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  1. Jos Stratford

    Birds' diseases

    I think the risk is higher where the temperatures are low, but above zero. Especially for food going off, subzero effectively stops that - at about minus 5 and below, no dampness here, food doesn't go off. I guess risk of disease spread is also lower, but bird numbers tend to be much higher, so...
  2. Jos Stratford

    Birds' diseases

    Yes you can (see post #19)
  3. Jos Stratford

    Birds' diseases

    You have received all possible answers already - earlier advice included 'clean wherever convenient ' - so do wherever you want/feel comfortable. As for a dedicated screwdriver, advice is the same.
  4. Jos Stratford

    Birds' diseases

    "warm soapy" But normal feeders do perfectly okay with hot water cleaning. It's been said a dozen times - it's such simple easy advice, I kind of get the idea you are arguing for the sake of it, so it is also my last input to this thread.
  5. Jos Stratford

    Birds' diseases

    🙄 If you were thinking to superheat your water to 250 C or so ...then yes it may melt your feeders! The suggestion given several times from from different persons was 'warm soapy water' or simply hot, like from a tap or even kettle ...if you are using a normal tube feeder it will not melt.
  6. Jos Stratford

    Birds' diseases

    Several folk on here have already tried to help you, including a suggestion to use warm soapy water as a good way to start, plus other ideas. As you don't seem to be interested in help from here, I give you Birdlife Polska's advice - which is similar to that given here, though suggesting just...
  7. Jos Stratford

    Birds' diseases

    Well, you have all the information now - clean feeders, less chance of disease, better for birds, lower risk to pets. If very inconvenient, I'll leave you to choose 🙂
  8. Jos Stratford

    Birds' diseases

    Relates to the last thread you started - you asked for advice about safest feeder to avoid food going mouldy and appearance of disease, then argued against the given advice by posters regarding cleaning of feeders and seemed very resistant to the idea of cleaning them. If you maintain cleaning...
  9. Jos Stratford

    Birds' diseases

    Basically no, but very small risk in case of sick birds present https://www.gov.scot/publications/avian-influenza-bird-flu/pages/avian-influenza-and-pets/
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