Guest blackntan Posted October 23, 2008 Report Share Posted October 23, 2008 Cattle can carry it as well....HERE makes you think when your out in the thick hedges ferreting and you get a few cuts and grazes.... as you do each week. SINDASOX YOU WONT CATCH IT FROM HEDGES ITS SPREAD THRU URINE Quote Link to post
RatSnatcher 0 Posted October 24, 2008 Report Share Posted October 24, 2008 Cattle can carry it as well....HERE makes you think when your out in the thick hedges ferreting and you get a few cuts and grazes.... as you do each week. SINDASOX YOU WONT CATCH IT FROM HEDGES ITS SPREAD THRU URINE You can catch it from anywhere a rodent has urinated , if the area remains wet and it is contaminated then you can catch it, that means wet soil,wet leaves, wet anything, The virus also does not dilute meaning: if you have a large pond and you poured a small amount of urine that has weils disease in, it is not diluted. Read here......... http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish...86908-20696342/ There is another virus that should be thought about when dealing with rodents, it is passed on via Rat shit, rat urine and rat saliva!!! it is passed on by inhalation HANTAVIRUS .............. http://www.medic8.com/infectious-diseases/hantavirus.htm Be carefull ,although reported deaths of Weils disease is low the actual amount of recorded people who contract it is high due to miss diagnosis such as what has been mentioned above by OTC....due to ignorance by gp's.....many people who contract it are un aware they have had it and can can recover but some dont!!! http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/3668270.Bri...led_by_rat/%20/ If you are dealing with rodents out in the field then get yourself a soap that can be applied without water, there are plenty on the market ALWAYS WEAR GLOVES, NOT LEATHER , NOT CLOTH, QUALITY NITRILE GLOVES THAT DONT TEAR...RANT OVER Quote Link to post
SINDASOX 256 Posted October 24, 2008 Report Share Posted October 24, 2008 YOU WONT CATCH IT FROM HEDGES ITS SPREAD THRU URINE I know you wont catch it from hedges fella.... .... what i'm on about is getting cuts and scratches from netting up in heavy cover, then netting up later on somewhere else where a cow has pissed, also bolted some rats before now as well in rabbit buries. SINDASOX Quote Link to post
Guest blackntan Posted October 24, 2008 Report Share Posted October 24, 2008 Cattle can carry it as well....HERE makes you think when your out in the thick hedges ferreting and you get a few cuts and grazes.... as you do each week. SINDASOX YOU WONT CATCH IT FROM HEDGES ITS SPREAD THRU URINE You can catch it from anywhere a rodent has urinated , if the area remains wet and it is contaminated then you can catch it, that means wet soil,wet leaves, wet anything, The virus also does not dilute meaning: if you have a large pond and you poured a small amount of urine that has weils disease in, it is not diluted. Read here......... http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish...86908-20696342/ There is another virus that should be thought about when dealing with rodents, it is passed on via Rat shit, rat urine and rat saliva!!! it is passed on by inhalation HANTAVIRUS .............. http://www.medic8.com/infectious-diseases/hantavirus.htm Be carefull ,although reported deaths of Weils disease is low the actual amount of recorded people who contract it is high due to miss diagnosis such as what has been mentioned above by OTC....due to ignorance by gp's.....many people who contract it are un aware they have had it and can can recover but some dont!!! http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/3668270.Bri...led_by_rat/%20/ If you are dealing with rodents out in the field then get yourself a soap that can be applied without water, there are plenty on the market ALWAYS WEAR GLOVES, NOT LEATHER , NOT CLOTH, QUALITY NITRILE GLOVES THAT DONT TEAR...RANT OVER STAY IN THE FOOOKING HOUSE THEN AND LEAVE WELL ALONE Quote Link to post
BODBRAM 0 Posted October 24, 2008 Report Share Posted October 24, 2008 I read this thread last night. Went ratting this morning and washed out my JRTs cuts with iodine. Just wanna thank anyone who posted, raised awarness and will help young hunters like me. Quote Link to post
RatSnatcher 0 Posted October 24, 2008 Report Share Posted October 24, 2008 STAY IN THE FOOOKING HOUSE THEN AND LEAVE WELL ALONE Check your loft first ...... Quote Link to post
dangergirl 13 Posted October 24, 2008 Report Share Posted October 24, 2008 My dad got weils disease about 10 years ago. He was really ill, and ended up with renal problems. He was installing sewerage pumping systems and they think thas how he contracted it. Quote Link to post
OldTrapCollector 377 Posted October 24, 2008 Report Share Posted October 24, 2008 This is my doctor's print out - I have covered my personal details OTC Quote Link to post
Guest blackntan Posted October 24, 2008 Report Share Posted October 24, 2008 as the goverment has stated that you are never more than a metre from a rat , were all doomed fooook nucular war , aids etc its rats yellers thats going to wipe out the human race , or buy a big rubber suit , or just be carefull wear gloves when ratting clean your terriers wounds , and enjoy your sport Quote Link to post
stephen58 1 Posted October 24, 2008 Report Share Posted October 24, 2008 Hi OTC , thank God it was caught in time , if you look in the Pestpro forum there is a link about a lady who died of Wiels disease in Brighton , it amazes me when i,ve been out ratting being a pro pestie how many of the lads pick up the dead rats by the tail,s , little do they realise that the rats tail has been it,s urine (only a matter of time ) I tell them about it but they just laugh ! I just walk away and shake my head !!!! just a footnote for Stubby , I know what you mean when you want to go for a quick fag break etc ! and have no accesss to some water to wash your hands , tell your boss you need some Gorilla wipes they are an antiseptic wipe best regards Steve Quote Link to post
Guest blackntan Posted October 24, 2008 Report Share Posted October 24, 2008 Hi OTC , thank God it was caught in time , if you look in the Pestpro forum there is a link about a lady who died of Wiels disease in Brighton , it amazes me when i,ve been out ratting being a pro pestie how many of the lads pick up the dead rats by the tail,s , little do they realise that the rats tail has been it,s urine (only a matter of time ) I tell them about it but they just laugh ! I just walk away and shake my head !!!! just a footnote for Stubby , I know what you mean when you want to go for a quick fag break etc ! and have no accesss to some water to wash your hands , tell your boss you need some Gorilla wipes they are an antiseptic wipe best regards Stevego to any chemist and buy the small bottles of gell hand wash , if you work in the rail industrie and they dont supply hand wash in there crew buses i would be shocked its part of every induction on ever site thru out the constrution , rail, tunnerling industrie, not all rats carry lepsro , just use common sence Quote Link to post
russ1980 0 Posted October 28, 2008 Report Share Posted October 28, 2008 I'm new to ratting but was just wondering how you go about cleaning your dog after ratting,not just cuts but around the mouth aswell.It's just that my dog lives indoors and i've got kids and obviously if it's been chomping on rats allday i don't want it licking the kids. Quote Link to post
stubby 175 Posted October 28, 2008 Report Share Posted October 28, 2008 we have hand wipes in the vans, but when your half a mile up a tunnel, shooting pidgeons in a snow tunnel, a quick fag can be had on the walk back, you can only carry so much gear to start with, remembering you will be carrying an extra 4 or 5 bags of pidgeons back too, its easy to get complacanant when working, and as you take more than 1 pair of latex gloves with you, its easy to have a fag inbetween a glove change am just trying to say, you can never be 100% safe, otherwise we'd never step foot outside the house, or do what we do Quote Link to post
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