From: "Teo Zenios" <teoz at neo.rr.com>
I was wondering what you people think about machines
that have been
used as a latrine by animals, do you clean them up or toss them?
Urine is very acidic (with acidity varying by type of animal), but by and
large it's just like any other acidic corrosive (smell notwithstanding). If
the damage isn't that bad, search the list archives for remediation. If
it's corroded the traces of the PCB, well, in theory you can patch it...you
make the call.
Almost any board that my cats manage to whiz on are usually totaled
I hear rat excrement can carry some nasty deadly
diseases.
Possibly, but you're probably thinking of mouse urine, which for certain
specific types of mice can carry hantavirus, at least in the Southwestern
US. Not good.