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windgrrl
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CDC Surveillance Map
The CDC has lots of info. Hanta virus is pretty common.
http://www.cdc.gov/hantavirus/surveillance/state-of-exposure...
A visit to a medial professional would be most wise considering your symptoms.
When the way comes to an end, then change. Having changed, you pass through.
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I'll admit that for a smart man I make stupid decisions when it comes to myself. If my dogs coughed- I'd have them see the vet in a heartbeat. When
I read there was no treatment once your lungs are clear of fluid I figured I'm on the other side of it now and will focus on prevention- so I don't
get sick again. The mouse isn't a match for Hantavirus it seems. Thanks for the concern, of course you are right and my doctor would certainly agree
with you.
[Edited on 9-27-2011 by Woooosh]
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You know weve had that problem with mice too. My mom buys sticky gummy pads and we catch them and we have some cats they do an awesome job of
catching these vermits. Ive seen the dropings once in a while and when i do i call in the calvary get all the cats for a night leave them in the house
or trailers and theyll catch them right away its pretty cool how these cats work.
READY SET.....................
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Woooosh
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Von
You know weve had that problem with mice too. My mom buys sticky gummy pads and we catch them and we have some cats they do an awesome job of
catching these vermits. Ive seen the dropings once in a while and when i do i call in the calvary get all the cats for a night leave them in the house
or trailers and theyll catch them right away its pretty cool how these cats work. |
I think a cat would enjoy the job, for sure. My dogs are scared to death of these mice. Thy must flatten themselves out because some places I find
their dropping has only a crack for an opening. We'll get 'em.
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Santiago
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I'm a 'mouse fancier' from way back: I'm pretty sure you have a common house mouse (mus musculus). I have a Havahart live mouse trap at my place in
BOLA but the only thing we ever catch there are a stain of kangaroo mouse that I don't recognize and the occasional deer mouse.
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Oh forgot to say, deer meeses (peromyscus maniculatus) generally have very white bellies with a sharp line on the side to the color coat, brown to
gray depending on area and sub-species. The common house mouse (mus mus) is generally a mottled brown; thus the description of a certain kind of
brunette as a 'mousey brown'. You might hear or read of this as 'agoti' (pronounced a-goo'-tee).
Your area has been urbanized for some time, so it is unlikely that you have a deer mouse; they prefer natural areas. After five or ten years of new
development, the house mouse will over take the area as they have adapted to humans.
Only thing that gives me pause is the size of the ears one your trapped mouse; pretty large for a mus mus but everything else points to the common
house mouse. Maybe just the Alfred E Newman of your neighborhood.
Pop quiz next class.
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I went to the Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas a few years ago and stopped in Ridgecrest on the way home to see an old buddy from our China Lake
Missile days.
His wife answered the phone and said he was at the CES the same time I was and his body was still in Vegas dead from Hanta Virus. Whoa! Doctors
though he had Pneumonia and before they decided it was Hanta he was dead (3 days after admission). We think he picked it up before going to Vegas.
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Jack Swords
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Hanta Virus
Neal...any idea where he picked up the virus? I know your proclivity for arid places. Our ghost town adventures all over Nevada lend itself to
sleeping in old cabins, but the mouse droppings are a warning. We sleep outside in the clean air.
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Jack,
He lived at the north edge of Inyokern and it is believed he got it before he left for Vegas.
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Ok here is what I know about Henta Virus
1. You catch it from dried rat crap. You get it by inhaling the dried poop when it is stirred up while sweeping etc.
2. If you suspect that they are infected and you find dried rat poop, use a mixture of bleach and water and spray them down before sweeping or moving
the poop.
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Woooosh
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I think you are #1 in the rat #2 stuff. thanks.
[Edited on 9-29-2011 by Woooosh]
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A quick clarification here........
1. Rats don't carry the deadly sin nombre strain of hantavirus. You only get that from deer mice.
2. Old dry fecal material will not be infected. It has to be fresh urine or feces.
3. Sweeping or vacuuming is never recommended for cleaning rodent droppings because it can be hard to tell if it is fresh or old. Spray with a full
strength disinfectant or a 10% solution of bleach before mopping or wiping with a damp cloth. 
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bugman
A quick clarification here........
1. Rats don't carry the deadly sin nombre strain of hantavirus. You only get that from deer mice.
2. Old dry fecal material will not be infected. It has to be fresh urine or feces.
3. Sweeping or vacuuming is never recommended for cleaning rodent droppings because it can be hard to tell if it is fresh or old. Spray with a full
strength disinfectant or a 10% solution of bleach before mopping or wiping with a damp cloth. |
4. Don't eat the other half of a sandwich roll the mice ate.
Thanks for all the info and treatment advice.
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