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June 1, 2021June 1, 2021

Pesky Pigeons

Pigeons, believe it or not, were the first trained birds thousands of years ago. Countless millions of pigeons are kept for racing, adornment, entertainment, and food around the world, and they are often dismissed as little more than a nuisance by many people however, they have taken over most of our major towns, cities, and urban regions, and they can not only be a nuisance in terms of crowding, but they also pose a threat to humans by carrying and spreading diseases and viruses!

There are several aspects to consider while addressing the question, ‘How do pigeons spread diseases?’ Unlike other birds, they nest in their excrement which attracts many bacteria and insects which are enough to spread diseases.

We all know not to touch or pick up pigeon droppings with our hands, but it’s a little more intricate than that!

Droppings serve as a big absorbent for viruses, and while this isn’t hazardous in smaller quantities, the buildup of bird feces over time can raise the risk of infection. Pigeon droppings infected with bacteria or viruses are frequently left to settle on the roadways, window ledges, roofings, and even on cars. They turn into powder when blown or kicked into the air, which is then breathed. Pathogens that can cause disease can be transmitted to people through inhalation of this powder.

Feathers are not the as common culprit as excrement, are a frequent contributor to the spread of disease among birds. Feathers of birds, particularly those in densely populated places, are known to harbor a wide range of germs, parasites, and viruses. It’s worth noting, though, that the feathers that carry these hazards are usually from a dead bird.

Nests are also play important role in the spread of illnesses, especially fungus, which can spread through the material that birds collect and utilize for nesting. In addition to this, parasites and insects such as mites and lice thrive in bird nests.

These are some shreds of evidence where birds come into direct conflict with humans!

Almost half of the feral pigeons carry infectious disease

A trade body has warned that up to 49% of feral pigeons may carry an infectious disease that can be transmitted to people. The British Pest Control Association (BPCA) has published an online guide for dealing with pigeons, gulls, and other pest bird species. When birds take up residence in or near our houses or businesses, a few species of birds come into direct conflict with humans. These birds can bring serious issues, such as extreme nuisance and public health concerns.

Pigeon droppings, when dried, can become airborne in small particles, causing respiratory problems. Bird droppings are also slippery and can pose a major hazard on pavements, especially when roosting birds are present. They also give the impression that the business is untidy and in need of maintenance.

The BPCA’s bird guide also emphasizes the possibility of secondary insect infections, as well as the problem of unprovoked gull attacks during the breeding season.

Pigeons at Glasgow’s Queen Elizabeth University Hospital dismissed as nuisance just months before dropping-linked deaths

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) claimed its consultant in public health had assessed the problem to be an “environmental nuisance rather than major risk for human health. Senior managers at a hospital where disease from pigeon droppings killed two patients dismissed safety concerns about the birds just months before the fatalities. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) were contacted with detailed fears over the risk of contamination infection from pigeons at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH) in Glasgow.

But in response, the board claimed its consultant in public health had assessed the problem to be an “environmental nuisance rather than major risk for human health”. Prosecutors are investigating the deaths of a 10-year-old boy in December 2018, and a 73-year-old woman in January 2019. Both incidents have been linked to Cryptococcus infections from pigeon droppings.

Along with this, “Pigeons carry a surprising number of pathogens that spread diseases more than 60 varieties.”

Just like rats, pigeons and other birds are capable of harboring deadly diseases, which is why, if you have a bird problem, it’s essential to properly remove and prohibit them from accessing your commercial or residential property.

Combirepel™ is an anti-rodent, anti-insect, and bird aversive developed by C Tech Corporation for a variety of applications.

Combirepel™ Bird Repellent Gel Lacquer is designed to keep birds at bay. This product is developed solely to keep birds from perching and roosting.

It is available in the form of lacquer and works on the principle of tactile repellence. The product causes the bird’s pain receptors associated with taste. Some birds use their sense of smell to determine whether the substance is dangerous or not. Repellent induces a physiological reaction in the birds, which they equate with a sensory cue and learn to avoid. As a result, their infestation is minimized, and harm is prevented.

The gel lacquer is compatible with most of the surfaces and is easy to apply. Also, it can be directly applied to areas prone to bird roosting.

Our Bye-Bye Birdy bird repellent spray is very user-friendly and convenient for application.

Thus using the bird’s sensory mechanism we can get rid of them without causing them any harm.

Our products are RoHS, RoHS2, RoHS3, EU – BPR, REACH, APVMA, NEA compliant and FIFRA exempted.

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April 28, 2021

Fear The Sneaky Critters!

Have you ever thought about what triggers power outages? When the power goes out, it can affect from a few houses to whole suburbs. No one prefers to live in the dark, especially when electricity disappears. Pests like rodents and birds inflict hundreds of outages annually, costing millions of dollars for repair. Although these sneaky creatures appear to be innocent, they can create holes in your pockets and can quickly become a headache. They even cause harm to someone’s assets or belongings.

