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Hi, Sue. Thank you for the welcome. I had read about pipes and the effect of copper. I'll try to find it and share the info. I have all copper in the house I'm in right now. I'm in the process of rehabbing my Chick's Beach house and it, too, is all copper. However, when I went to check progress last week, I saw the plumber did not use copper in the rehab job. He used some plastic pipe. Needless to say, that is not staying. I'm meeting the contractor tomorrow and will enlighten him ONE MORE TIME ! PS.... I will check my water heater temperature. Thank you for that !!
I'm curious. You mention your Texas yard that you share with chickens and wild birds. How in the world do you avoid the "dust"? I have two rescue parakeets and my daughter wants me to pass them onto another home. I was in the hospital this past weekend because I had a lung bleed which was somewhat substantial so I had to go to ER and they admitted me. The on call pulmonologist was in partnership with my usual pulmonologist and he too, was wonderful I asked him about my birds and he wasn't to happy to hear about them, but said he didn't want to end my love affair with them so the very least use a mask when I'm around the. What is your experience/knowledge? These are my two little friends and such good company.
Thank you for all your information! Regards. Toni
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@toni1132 We have planted low-growing native groundcover in our yard and next door, and it is irrigated because it is under citrus trees, so there is little dust. The other side it a septic leach field covered with gravel and then native plants, again little dust. Our windows our usually closed and we run a house fan and air purifier. Since we started this, minimal dust inside. On windy days I try to stay in or wear a N95 mask (my brother and I look like twins on those days - he lives across the street and also has lung issues.) A friend handles my bird feeders for me or I mask and glove. I switched from open water for the birds to a chicken-waterer to keep out their droppings and feathers - then I wash hands after I clean i & sanitize it.
Birds in the house have been on our no-go list for years - we had parakeets with psittacosis many years ago and the MD from the state health department told us about the risks because we had ashtmatic kids and an immuno-compromised older adult in the house. Of course we used to make an exception when my daughter's rescue parrot needed care, but even that is past. If you decide to keep your feathered friends, do you have someone else to do cage cleaning? If you must, my ID doc says gloves and N95 mask, then toss the gloves.