Electric-man
2171 posts
Dec 09, 2008
4:22 PM
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Cleaned my new ind cages last weekend and since they weren't that dirty, I didn't wear a mask! Wow, I have a serious sore throat and my lungs hurt! Went to the urgent care yesterday, but after an hr and a half of waiting, I left. Thought I'd rather die at home! LOL Started on some zyrtec and ACV and water and its starting to get better!
I won't make that mistake again! Wear a mask!
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Val
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KiddenAround
260 posts
Dec 09, 2008
4:28 PM
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That's a good reminder . . . hope you get well fast and don't have any long-lasting effects. Sounds serious! Thanks, Val.
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-- Laura
Professional Thrill Seeker
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kopetsa
2505 posts
Dec 09, 2008
4:33 PM
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Thought you'd die at home.. LMAO Get well Val! :)
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Andrew Carmichael
AB Canada
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PR_rollers
GOLD MEMBER
2111 posts
Dec 09, 2008
5:10 PM
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Hey val get better Bro.That is what I always tell my wife and she says go the hospital I tell her I rather die at home. I hate waiting...
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Ralph
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THISROLL
223 posts
Dec 09, 2008
5:20 PM
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before i read the post on this site i had never wear anything..no mask nothing....i never had this kind of problems before..im always out side when its sunny like most of the day.. more than half of the day im outside noodling around with my pigeons and never have this problem but now i take better precaution..since i have read this post and other previous post like this..
electric man hope you get better..is it just that you old?? lol jay kay...j/k..
Last Edited by on Dec 09, 2008 5:20 PM
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brudahpete
293 posts
Dec 09, 2008
6:14 PM
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Indoor lofts are mighty dusty. I decided that I wouldn't do a fully enclosed loft again just for that reason. I visited Showlow's loft a while back & saw how it's done! He has a tamped gravel floor in all of his lofts they were absolutely dust free. I'm going to impliment this same type of floor in my new loft. We only have just a week or so of extremely cold weather (0-15 degrees). I'm not going to breed in the winter any more so I won't need to enclose anymore.
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sundance
903 posts
Dec 09, 2008
6:21 PM
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I`ll have to keep this in mind more now too. I always wear a mask when cleaning the loft, but also had someone nagging me to wear it. I`ll have to nag myself now.LOL
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Butch @
Sundance Roller Lofts
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mario
GOLD MEMBER
289 posts
Dec 09, 2008
7:49 PM
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my lofts are all open in the summer and i put plastic in the winter ,i almost die because of that ,the doctor told me i was very close from dying ,so now i wear my mask even when i feed ,and my loft is super clean
Mario
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George R.
1232 posts
Dec 09, 2008
9:30 PM
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I remember I got real sick after cleaning the loft in early 2008 , I still might get rid of my breeders and just buy a kit or two to fly each spring.
George
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brudahpete
303 posts
Dec 09, 2008
9:58 PM
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It's amazing how fine pigeon poo dust is. I hope you guys don't keal over dead over your love of the hobby!
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RXR Loft
364 posts
Dec 09, 2008
10:01 PM
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question...
is the danger in the doo dust or is it in the feather dust?
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RxR Loft
from my Loft to yours Happy Holidays!
Roll'em if you got'em... cuz commies don't roll
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RodSD
97 posts
Dec 09, 2008
11:43 PM
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It could be a pigeon lung disease. Be careful. Some people are allergic to pigeon dust (both on the doo and feather). I think there is antigen there that some people react to causing some respiratory allergy symptoms. It can damage lungs. I think other birds like parakeets can give the same reaction.
http://content.karger.com/ProdukteDB/produkte.asp?Doi=24009
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roller alley
34 posts
Dec 10, 2008
12:59 AM
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well when my wife was pregnant with my son and was at the clinic getting check up,i was fealing bad myself some say we get symptoms aswell..LOL,i had pigeons at the time also.i checked myself in and it wasnt from pigeons at all.i had cought pnemonia and didnt know it.i was there all day under antibiotic drip, what a bummer that might have killed me, if i was going to think the same way(id rather die at home) i could have gotten my wish,so dont wait and get checked out.My son is 2 now and i am 36
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Alohazona
513 posts
Dec 10, 2008
9:10 AM
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Val,
Long sleeve coveralls,mask,hat for cleaning up.Three years ago, pnuemonia put me down hard.I'm convinced pigeon dust aggrivated it to that point.Sometimes its hard to put this point out there,but loft design and of course keeping the numbers of pigeons as low as possible might benefit you in the longrun.
Val,everytime I have cut back for one reason or another,I seen the health of the birds benefit and that kind of sickness be kept at bay.We get caught up in life and then one day,BOOM,it's theres for you to deal with.
If you ever get a chance,I think it was in one of Tom Hatchers books,look at James Turners breeding loft.It was supported by metal poles and the whole bottom was open for about three feet around the whole enclosure.You can tell just by looking at the loft the idea behind the design was to carry the dust away immediately,just an example,TAKE CARE.....Aloha,Todd
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JBow
22 posts
Dec 10, 2008
10:45 AM
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I Hope you get to feeling better Val. Here lately i've finally started wearing a mask when cleaning the loft. I think it has helped but I've had this cold or it could be an allergy that I haven't been able to get rid off. Jim Bowen
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