Rodents have two pairs of razor-sharp incisor which grows throughout their life and to keep them in check they gnaw on objects whichever comes in their way. They chew on cable sheathing to acquire insulation as nesting material and to keep their choppers in check otherwise the unmanageable length can be led to starvation and death. Short circuits can occur if rodents chew on the insulation covering of wires, resulting in costly damage. And the insulation on your new wires can simply be chewed away when you fix the wires!

The utility lines provide a bird’s eye view of the birds of prey. When birds are about to migrate, wires provide a staging area. Insectivorous birds catch their food while flying, so they still keep an eye out for tasty treats when they drive by power lines. Such wires can be more appealing perches than trees because there is no foliage to obscure the view or conceal prey.

Who would have thought that these cute creatures could cause so much damage?

Well, these are some recent incidents where these pesky critters are blamed for messing with utility lines.

Beavers chew through 4.5-inch thick tube, disrupting internet service for 900 B.C. customers

Beavers have chewed through fiber cable at multiple points, causing extensive damage. Internet service for about 900 homes and businesses, as well as cable service for 60 customers, was first disrupted on Saturday, April 24 for about 36 hours. The beavers first chewed through the 4.5-inch thick conduit before chewing through the cable in multiple locations

It was then noted that the beavers now seem to have been continually scouting for new materials to build their home. They currently use fiber marking tape that is usually buried about several feet underground as part of their growing dam.

Squirrel causes power outage in Eau Claire

A squirrel making contact with electrical equipment caused a brief power outage that affected nearly 5,500 customers in Eau Claire and the Town of Washington on April 05, 2021. Xcel Energy confirmed the social media post, stating that a squirrel had come into contact with electrical equipment at their substation near London Road, causing a power outage lasting approximately 30 minutes.

Bird causes thousands to be without power in Murfreesboro

A bird caused thousands to be without power in Murfreesboro on February 27, 2021 morning.

Middle Tennessee Electric says about 8,800 meters were out near Murfreesboro. Crews worked to restore the power at one of the substations and were able to successfully do so about an hour after reporting the outage.

MTE officials told News 2 a bird flew into the substation, causing the outage.

Despite incredible progress and technological advancement, the critters continue to trigger power outages, which is a very basic yet troublesome question.

Though beavers, squirrels, and birds cause damage to power grids they play a very important role in the ecosystem. Beaver dams prevent soil erosion and keep sediment in place, which absorbs and filters contaminants including heavy metals, pesticides, and chemicals. They’re nature’s architects!

Birds carry the seeds they consume and spread them by their excrement. They restore ecosystems that have been ruined. They also shaped plant life. Squirrels play an important role in forest regeneration. They contribute to shaping the ecosystem due to their food storing habits. They gather seeds and bury them in forests for the future, but their vagueness aids the ecosystem’s survival.

Thus, it is important to keep these pests away from utility lines ensuring that they will not be harmed in any way!

There is a solution with C Tech Corporation to keep the pests away from power grids.

We have developed an environment-friendly, non-hazardous, non-toxic, non-mutagenic, and non-carcinogenic product range to fight the problem without killing the pests.

Rodrepel™ can be used to combat rodent nuisance in power sectors. It is a rodent and animal repellent that works on the principle of aversion. Its mechanism is tried and tested and is proven to be effective against rodents.

Rodrepel™ is available in the form of a masterbatch, liquid concentrate, lacquer, wood polish additive, and spray.

The masterbatch can be incorporated with the polymer to manufacture cable sheathing and polymeric equipments. The liquid concentrate can be mixed with paints and used to coat interiors and exteriors of server rooms, surfaces of signal towers, electrical boxes, etc. The lacquer can be used as a topical application for existing wires, transformer boxes, flooring of server rooms. The wood polish additive can be blended with wood polish and can be applied to wooden articles surrounding power grids.

The ready-to-use Rodrepel™ spray is easy to use and protects wires and cables from rodent damage. It can be easily sprayed on any infested area.

Combirepel™ Bird repellent gel lacquer is specially designed to prevent birds perching and roosting.

It is available in the form of concentrate gel lacquer. The product causes the bird’s pain receptors associated with taste. Some birds use their sense of smell through which they recognize that the product is a threat. This repellent evokes a physiological effect that the birds associated with a sensory cue and then learn to avoid.

The product is anti-corrosive and water-resistant and has no effect of UV light on it. The product is transparent and is compatible with most of the surfaces which are easy to apply.

Our Bye-Bye Birdie spray is a ready-to-use spray and can be sprayed directly on wires and cables or transformer boxes where birds roost to prevent a power outage.

Thus, using the bird’s sensory mechanism, we can get rid of them without causing them any physical harm.

The products are compliant with RoHS, RoHS2, RoHS3, REACH, APVMA, NEA, EU-BPR, and FIFRA exempted.

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March 13, 2021March 13, 2021

Aerial Roosters behind Power Outages!

