Found a box turtle in my pool this morning… and a lot of turtle poop.

[Orion7319]

So yeah I got him out and he seemed happy about that. Vacuumed out the poop. I know that turtles and tortoises carry salmonella and have a lot of it in there poop. Question is will the chlorine be enough to kill it or should I super chlorinate it? I know some animals like raccoons carry very bad virus that you have be carful with. Anything like that I need to worry about? My CYA is 60 FC at 7.5-8. Thanks..

 

[wireform]

Your well above target of 4. I wouldn't worry about that little bit.

 

[Orion7319]

Your well above target of 4. I wouldn't worry about that little bit.

Thanks. How long does chlorine take to kill things like salmonella anyway? I’m reading between 15 minutes to an hour. Does that sound about right?

 

[PoolGate]

Looks similar to the turtle I found. I never worried about anything that might have come from the turtle and nothing ever became of it.

 

[Orion7319]

Looks similar to the turtle I found. I never worried about anything that might have come from the turtle and nothing ever became of it.

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Thanks. I wouldn’t be worried about it, but it left a present on the top step..

 

[zea3]

You can always bump the chlorine up to slam level for peace of mind, and then let it come back to normal range. You don't need a full slam. You can still swim up to slam level.

 

[Orion7319]

You can always bump the chlorine up to slam level for peace of mind, and then let it come back to normal range. You don't need a full slam. You can still swim up to slam level.

Yeah that’s what I think I’m going to do, I’m sure it’s fine, but there is a serious “ewwww” factor with this one. I think the family will feel better if I bump up the chlorine. Slam level is 24, I think I’ll take it up to around 12-15, shut off the salt cell and let it drift back down over the next couple of days. Need to run my tests before bumping it up first.

 

[Orion7319]

FC was a bit higher today then I expected. It’s been cloudy and hazy here the last few days. FC 8.5, CC 0, CYA 60. I’m just going to add 1lb of cal-hypo for the “ewwww” factor and call it good, that should bump it to 12.5.

 

[Selenap]

Birds probably come by and poop in your pool all day. A turtle turd isn’t going to affect it.

 

[Orion7319]

Birds probably come by and poop in your pool all day. A turtle turd isn’t going to affect it.

You didn’t see the turtle turd. I have no idea how he managed it…