Hot Tub Forum
Original => Hot Tub Forum => Topic started by: txwillie on December 28, 2004, 11:25:45 am
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Shocked the spa this AM and left the cover open with the jets on. Basically got busy and forgot about it and it was open for about an hour and a half. Went out to close it up and a flock of birds was dining on the abundance of cedar berries in the 40 ft cedar tree above the spa. The spa has now been dosed with liberal amounts of bird poop and berries. I cleaned off what was on the ledges. I'm probably going to have to get a skimmer net to scoop out what sank.
What do ya'll think about the sanitation of the water? I'd like to not drain it, just really up the sanitizer and then shock it again (at night when the birds are asleep)
txwillie
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Just shock, sanitize and check the PH. As well as a little skimming....Make sure the kids don't drink any!
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I'd shock the HE11 out of it, then drain and refill it, and shock it again.
I'm very serious on this and have a reasonable amount of knowledge regarding this. My father's a vet, and in his circles is considered a world renowned expert on birds (if not "the" world renound...).
Birds carry a number of diseases that are contagious to humans. While they are generally not too serious, and difficult to catch from your situation, I don't feel it worth the risk. Some of these diseases are quite common in wild birds, more so than pets.The most common bird ailment is psittacosis. More info on it at http://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/diseases/psittacosis.html.
Birds also carry a form of tuberculosis that we can get.
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Avian Influenza (bird flu)
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/avian/outbreak.htm
and a bunch of others here;
https://occupationalhealth.ucdavis.edu/docs/birdsXXX.html
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Not exactly what I wanted to hear, but I'm draining it now. Went out a bit ago and the water doesn't look so appealing. Looks, well, like a bird bath. That 's an exaggeration, but it does have an odd tinge about it. I dumped a large dose of granular bromine in it and circulated that for about an hour.
As Roseanne-Roseanne Adana said: It's always something.
Thanks Doc
txwillie
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Wow Doc, you never cease to amaze me!
I'll be careful about birds being around my spa!
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Wow Doc, you never cease to amaze me!
I'll be careful about birds being around my spa!
I knew he was Dr. Spa but I never knew he was Dr. Doolittle too!!!
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I think my motto for computer repair works for spa water too.
When it doubt, swap it out.
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I think my motto for computer repair works for spa water too.
When it doubt, swap it out.
I've always applied that to relationships as well.
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I've always applied that to relationships as well.
Owwww!
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Thanks for the invitation to soak but maybe another time? Not me, I'm not getting in.
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Owwww!
I was just kidding. I'm still working on my first marriage and we're at 14+ yrs (consecutively).
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I was just kidding. I'm still working on my first marriage and we're at 14+ yrs (consecutively).
LOL.
My wife and I have been married 48 years.
Twenty four each.
;)
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21 years here. I guess that makes us "legal"? :)
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21 years here. I guess that makes us "legal"? :)
We will have our 24th anniversary in the spring, so our marriage can drink legally as well. Geesh, another thing Chas felt he had to out do me in.
Chas, don't feel you need to roll your truck 4 times.
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Geesh, another thing Chas felt he had to out do me in.
Chas, don't feel you need to roll your truck 4 times.
I promise, Bill. Of course, even if I did, I bet I would heal faster than you.....
Hey - all kidding aside for a moment, I want to commend those of us who have been married a long while. It's very tough to do, and more so these days when society puts such pressure on us to have the best and dispose of the rest. I'm not in any way saying that makes us better than those of you who have not - I truly do understand how difficult it is. My wife and I work hard at keeping our relationship strong. We seem to fall in love again and again as we do so, and you can't put a price on that. I just wanted to take a sec and honor the long marriages represented here.
(The punchline which would normally appear at this point has been tastefully left off)
;) ;D
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I just wanted to take a sec and honor the long marriages represented here.
;) ;D
The hot tub has definitely helped our marriage and family life as well
(This thread has now been certified hot tub related for another 5 posts)
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I have to say I am impressed with the long marriages represented here. My tub is helping our marriage last, by keeping me very happy and content, my husband is happy and content!!! ;D
It's just, some of us got a later start than most! ;)
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My wife and I are in the 7th year of a 60-year marriage! (I wonder if the warranty is out...after all most states only support a 7 year warranty?) ???
Second date was in the hot tub! (how's that Bill?)
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My wife and I are in the 7th year of a 60-year marriage! (I wonder if the warranty is out...after all most states only support a 7 year warranty?) ???
Your marriage warranty is invalid if you don't maintain the chemistry. Its just like a spa, ignore the water upkeep and forget about your filters and soon you'll be dumping and starting over.
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Twenty-three years in two weeks for me.
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I am going on 17 years married and 21 years together. Being only 41 that seems good to me!
BTW, what is going to happen the next time the birds decide to poop in your tub? You are going to have a tough time keeping birds out of your cedar. What to do?
Jonathan
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It'll be 25 years in May 2005!
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Your marriage warranty is invalid if you don't maintain the chemistry. Its just like a spa, ignore the water upkeep and forget about your filters and soon you'll be dumping and starting over.
What a great analogy!
I look at marriage like building a campfire, you have to add a lot of different things in the beginning like paper, twigs and kindling along with a spark. Then you have to watch it closely and just add small dry wood to baby it along in the beginning however, once you build a good bed of hot coals you can throw just about any log on the fire to keep it burning and if you really want a blaze select a special pitch log but no matter what, you have to remember to constantly add fuel....
starting, building and maintaining a relationship is very similar.
Then to bring this back to being spa related, if the fire isn't keeping you warm enough - get in the hot tub until you warm up and then get back to maintaining the fire when you get out. ;) 8)
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I look at marriage like building a campfire, you have to add a lot of different things in the beginning like paper, twigs and kindling along with a spark. Then you have to watch it closely and just add small dry wood to baby it along in the beginning however, once you build a good bed of hot coals you can throw just about any log on the fire to keep it burning and if you really want a blaze select a special pitch log but no matter what, you have to remember to constantly add fuel....
True, but don't take a burning log from that first fire and decide to get a second fire going at the same time or you'll get burned.
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My wife and I will have been married 18 yrs. next April. We will be filling our first (hot tub) tomorrow weather permitting.
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Very interesting indeed!!!!!!!!
This thread has turned from a flock of birds craping in a spa, to how long people have been married......... My single life is looking even better to me!
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Well its been 20.5 years for me.
When my kids ask her why she married me.
She just smiles and says, "Someone had to be the martyr."
And on that note -
Everyone have a Happy New Year
r100rs
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Will be 21 years this coming February.
Brewman
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Well, it seems insignificant compared to others listed above, but:
If my wife and I were still dating, we will have been together for 11 years in Feb.
In June, we will have been married 5 years.
We had a hottub for 2 weeks :-[
and have been waiting for it to be replaced ever since.
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In June, we will have been married 5 years.
We had a hottub for 2 weeks :-[
and have been waiting for it to be replaced ever since.
Still got the fire in your romance? ???
Sorry, couldn't resist.
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KC,
My husband and I will celebrate 6 years in April. If you count dating, then it will be 8 years in May.
Like I said, some of us got a late start. And it is the first marriage for both of us!!!