I'm glad to hear that.
In case anyone read this thread in the future, I would like to repeat how important it is to wear mask and gloves when dealing with any mice either alive or dead or their bodily fluid: salive, feces and urine.
Anything that came in contact with it should be either set in the sun for at least a day or cleaned with a solution 1 part bleach and nine parts water.
Don't vacuum and don't sweep. Wipe clean with the above solution. If you can't do either, ventilate and wait several weeks, even a month. The virus should be dead. ALWAYS WEAR A MASK AND GLOVES!
I'm insisting because I know what I'm talking about. It has been a tough lesson to learn since my husband passed away from Hantavirus. It's very rare yet it is real.
I don't mean to freak anyone out but I care about everyone's safety. The symptoms are flu-like so it looks rather harmless. I can't speak for everyone and I'm not an expert. All I can do is share my husband's story hoping it can help others.
My husband thought he had the flu for two or three days and rarely went to the doctor since he was in his prime and very healthy. He was a gardener, a firefighter, a prison guard and the Teen Center coordinator. He is the one that first introduced me to the world of cars and mechanics. We spent hours together checking the hood of either our 2000 Chrysler Neon or the 1995 F150. In Canada's northern wilderness where cellphones don't work, he got me to change tires, how to use a jack properly and how to do an oil change.
He taught me everything he could so I would be independant and able to survive on my own. He was always helping in the community, getting involved in tasks no one else would do such as cleaning old people's garages infested with rodents. We didn't even know about hantavirus so we never wore masks or gloves.
One unprotected act of kindness killed him. In the Yukon (actually Atlin, BC which is close to the Yukon border) it wasn't a bear, a chainsaw or even a car accident that killed him. No, just some mouse's urine!
Anyway, time to wrap the story up. He happens to be at the wrong place at the wrong time when he cleaned that garage. He did what all of us do everyday: he breathed. The virus from the urine mixed with the air and that deadly mix got into his lungs. It took a couple of weeks of incubation-no one knows exactly- then a couple of days after new Year 2013 he got sick.
His condition got worse. On the 8th he got to emergency room. No one knew what he had. He fell in a coma. Within 14 hours of him getting to the hospital he was gone.
Sorry for making the story so long but since it would have been his 49 th birthday tomorrow, I guess I needed to get it out of my system. Thank you all for reading and make an informed choice if you have to deal with any rodent.
Finally, I would like to include a link I wish I had read long time ago:
https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001382.htm
If you have any question, feel free to ask.