Hey Too, have you tried the George's distilled aloe juice?  It looks just like water and I just tasted it--tastes like water too.  They've got a website you can look at, if you're interested.  That's the stuff I spray on Morgan for her itchies.
  
 I use the cornstarch also, but I also had an incident where I cut a gouldian finch's nail and it started bleeding--couldn't find the corn starch and as a last resort stuck the little one's whole foot in my sugar bowl.  Not that I use much granulated sugar except for holiday baking so it was probably due to be tossed out anyway.  Bit unusual, but it did work.