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Re: Cat and other (feces) in the garden

Be glad your cat is ridding you of the mice. The hantivirus comes from live
mice not dead ones. It comes from breathing in dust from mices feces and
urine. A lady near here died from it. They determined it came from her
moving a bunch of stuff around in a shed contaminated with mouse droppings.

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> From: ChroniPepperoni@webtv.net
> To: seeds-list@eskimo.com
> Cc: ChroniPepperoni@webtv.net
> Subject: Re: Cat and other (feces) in the garden
> Date: Monday, April 14, 1997 2:11 PM
> 
> The gravel company where I got my sand was trying to interest me in some
> "Couer d'Alene Compost" supposed to all or part human waste (I wasn't
> that interested..) 
> 
> Perhaps Fleabane (Conyza sp. would be helpful if you thought fleas were
> a problem?
> 
> I don't understand this about pads on the feet, they walk right in the
> litter box and stuff...
> 
> I heard on a cable program last year (Discovery channel?) that
> hantavirus appears in other forms, and they thought it was spread by
> several specie of mice common in "ghettoes", that a sizable number of
> patients in a Chicago hospital on dialysis showed some sign of exposure
> to the milder types (antibodies were present?), and that there were
> isolated cases of severe or even fatal type in a large number of states.
> Maybe they are pulling my leg? 
> 
> This has made me think it is very important to find a way to get cats to
> not only behave as far as digging and all, but to get them to stop
> dragging in mice.
> Anyone know some "Old Wive's" ways (or maybe young veterinarian's ways)
> of getting THAT to cease and desist? At this moment I am wondering if
> when a cat develops that favorite spot to drop the mouse it caught, if I
> spray some Anise there? (see previous post about this for cats in the
> garden)
> 
> Robert Carl
> ChroniPepperoni@webtv.net
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