I've not seen this one before

[txwillie]

Shocked the spa this AM and left the cover open with the jets on. Basically got busy and forgot about it and it was open for about an hour and a half. Went out to close it up and a flock of birds was dining on the abundance of cedar berries in the 40 ft cedar tree above the spa. The spa has now been dosed with liberal amounts of bird poop and berries. I cleaned off what was on the ledges. I'm probably going to have to get a skimmer net to scoop out what sank.

What do ya'll think about the sanitation of the water? I'd like to not drain it, just really up the sanitizer and then shock it again (at night when the birds are asleep)

txwillie

[huh?]

Just shock, sanitize and check the PH.  As well as a little skimming....Make sure the kids don't drink any!

[Dr. Spa™ Ret.]

I'd shock the HE11 out of it, then drain and refill it, and shock it again.

I'm very serious on this and have a reasonable amount of knowledge regarding this. My father's a vet, and in his circles is considered a world renowned expert on birds (if not "the" world renound...).

Birds carry a number of diseases that are contagious to humans. While they are generally not too serious, and difficult to catch from your situation, I don't feel it worth the risk. Some of these diseases are quite common in wild birds, more so than pets.The most common bird ailment is psittacosis. More info on it at http://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/diseases/psittacosis.html.

Birds also carry a form of tuberculosis that we can get.

[Dr. Spa™ Ret.]

Avian Influenza (bird flu)
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/avian/outbreak.htm

and a bunch of others here;
https://occupationalhealth.ucdavis.edu/docs/birdsXXX.html

[txwillie]

Not exactly what I wanted to hear, but I'm draining it now. Went out a bit ago and the water doesn't look so appealing. Looks, well, like a bird bath. That 's an exaggeration, but it does have an odd tinge about it. I dumped a large dose of granular bromine in it and circulated that for about an hour.

As Roseanne-Roseanne Adana said: It's always something.

Thanks Doc

txwillie

[Lori]

Wow Doc, you never cease to amaze me!

I'll be careful about birds being around my spa!

[stuart]

Wow Doc, you never cease to amaze me!

I'll be careful about birds being around my spa!

I knew he was Dr. Spa but I never knew he was Dr. Doolittle too!!!

[wmccall]

I think my motto for computer repair works for spa water too.

When it doubt, swap it out.

[Spatech_tuo]

I think my motto for computer repair works for spa water too.

When it doubt, swap it out.

I've always applied that to relationships as well.

[ttodd1]

I've always applied that to relationships as well.

Owwww!

[TubbinSoon, now we be tubbin]

Thanks for the invitation to soak but maybe another time? Not me, I'm not getting in.

[Spatech_tuo]

Owwww!

I was just kidding. I'm still working on my first marriage and we're at 14+ yrs (consecutively).

[Chas]

I was just kidding. I'm still working on my first marriage and we're at 14+ yrs (consecutively).

LOL.


My wife and I have been married 48 years.










Twenty four each.

[ttodd1]

21 years here.  I guess that makes us "legal"?  

[wmccall]

21 years here.  I guess that makes us "legal"?  

We will have our 24th anniversary in the spring, so our marriage can drink legally as well.  Geesh, another thing Chas felt he had to out do me in.  

Chas, don't feel you need to roll your truck 4 times.