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| E-Man |
"Mamabird" <spam..@go_away.com> wrote in message news:<wKKzb.3903$Oe5.181@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net>...
> "Toucanldy" <toucanldy@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:20031204121438.26112.00000124@mb-m15.aol.com...
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> http://www.expatica.com/source/site...9&story_id=2415
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> > http://tinyurl.com/xq5h
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> > Regards
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> I wonder how they'll describe cause of death in his obituary.
The amonia was from the ferret, right?
E-Man
(Not trying to be funny. Am I correct that you would not get an amonia smell
from parrot feces?)
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| Toucanldy |
>Subject: Re: Man dies from pet emissions
>From: ef29@drexel.edu (E-Man)
>The amonia was from the ferret, right?
>E-Man
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>(Not trying to be funny. Am I correct that you would not get an amonia smell
>from parrot feces?)
You are not correct.
Ammonia, comes from the decomposition of urine, the white part of bird feces.
(droppings).
Regards
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| E-Man |
toucanldy@aol.com (Toucanldy) wrote in message news:<20031208203739.15174.00000453@mb-m04.aol.com>...
> >Subject: Re: Man dies from pet emissions
> >From: ef29@drexel.edu (E-Man)
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> >The amonia was from the ferret, right?
> >E-Man
> >
> >(Not trying to be funny. Am I correct that you would not get an amonia smell
> >from parrot feces?)
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> You are not correct.
>
> Ammonia, comes from the decomposition of urine, the white part of bird feces.
> (droppings).
>
> Regards
Toucanldy,
I did not ask where ammonia comes from. Let me rephrase my question.
Does your birds poop "SMELL" like ammonia when acumulated?
I do not raise parrots or large birds, so this is why I ask, and I ask
within
the context of the article, someone walking into an enclosed space
that has
unkept animals, and being innundated with the smell of urine, or
ammonia.
I raise roller pigeons, lots of them, and there are times when the
poop accumulates. All it ever smells like is pigeon poop, not ammonia.
I would think that the liquid urine from the ferret would be the
pungent
problem from the article. I know that if I don't clean my cats litter
box
every few days, the smell of ammonia can jump out and bite you.
I would also doubt that any of you really allow your birds poop to
build up
without cleaning, but there might be that rare occasion where you had
to be
away for awhile. Did it smell like ammonia?
I just do not believe that a parrots built-up poop will have even 1/4
the
"aromatic" richness of a ferret.
E-Man
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| Toucanldy |
>From: ef29@drexel.edu (E-Man)
>Toucanldy,
>I did not ask where ammonia comes from. Let me rephrase my question.
>Does your birds poop "SMELL" like ammonia when acumulated?
I don't let my bird's droppings accumulate, but a friend of mine says that they
do have an ammonia smell.
Regards
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| John Hines |
toucanldy@aol.com (Toucanldy) wrote:
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>>From: ef29@drexel.edu (E-Man)
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>>Toucanldy,
>>I did not ask where ammonia comes from. Let me rephrase my question.
>>Does your birds poop "SMELL" like ammonia when acumulated?
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>I don't let my bird's droppings accumulate, but a friend of mine says that they
>do have an ammonia smell.
A good part of smell comes from the bacterial processes, which break
down compounds into the raw gas.
Leaving the droppings long enough for them to start decomposing, will
generate a variety of toxic gasses.
Which is one the reasons we get rid of the droppings. That they smell
like ammonia, means they would be great in your compost pile, along with
leaves, and sticks, if your a gardener as well.
You don't have to tell me about poo, I used to have pet Gallus (dom),
which make parrots look positively dainty.
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| matt weber |
On 11 Dec 2003 13:20:34 GMT, toucanldy@aol.com (Toucanldy) wrote:
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>>From: ef29@drexel.edu (E-Man)
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>>Toucanldy,
>>I did not ask where ammonia comes from. Let me rephrase my question.
>>Does your birds poop "SMELL" like ammonia when acumulated?
>
>I don't let my bird's droppings accumulate, but a friend of mine says that they
>do have an ammonia smell.
>
>Regards
>
Probably not actually. Birds excete urates, rather than uric acid,
and nitrogen splitting bacterial don't know how to deal with urates,
hence they are not easily broken down to release ammonia.
The stability of Urates makes guano a valuable fertilizer. It
accumlates rather than break down.
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