Asked on Sep 08, 2017
If I put bleach in my fountain to kill mosquitos will it harm the bird
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Yes. use mosquito dunks
If the fountain has circulation throughout the mosquitoes shouldn't be able to breed in that water. They normally use quiet stagnant water. Any chemical added to the water may affect the birds as it happens in nature by affecting their fertility or thin fragile eggs. Look what happened to birds in the past from chemicals that got into their feed and water from the chemicals we were using then. Check with a local trusted greenhouse, not a big box store, they will be able to give you suggestions that will not harm your birds. If they say bleach is ok, they will be able to help you figure out how much to use.
I would't do it! Clean water daily & there shouldn't be a problem.
Do NOT put bleach (even a teaspoon) in your fountain, unless you want to kill birds, or cause them to have severe problems with having eggs with shells so thin or malformed, that their baby birds die prior to hatching. WOULD YOU DRINK A GLASS OF WATER WITH EVEN A TEASPOON OF BLEACH IN IT?!
Birdbaths and other small areas around your landscape can also be treated with bacterial insecticides, which are available at most garden centers. These products are available as donuts, dunks or granules and usually contain the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis, which kills mosquitoes but is not harmful to birds, fish or other wildlife. Dunks are ideal for birdbaths and can control mosquitoes for up to 30 days.
Yes
It will kill the birds too.
Use a mosquito dunk. They kill the larvae and will not harm birds at all.
Mosquito dunks can be found at all your big box hardware stores.
yes
all you need to prevent mosquitoes is moving water. Even a small, inexpensive solar fountain will stop them from breeding in your bird bath. Birds will still come to bathe.
I wouldn't worry about mosquito larvae in my bird bath. The birds will probably eat them. And you really should be changing the bird bath water every three days or so, long before the larvae will become a problem.