[Greenbuilding] Composting cat shit

[Jason Holstine]

Not to mention the risks of "Cheesing"--getting high off of cat urine,
something our friends at South Park raised attention to.
http://www.southparkstudios.com/episodes/164823 
(Warning: humorous adult material)

 

-----Original Message-----
From: greenbuilding-bounces at listserv.repp.org
[mailto:greenbuilding-bounces at listserv.repp.org] On Behalf Of
YankeePerm at aol.com
Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 2:24 PM
To: greenbuilding at listserv.repp.org
Subject: Re: [Greenbuilding] Composting cat shit


Cats transmit several diseases to humans in their feces, including the 
leading cause of blindness in American children.   (Sandboxes look like a
luxury 
toilet to a cat.)   Domestic cats are what Mollison calls a Type 1 error, a 
decision from which you can never recover fully.   I suggest burying all cat
feces 
(including that still inside the cat) somewhere that you eventually plant a 
tree (to prevent its excavaton).   Vermicomposting and hot composting may
well 
get rid of some of the pathogens, but I'd not want the product on or near
the 
surfact of my soil.   I'd guess that vermicomposting has the greatest chance
of 
effectiveness (since people are going to keep right on harboring these
infestations).

DH

In a message dated 2/20/09 5:12:08 PM, racheli at sonoracohousing.com writes:


> 
> >
> > The nice thing is that this is a resource which otherwise is hard to 
> > compost, and also feels nice underfoot.  And if the cat takes a 
> > dump, you can chuck it in the compost and add some more.
> >
> I wouldn't put cat shit in the compost.
> 
> Racheli.
> 
> 





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