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Composting: Cat Manure
Is there any reason not to put cat manure in a compost bin?
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Composting: Cat Manure
Dick Adams wrote:
Is there any reason not to put cat manure in a compost bin? Dick You're about to hear all the same reasons I was told not to put dog poo in the compost bin . See the "What to do" thread that started with my post on 1/31 /12 . Seems it all boils down to "there might be dangerous pathogens in it since it is predator poo" . IMO , a properly working compost bin will achieve temps that should kill those "dangerous pathogens" . And that sounds better than allowing the rain to wash it all back into the soil ... -- Snag Learning keeps you young ! |
Composting: Cat Manure
Dick Adams wrote:
Is there any reason not to put cat manure in a compost bin? yes, many, including the spread of some nasty diseases. any child or pregnant woman can be severely effected. songbird |
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Snag wrote:
Dick Adams wrote: Is there any reason not to put cat manure in a compost bin? Dick You're about to hear all the same reasons I was told not to put dog poo in the compost bin . See the "What to do" thread that started with my post on 1/31 /12 . Seems it all boils down to "there might be dangerous pathogens in it since it is predator poo" . IMO , a properly working compost bin will achieve temps that should kill those "dangerous pathogens" . And that sounds better than allowing the rain to wash it all back into the soil ... Not everybody bothers with hot composting. D |
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Composting: Cat Manure
"Snag" wrote in message ... Dick Adams wrote: Is there any reason not to put cat manure in a compost bin? Dick You're about to hear all the same reasons I was told not to put dog poo in the compost bin . See the "What to do" thread that started with my post on 1/31 /12 . Seems it all boils down to "there might be dangerous pathogens in it since it is predator poo" . IMO , a properly working compost bin will achieve temps that should kill those "dangerous pathogens" . And that sounds better than allowing the rain to wash it all back into the soil ... -- Snag Learning keeps you young ! Next time I see Oscar, I'll tell him to poop in the dead of night in someone else's compost pile. Cheers |
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On Fri, 02 Mar 2012 00:54:36 -0500, songbird wrote:
Dick Adams wrote: Is there any reason not to put cat manure in a compost bin? yes, many, including the spread of some nasty diseases. any child or pregnant woman can be severely effected. songbird Plus there is no upside to using carnivore crap. Carnivores like cats and dogs produce very little waste because meat is a highly efficient food source. Herbivores like cows and horses produce vast quantities of partially digested plant matter which makes excellent fertilizer compost. The bulk of cat waste is the kitty litter not the crap. You don't want modern clumping litter anywhere near your garden, it turns into quick sand and it never hardens or mixes with the soil. About five years ago I tried dumping used cat litter into some groundhog holes on the theory that it contains predator urine which would frighten the groundhogs. It was a huge mistake, the litter turned in to sticky slurry and stayed that way for years. I eventually dug it out and dumped it in the woods. |
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You'd be very surprised at just how well human feces works in compost. Basically, all you do is buy a bag of your standard compost from Boots or wherever you get it from, spread some in your garden before laying a great, big poo on top of it and mixing it together with your hands. Honestly, you've never seen anything like it. Ian. |
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Billy wrote:
In article , Oopsy Daisy wrote: General Schvantzkoph;952713 Wrote: On Fri, 02 Mar 2012 00:54:36 -0500, songbird wrote: - Dick Adams wrote:- Is there any reason not to put cat manure in a compost bin?- yes, many, including the spread of some nasty diseases. any child or pregnant woman can be severely effected. songbird- Plus there is no upside to using carnivore crap. Carnivores like cats and dogs produce very little waste because meat is a highly efficient food source. Herbivores like cows and horses produce vast quantities of partially digested plant matter which makes excellent fertilizer compost. The bulk of cat waste is the kitty litter not the crap. You don't want modern clumping litter anywhere near your garden, it turns into quick sand and it never hardens or mixes with the soil. About five years ago I tried dumping used cat litter into some groundhog holes on the theory that it contains predator urine which would frighten the groundhogs. It was a huge mistake, the litter turned in to sticky slurry and stayed that way for years. I eventually dug it out and dumped it in the woods. You'd be very surprised at just how well human feces works in compost. Basically, all you do is buy a bag of your standard compost from Boots or wherever you get it from, spread some in your garden before laying a great, big poo on top of it and mixing it together with your hands. Honestly, you've never seen anything like it. Ian. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_soil#Sanitation_issues The use of human feces as fertilizer is a risky practice as it may contain disease-causing pathogens. Nevertheless, in developing nations it is widespread. Common parasitic worm infections, such as ascariasis, in these countries are linked to night soil, since their eggs are in feces. There have also been cases of disease-carrying tomatoes, lettuce, and other vegetables being imported from developing nations into developed nations.[citation needed] Human waste may be attractive as fertilizer because of the high demand for fertilizer and the relative availability of the material to create night soil. In areas where native soil is of poor quality, the local population may weigh the risk of using night soil. The safe reduction of human waste into compost is possible. Many municipalities create compost from the sewage system biosolids, but then recommend that it only be used on flower beds, not vegetable gardens. Some claims have been made that this is dangerous or inappropriate without the expensive removal of heavy metals. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compost#.22Humanure.22 "Humanure" "Humanure" is a portmanteau neologism designating human excrement (feces and urine) that is recycled via composting for agricultural or other purposes. The term was popularized in a 1994 book by Joseph Jenkins[28] that advocates the use of this organic soil amendment.