The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #59588   Message #951529
Posted By: Stilly River Sage
13-May-03 - 12:54 AM
Thread Name: BS: Serious Stink Problem, Seriously...
Subject: RE: BS: Serious Stink Problem, Seriously...
Bobert,

Out west there are some nasty diseases spread via the dust associated with mouse droppings (Hanta virus) and in the east and elsewhere birds and bats spread histoplasmosis. Please sincerely consider wearing a dust mask when you're in that trailer mucking out droppings and dust until you have it down to at least broom clean. Get yourself a can of Lysol and spray enough to keep the dust from going airborne if you get into an area with a lot of mouse droppings. I cleared out the contents of a storage locker in the Manzano Mountains east of Albuquerque last summer, and was rather parnoid that I could catch something like Hantavirus. Normally I dislike using things like Lysol, but it was real blessing to use a product that actually does what they say it will, and let it kill those germs before I possibly infected myself from sweeping up dusty droppings.

SRS