how do I remove motor oil off my tortoises head?

[gudedue]

Help! I have an African Spurred Tortoise named Sherman he's about 1-2 yrs old. And he got motor oil on his head. My question is: If I spray Dawn soap & water on his head do I have to wipe it off? if so How? or can I just rinse the soapy water off with clean water until oil is gone?

 

[Yvonne G]

I would use Johnson's Baby Shampoo. You can get Johnson's Baby Shampoo in baby's eyes and it doesn't burn.

 

[SulcataSquirt]

+1 on baby shampoo, but you know... lol how does a little sulcata like that get motor oil on his head?

 

[Jacqui]

+1 on baby shampoo, but you know... lol how does a little sulcata like that get motor oil on his head?

That was my first reaction too. Maybe he was helping his caretaker change the car's oil?

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Of course, most likely it's something like he got loose and raced his human caretaker to under the closest vehicle... one which has an oil leak.

 

[cemmons12]

The tortoise is a grease mokey! And baby shampoo sounds like a better alternative then dawn in "my eyes"!

 

[Jacqui]

dawn in "my eyes"!

 

[cemmons12]

dawn in "my eyes"!

Your always good at picking up my "play on words"!

 

[SulcataSquirt]

So where is this oiled up tort? You cant just come join tfo for only one post and not even show us this greasey guy!