Can I get bird flu from cleaning my backyard bird bath?
May 9, 2010 by
Filed under Bird Baths
Can I get bird flu (or possibly anything else) by cleaning my backyard bird feeders or bird bath? I typically dump the water in the bird bath once a week and brush it clean with hot water before filling it. I live in the great-lakes area (north of Lake Erie) and I don’t know if “bird flu” is, or ever has been in this area yet.
no
Pretty much the only way to get bird flu is to go to Indonesia.
yup… lol
If you get the Bird Poop into your body somehow then yes you can get bird Flu. But it is unlikely because I dont think it is a scare here in the USA
read up on it:
http://kidshealth.org/teen/infections/colds_and_flu/bird_flu.html
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4967188
http://www.freemarketnews.com/WorldNews.asp?nid=1320
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird_flu
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/AvianFlu/Story?id=1716820&page=1
nope. tis not that simple
I dint thing so unless the bird is infested with this virus and i don’t think this virus has reached your area
No, I don’t think you could get it by cleaning a bird bath area.
Bird flu can only be communicable if you have eaten or cooked the infested fowl.