Hello!First of all-sorry for my bad English.I am from Bulgaria.I am keeping domestic ducks like ornamental pets for more than 30-35years.
But now I have problem with my bedding material(litter).I always use wheat straw,because it keeps warm to the ducks.And also because I had a problem before years with small ducklings that had eaten wood shavings used for bedding and had diarhea because of it.I keep the wheat straw in other buliding in other yard.I buy and store the straw in small packs(aproximately size of the packs is 1meter x 0,5meter x 0,5meter).I have bought last year 10 packs that will be enough for this winter.
At the summer and autumn I do not use any bedding but now comes winter here,the weather is cold and I had found that the room where I keep the straw is attacked by the mouses.They were living in this straw packs for maybe 1-2months before I notice them.Now I have put more than 10 traps and catched most of them but it is too late.
The rodents were devastated the strow,the half of it is shredded an I will throw it away to the recycle bin.There are also mouse droppings in it and it is also pissed with urine.
The question is-Can I use the remained straw for bedding?I have transferred one of this packs to room in the house where there are not rodents and it stayed at the room for 10days.Are enough these 10days to think that it is clean from any desease or bacterial contamination?
I have read that most common problem associated with rodents is Pasteurella Multocida(Pasteurellosis/Fowl Cholera).But also there will be and other dangerous bacteria or worms that rodents can transmit.I have read that Pasteureslla is relatively fragile bacteria and 3 to 6 days are enough to die outside the host.
So-to use this straw or not to use it-this is the question??Of course I will shake it hard before using it to fall out most of droppings but I am absolutely sure that will not fall out all of them.
P.S.I can not find now from where to buy another straw or pine shavings(because is winter).
There are not rodents in the duck house.
I do not use poisons for killing the rodents so it is sure that can not transfer poison to the bedding.
Weather become very cold for ducks to sleep on the cement floor without bedding.
Thanks for answer!I hope that the post is understendable although language barrier.
But now I have problem with my bedding material(litter).I always use wheat straw,because it keeps warm to the ducks.And also because I had a problem before years with small ducklings that had eaten wood shavings used for bedding and had diarhea because of it.I keep the wheat straw in other buliding in other yard.I buy and store the straw in small packs(aproximately size of the packs is 1meter x 0,5meter x 0,5meter).I have bought last year 10 packs that will be enough for this winter.
At the summer and autumn I do not use any bedding but now comes winter here,the weather is cold and I had found that the room where I keep the straw is attacked by the mouses.They were living in this straw packs for maybe 1-2months before I notice them.Now I have put more than 10 traps and catched most of them but it is too late.
The rodents were devastated the strow,the half of it is shredded an I will throw it away to the recycle bin.There are also mouse droppings in it and it is also pissed with urine.
The question is-Can I use the remained straw for bedding?I have transferred one of this packs to room in the house where there are not rodents and it stayed at the room for 10days.Are enough these 10days to think that it is clean from any desease or bacterial contamination?
I have read that most common problem associated with rodents is Pasteurella Multocida(Pasteurellosis/Fowl Cholera).But also there will be and other dangerous bacteria or worms that rodents can transmit.I have read that Pasteureslla is relatively fragile bacteria and 3 to 6 days are enough to die outside the host.
So-to use this straw or not to use it-this is the question??Of course I will shake it hard before using it to fall out most of droppings but I am absolutely sure that will not fall out all of them.
P.S.I can not find now from where to buy another straw or pine shavings(because is winter).
There are not rodents in the duck house.
I do not use poisons for killing the rodents so it is sure that can not transfer poison to the bedding.
Weather become very cold for ducks to sleep on the cement floor without bedding.
Thanks for answer!I hope that the post is understendable although language barrier.
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