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Fresh Bat Poop?!
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Lol crazy derailment
Scoville DeVille said:
It's all about the poo...
House pets were considered unsanitary (if such a term can be used) since ancient times. (it's even forbidden in the Old Testament - one of the few things in that fairy tale that is relevant) I have no problem with you loving your cats. I consider that your issue, not mine.
Student of Spice said:http://www.cdc.gov/features/bats/
He is not crazy with his thinking, a n95 mask would not hurt especially when harvesting the guano and an increased risk for it becoming airborne. There is mysophobia then there is weighing risk v reward and taking intelligent precautions. I would wear a mask if I chose to gather bat guano, but I chose to minimize unnecessary risks. Just like wearing a helmet when riding a bike, not being educated on and not eating wild mushrooms, or looking both ways when I cross the street, you wouldn't have to.....but eventually you will get hit by a bus
No gloves, but I was very careful to stay clear of the small dust plume, and even brought a bottle of rubbing alcohol and towel to decontaminate my poop-scooping hand (and the scooper) immediately upon returning to the car.
When not mining bat poo, I spend my summer evenings standing out in the open a mile or three from active thunderstorms. With a few decades left on the clock, the vastly-increased-but-still-low risk is acceptable since I vastly enjoy storm watching and photography. FWIW, I DO wear a MC helmet 99% of the time, and am as far as is possible from the typical screaming adrenaline junkie extrovert.
You guys are brave compared to the FB crowd! When I posted this on the local garden page, the overwhelming response was one of fear. Our whole society has become so pathetically risk-averse.... :/
My uncle collected some guano for me from the roof of a church he was repairing. Apparently there is a ton of it. I went ahead and spread it into my worm farms!
I have a few bats in the eaves of the house, plenty of guano to collect, think I better get on it.Geonerd said:This stuff is GREAT.
A few weeks after fertilizing, my plants are greener and look healthier than I've ever seen. None of the chemical ferts and fert mixes I've tried can touch this... shit.
Thats cool you have a little gold mine to collect now and then.
Just got back from the first 'mining' expedition of the year with nearly two gallons (dry volume, thank god!) of the stuff. 
I'll be switching over ASAP from the fish emulsion I've been using this season. Fish soup works but, as I've 'discovered,' it is entirely possible to over-use it. About half my plants are stunted, presumably from the salt contained in the fish fert.
Don't use the stuff on un-drained seedlings!
Here's hoping the Bat Poop can once again perform miracles.
An article on the little dudes: https://uanews.arizona.edu/story/education-research-needed-to-protect-tucson-bats-scientists-say
I'll be switching over ASAP from the fish emulsion I've been using this season. Fish soup works but, as I've 'discovered,' it is entirely possible to over-use it. About half my plants are stunted, presumably from the salt contained in the fish fert.
Don't use the stuff on un-drained seedlings!Here's hoping the Bat Poop can once again perform miracles.
An article on the little dudes: https://uanews.arizona.edu/story/education-research-needed-to-protect-tucson-bats-scientists-say
Geonerd said:Just got back from the first 'mining' expedition of the year with nearly two gallons (dry volume, thank god!) of the stuff.
I'll be switching over ASAP from the fish emulsion I've been using this season. Fish soup works but, as I've 'discovered,' it it entirely possible to over-use it. About half my plants are stunted, presumably from the salt contained in the fish fert.
Here's hoping the Bat Poop can once again perform miracles.
An article on the little dudes: https://uanews.arizona.edu/story/education-research-needed-to-protect-tucson-bats-scientists-say
That's awesome that you can forage a resource like this
Guano is outrageously expensive over here
Are you going to compost it?