cactusgirl wrote:
"rachael simpson" wrote in message
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Janet Baraclough wrote:
Those are pretty harmless. Water attracts rats which are more likely
disease vectors. I'd be more wary about Weils Disease/leptospirosis,
which is spread to humans via rat pee in water .

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-weils-disease.htm

Our toddlers enjoyed a baby-bath of water to play in/with in the
garden, that's a small enough water volume to just fill with fresh
every time he's going to play, and empty after.

Incidentally after an exceptionally mild winter I'm seeing more rats
than usual here, even in the garden in broad daylight. So far we've
caught just one in the trap.

Janet

no sign of rats around here, got plenty of possum though! lol
what i forgot to mention in the original post is that the pool is
inflatable. in order to remove every trace of the water, i have to
deflate and then re-inflate after it's dry. while i know that some
algae won't really hurt him, it looks really ugly in the pool like that.
besides, if algae is present, i can't help but wonder what other
bacteria might be present...............

while wyatt's pool doesn't hold a lot of water, it does hold more than i
like to replenish every day. we used the old water from today's play
to water the garden with. made a little game out of it with wyatt.
(who could get the most water to the garden the quickest.) might keep
doing that.

some folks around here had told me to add a bit of bleach to his pool.
I'm sure you of all people, janet, can understand why i don't want to
add chlorox bleach to his play water..........

rae

ps: excuse typing skills again.......holding baby

Try using a chlorine alternative called Baquacil. It's sold at most pool
and spa stores. No irritation or odor. Worked great in our swimming pool
and spa.

Bioguard makes a similar product called "SoftSwim," which is also a chlorine
alternative.
Here's a link for the Bioguard products:

http://www.poolmart.com/productlistc...EM&category=75

Hope this helps.
CactusGirl


thanks, i'll check it out.
rae