[29] Humanure is not traditional sewage that has been processed by waste-treatment facilities, which may include waste from industrial and other sources; rather, it is the combination of feces and urine with paper and additional carbon material (such as sawdust). A humanure system, such as a composting toilet, does not require water or electricity, and when properly managed does not smell. Because the term "humanure" has no authoritative definition it is subject to misuse; news reporters occasionally fail to correctly distinguish between humanure and "sewer sludge" or "biosolids".[30] By disposing of feces and urine through composting, the nutrients contained in them are returned to the soil. This aids in preventing soil degradation. Human fecal matter and urine have high percentages of nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, carbon, and calcium. It is equal to many fertilizers and manures purchased in garden stores. Humanure aids in the conservation of fresh water by avoiding the usage of potable water required by the typical flush toilet. It further prevents the pollution of ground water by controlling the fecal matter decomposition before entering the system. When properly managed, there should be no ground contamination from leachate. As a substitute for a flush water process, it reduces the energy consumption and, hence, greenhouse gas emissions associated with the transportation and processing of water and waste water. Humanure may be deemed safe for humans to use on crops if handled in accordance with local health regulations, and composted properly. This means that thermophilic decomposition of the humanure must heat it sufficiently to destroy harmful pathogens, or enough time must have elapsed since fresh material was added that biological activity has killed any pathogens. To be safe for crops, a curing stage is often needed to allow a second mesophilic phase to reduce potential phytotoxins. Humanure is different from night soil, which is raw human waste spread on crops. While aiding the return of nutrients in fecal matter to the soil, it can carry and spread a vast number of human pathogens. Humanure kills these pathogens both by the extreme heat of the composting and the extended amount of time (1 to 2 years) that it is allowed to decompose. Billy you are feeding an obvious troll. D |
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Composting: Cat Manure
You'd be very surprised at just how well human feces works in compost. Basically, all you do is buy a bag of your standard compost from Boots or wherever you get it from, spread some in your garden before laying a great, big poo on top of it and mixing it together with your hands. That's something you would do only out of desperation. Human waste is doubly bad, first because closely related species carry common diseases, and humans are by definition the most closely related species, and secondly because humans are carnivores and carnivores concentrate all of the diseases of the animals that they eat. The second reason is less true for people than it is for cats because we cook our food, outdoor cats don't. The rule should be don't use poop from an animal that you wouldn't eat. We don't eat closely related species like chimps and we don't eat carnivores or scavengers. |
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Isn't dog supposed to be a specialty in China? And don't forget "roof rabbits". I don't eat them, just sayin'. There are some cultures that practiced cannibalism until very recently, the Fore people in New Guinea come to mind. They stopped because it was the cause of the spongiform encephalitis disease kuru. AIDS crossed the species barrier because Africans hunt apes and monkeys for food. Eating any closely related species is a very bad idea as is eating carnivores and scavengers. The only reason to do it is when the alternative is starvation. China has a long history of famine so they do eat cats and dogs, it doesn't make make it a good idea. In fact there was widespread cannibalism in China during the Great Leap Forward when Mao starved 50 million people to death and there must have been cannibalism in the Ukraine when Stalin deliberately starved 7 million people to death. Under those circumstances the first thing you eat are the horses, then the rats, then cats and dogs and finally people. This thread started about using cat poop as fertilizer. Very very poor people use whatever they have on hand including human waste, they do that because the alternative is starvation. That doesn't make it a good idea for anyone who isn't living in a desperately poor third world village. Rich westerners with their suburban gardens should stick to manure from cows, horses (the French eat them even if Americans don't), sheep and chickens. |
Composting: Cat Manure
On 3/1/2012 9:02 PM, Dick Adams wrote:
Is there any reason not to put cat manure in a compost bin? Dick I wouldn't but you can compost anything. Wife's Aunt lost her eyesight working her little flower garden. Neighbors cats had used it for a litter box. Despite washing hands she got a horrible infection from brushing her hair away from her eyes or something. She didn't use gloves of course. I have forgotten the details except that cat poo had a very bad pathogen in it. It's ot just tht or those cats but most cats. |
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On Mon, 16 Apr 2012 22:05:30 -0400, little turtle wrote:
On 3/1/2012 9:02 PM, Dick Adams wrote: Is there any reason not to put cat manure in a compost bin? Dick I wouldn't but you can compost anything. Wife's Aunt lost her eyesight working her little flower garden. Neighbors cats had used it for a litter box. Despite washing hands she got a horrible infection from brushing her hair away from her eyes or something. She didn't use gloves of course. I have forgotten the details except that cat poo had a very bad pathogen in it. It's ot just tht or those cats but most cats. I remember being cautioned against pregnant women cleaning cat boxes or otherwise handling the litter. I do not remember what the pathogen is. -- USA North Carolina Foothills USDA Zone 7a To find your extension office http://www.csrees.usda.gov/Extension/index.html |
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The Cook wrote: I remember being cautioned against pregnant women cleaning cat boxes or otherwise handling the litter. I do not remember what the pathogen is. Toxoplasmosis. -- Cats, coffee, chocolate...vices to live by Please don't feed the trolls. Killfile and ignore them so they will go away. |
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