We humans don’t like a disruption in our daily routines. When the power goes out, we look for candles and flashlights worry about the milk spoiling in the fridge but nowadays due to pandemic we most importantly wonder how we’ll access the internet?

But it’s not hackers and terrorists that are the biggest threat to power and telecommunication sectors rather it is feathered creatures, squirrels, rats and other rodents!

Despite remarkable development and technical innovation, one very basic yet problematic issue of power outage persists because of these critters.

But what attracts birds to human-strung wires, even when there are plenty of tree branches to perch on?

The utility lines provide a bird’s eye view of prey. Also, wires give a staging area when birds are ready to migrate. Insectivorous birds capture their food while flying, so they always hang out on power lines to spot tasty meals as they pass by. Since there is no vegetation to cover the view or hide prey, those wires may be more attractive perches than trees.

Birds are responsible for nearly a quarter of outages in the U.S.

– December 2015 report by T&D World

Birds cause various disruptions and damages. They collide with overhead structures and conductors, contaminate insulators and machinery, and cause significant damage to facilities which leads to service interruptions to consumers. Sometimes the outage can happen when birds fly into equipment like Swans, Pelicans, Cranes, they have large wings and heavy bodies. Also, ducks fly at low altitudes but their high-speed flight may cause a power outage.

Not the only outage is caused when birds are flying but their feces, nesting, and attracting predators can also result in a threat to these utility lines.

Their feces can cause buildup on power lines or insulators which may cause power disruption. Birds prefer utility poles to mate and raise their young’s which attracts the predators to climb over the top of the utility pole.

Let’s have a look at incidents where a power outage is occurred by these pesky creatures.

Droppings from thousands of roosting ravens cause power outages near Roundup

United States | February 08, 2021

During the winter of 2016/2017, Northwestern Energy began experiencing frequent and perplexing simultaneous power outages along its largest capacity transmission lines, running from Colstrip, Montana to Washington State.

After each outage, crews patrolled the lines but could not find a root cause. Large transmission lines can periodically fault through flashovers precipitated by lightning, fire, ice, and line galloping during high wind events, but none of these common causes of power outages could be linked to the Montana transmission line failures.

Ravens are a challenge for energy companies because their numbers. Flocks can number in the thousands. They roost on power lines and leave droppings on insulators. When the dried droppings combine with fog or light rain, the mixture conducts electricity and creates a bridge along the insulator “skirts,” which causes a fault on the line. It creates the perfect opportunity for outages.

Thousands of ‘dancing’ starlings are causing power outages

Scotland | December 18, 2020

Masses of starlings have been jangling power lines in Airth, causing brief blackouts around sundown. An engineer with Scottish Power witnessed a colossal flock in a midair ‘dance’ before landing on the cables en masse. The tiny birds’ collective weight causes the cables to touch, short-circuiting the power for a few seconds at a time.

Starlings typically form murmurations in the early evening in fall and winter as they ready to roost for the night. Their large numbers provide warmth and ward off falcons and other predators.

Airth, a town of about 1,700 in the central Lowlands of Scotland near Falkirk, has been plagued with numerous outages.

The flock was causing the cables to sway up and down every time they landed and took off; leading to brief service interruptions to about 50 homes in the area, almost always around sunset.

The outages typically only last a few minutes but have been frequent, and some caused greater damage that led to longer periods without power.

Along with this, a bird was blamed for a widespread power outage in Watertown, South Dakota. Businesses, including one healthcare provider; government offices, including the Watertown Police Department; schools; traffic signals; and people in the area were all affected by a bird in a transformer.

The above incidents proved that little feathered creatures can cause big headaches for utility companies and consumers. They are responsible for thousands of outages and millions of dollars in outage-related damage each year.

It’s a fact of life that Mother Nature is unpredictable but you can have your plan before accidents happen!

Anti-perching wires, spikes, and trapping have all been used to keep birds away but none of them are effective. To prevent the huge financial loss spent on the maintenance of these facilities, a reliable solution is needed.

There is a solution with C Tech Corporation to keep the birds away from perching and roosting.

Combirepel™ Bird repellent gel lacquer is specially designed to prevent birds perching and roosting.

The product is anti-corrosive and water-resistant and has no effect of UV light on it. The product is transparent and is compatible with most of the surfaces which are easy to apply.

Our Bye-Bye Birdie spray is a ready-to-use spray and can be sprayed directly on wires and cables or transformer boxes where birds roost to prevent a power outage.

Thus, using the bird’s sensory mechanism, we can get rid of them without causing them any physical harm.

Also, Rodrepel™ can be used to combat rodent nuisance in power sectors. It is a rodent and animal repellent that works on the principle of aversion. Its mechanism is tried-and-tested and is proven to be effective against rodents.

The product is compliant with RoHS, RoHS2, RoHS3, REACH, APVMA, NEA, EU-BPR, and FIFRA exempted.

Also, visit our websites:
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2] http://www.rodrepel.com/
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4] http://www.combirepel.com/
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