Subject: Forget the Cats! Another MICE Invasion!!!

From: "Rodney Barton" <rbarton@hsc.unt.edu>

Amy said:

> If you do this, though, I would be *sure* to wear a heavy duty dust
mask.  Hanta virus is spread by mice droppings and is caught through
inhalation... Oklahoma is not very far away from the Southwest where
this is a not-so-rare disease.  This leads to acute respiratory distress
syndrome which means your lungs quickly fill with fluid and even in
hospital it is very tricky  to save someone.

> Amy, who has mice in a corner of the garage and is now petrified to go
in and clean it up!  


I believe the virus is actually in the animal's urine.  Anyway, you can clean it safely by wetting the area thoroughly, use a disinfectant if you like, to hold down the dust (it's good that Kath's pellets are damp).  Wear plastic gloves and your dust mask.  Be careful not to track residue back into the house.  (Remove your gloves and shoes and wash before going back indoors).  

Rodney Barton
rbarton@hsc.unt.edu
Hickory Creek, (North Central) Texas, USA
Zone 7/8, typical temp range 15 - 105 F (-9 - 41 C)
AIS, SIGNA, SPCNI, SLI, Iris-talk

North American Native Iris Web Page:
http://molly.hsc.unt.edu/~rbarton/Iris/NANI.html



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