[Gpdd] Care - shampoos for piggies

[Suzy Dunser]

Hi Penny and everybody,

I've been reading the posts about bathing piggies with interest. I  
haven't bathed Rocky and Cocoa yet, and they seem to be fine, but we  
definitely do not have a dry climate here, so it sounds like I will  
have to at some point. I'm not sure if I'll be able to get the same  
brands in NZ as are available in the UK and the US, so could you tell  
me what the chemicals are that are in the anti fungal / anti  
parasitic shampoo? I think I read Peter Gurney once recommending  
something that here in NZ is used for head lice (a recurring problem  
in primary schools here). Tea tree oil is also used here to repel/get  
rid of lice, and it's not supposed to be so toxic as permethrine,  
malathion etc. Do you know if it's okay to use tea tree oil shampoos  
on guinea pigs?

Thanks very much,
Suzy, Rocky, and Cocoa (who, I suspect, will be anything but relaxed  
the first time I try this on them!!)