2 nights is alot to go through and I'm worried that it might irritate thier skin? But if I leave them be, could this cause problems?

I would ask Gorgeous Guineas for advice but they are away on hols, so if anyone can help me on this I would be really grateful!
 
So sorry i can't help but i can sooooo empathise with you, i have a long hair too and her hair is shocking to get rid of left over wee's and whatever :p

I'm hoping one of our lovely people can help you real soon......i'll send a pm to a couple of people i think can help :)

Good luck whee all sending loves from us in OZ xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
 
I found this with the CocoNeem Melt, I love the product and it's brilliant, but despite rinsing them after it and the following shampoo for what seemed like HOURS they still smelled strongly of pickled onions and had a greasy look, but it should return to normal after a bit :)

We found we were probably using a little too much of the melt and reduced it a little, whilst trying to ensure it had a light coating rather than smothered (it's hard to know when you first use these things!)

When using the shampoo straight after the melt, we also found we needed quite a lot of shampoo and mega rinsing then repeating. It's an arduous task, but had great results.
 
Same here. It takes an awful lot of rinsing. With these now I always water down before use, and spend ages rinsing. I don't think I would be tempted to wash and use more shampoo again. Either leave and see how things are after a few days, then maybe just another really good rinse to remove any residue. Sorry can't be of much help. xx
 
I had the same "problem" with the CocoNeem Melt and Manuka & Neem shampoo, I thought I didn't rinse if off well enough! Yoshi had very oily furr when he had dried off but I didn't want to bathe him again as he was stressed out enough. I just left him be and after about 2-3 days his furr just turned back to normal and was lovely and soft so I don't think you need to worry too much.
 
Well thanks for the tips, Woody and Spike will be having a Coconeem melt tommorrow, followed by their second lice and easy bath, Woody I think is part sheltie so he'll take some rinsing, although bless him the vet thinks he has mites too so he has been in the wars this week. Maybe if I try just to Coco neem his worst marks for now, and see how he goes.
 
Thank you all sooo much. I don't feel such a bad piggy bather any more! Knowing that other pigs and their slaves have gone through the same has set my mind at rest no end. They both look like porcupine pigs still!

I'd decided to leave them both for tonight anyway, apart from a good brushing, as I felt it was too much trauma for them to be bathed again. Glad to know that they won't need to go through it all again tomorrow.

They go to their piggy boarder on Thursday, and she has been lovely - she is still happy to take Cuthbert with his bald patch and will even re-bathe them if they need it.
 
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I found it was similar to washing greasy pots and pans - to clean the grease off, you need lots of product and not much water! A really good shampoo initially, followed by a good rinse, repeated once or twice, is all you can do.

I too have had porcupigs!
 
Yes it's the coconut oil, which is very rich (I use it on my own hair!), and takes a lot of shampoo.
 
"I found it was similar to washing greasy pots and pans"

I hope the C doesn't stand for Cinderella!!
 
As a servant to two most ungrateful three year olds, it sometimes feels like it. Alas, the C's in my name came about after a longer username I went by on various other forums was abbreviated to CCC.
 
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