organic shampoo recipes?

[racheld]

I have never had to use any kind of soap on Remus. The only time he gets a bath is for gets into something nasty, and then a soak and a damp cloth works.

[Deleted]

I did a quick search for what our Members use for shampoos and this is what I came up with several threads where our ferrents talked about what they use, when they shampoo.


1. Aveeno Baby Wash

2. Dr. Bonner's Baby Mild Castile Soap.

3. Homemade shampoo:
First get a container that is 2 quarts, this give enough room to shake the ingredients together.

Mix the following together:
1 Cup ground oatmeal, you can grind this dry in a blender to a flour consistency.
4 Tbs. baking soda
1 quart warm water
Mix together in container by shaking vigorously until well blended. (Add the water a little at a time to stop the pressure from the baking soda blowing the lid off)
That's it! Oatmeal shampoo, easy simple, and all natural! You could store this in the fridge if you have leftover.
It's nice to be able to do this knowing what's in it, no harsh chemicals or preservatives, and a nice fuzzy coat, or a nice head of hair for you!


4. 100% colloidal oatmeal and add to water. It is safe to use and colloidal oatmeal is a natural and gentle cleanser.

Here are some links:

holisticferret60.proboards.com/thread/8226

holisticferret60.proboards.com/thread/7308

Mine Love water and water play. I leave a rug and towel draped over the upstairs tub. Then I have some tub toys. A beach sand pail and some other toys for them to play with. I fill them with water and they snorkel or get each other wet. I also have a small kiddy pool for them to play in and I drop FDR and they go fishing. Mika loves to watch the sink run and I give her a small plastic cup of water and she pushes it around until it spills.



This was the first time in their pool. They weren't too sure. lol

[Heather]

Do not add any scents to your home made ferret shampoos
ciao

[Deleted]

2. Dr. Bonner's Baby Mild Castile Soap.

Heather, katt and Sherry, this soap was recommended on an older thread. The ingredients are:

Water, Organic Coconut Oil*, Potassium Hydroxide**, Organic Olive Oil*, Organic Hemp Oil, Organic Jojoba Oil, Citric Acid, Tocopherol
* CERTIFIED FAIR TRADE INGREDIENT
** None remains after saponifying oils into soap and glycerin

Does anyone see any objections to the ingredients?

This is the Thread that recommended it.

holisticferret60.proboards.com/thread/16325

[Heather]

Seems to be fine. They will come out of it smelling like coconuts (giggle)
ciao

[RedSky]

Obviously it should be mentioned for any newbies that ferrets should not be bathed frequently. The more you wash them the more the smell. It dried out their skin and strips the natural good oils from their fur. So makes them itchy and over produce the oils to compensate and therefore making them smell worse.
Maybe the oat based gentle shampoo wouldn't be as bad, but having not tried it I couldn't say.

[Deleted]

I can second the Dr. Bronner's. Even the regular castile soap works wonderfully. It's really gentle- I use it on myself because I don't want to strip too many oils from my skin or hair. Piper seems to hate it less than other options (giggle)

[ferretbrah]

I'll probably be trying the oatmeal baking soda recipe this week.

Mine haven't had a bath since June/July and have been getting into an old fireplace so they smell like ash.

[katt]

Dr. Bronner's is really good stuff but be careful as several of their products use EO's.

[Deleted]

Given Teddy's accidents, I have to wash him frequently to prevent bacterial infections on his skin. I never use soap and occasionally use colloidal oatmeal which both he and Artie love. It also is good for the skin and fur. Unless it's a foreign substance, you really don't need anything more than water and maybe the oatmeal (Aveeno). Soap runs the risk of not being washed out completely.