On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 21:53:42 -0400, rachael simpson
wrote:

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...............

I can pretty much guarantee you have rats and mice in your yard. There
isn't a part of land which has no rats or mice on it. I can't believe
there is this much uproar about an inflatable pool! Drain it, wash it
out with soapy water and fill it again. I wouldn't suggest you put
any chemicals in the inflatable pool or the pool may disintegrate. I
wouldn't let my pets go into an algae pool, so a child? I don't think
so. I assure you stagnant water is loaded with anerobic bacteria and
it 's a matter of time before they can be ingested. Please, an
inflatable pool...drain it and refill it.

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