5 tips on how to clean pigeon droppings

Cleaning & disposing of pigeon droppings is very important because of the diseases they carry. Inhaling the dust from pigeon droppings has been known to cause histoplasmosis, cryptococcus and psittaicosis. If you apply some protective methods while cleaning pigeon droppings, you can eliminate the danger of catching any of the above-mentioned diseases.

1. Put on your protective gear. It is essential that you wear a face mask and rubber gloves to protect you from disease. Some experts suggest that you wear long clothing while cleaning up pigeon droppings, but if you are organized and careful, you shouldn't get any of the droppings on you. The real danger is in breathing the pigeon-dropping dust.

2. Wet the pigeon droppings with the spray nozzle of your hose. You want to get the droppings wet so that they don't emit any dry dust, but you don't want to blast them away. (You want to get rid of them, not disperse them to somewhere else on your property). Use your hose until all of the droppings have been covered in water.

3. Take your paint scraper and scrape the droppings in to a dustpan. This dustpan should be reserved for this job alone; it should not be used for anything else. You can get a cheap dustpan at any dollar store.

4. Empty your dustpan in to a trash bag. Use your dustpan brush to make sure you got all the droppings that the scraper missed. Dispose of them in the trash bag as well. Place your trash bag in an outside trash bin and take it out to the curb on trash day.

5. Rinse off your dustpan and brush before putting them away for another time. When they are dry, you may want to keep them in a plastic grocery bag as an added precaution.

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