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On 22 Oct 2006 13:54:08 -0700, "Mr_Bill" wrote:


Anyway, the dogs she has are small. She had one of the dogs eat one
of the mice. The vet has told her that the dogs would have to eat
more than one to be in any danger. She was not going to take a chance
on poison one of her pets.

For the second generation anti-coagulant baits;
bromadiolone,diphacinone, brodifacoum for the most part, the amount of
bait ingested before treatment is advisable is 5-10% of the animals body
weight. A ten pound animal would need to eat 8-16 ounces of actual bait
(8-16 of the one ounce blocks). Or, if the rodents in question had fed
exclusively on the rat bait for several days and the pet ate then a ten
pound animal would need to consume 22-44 mice or 9-18 rats to reach the
5%-10% window.

She plans to put down sticky strips next.

If the pets happen to get stuck to the sticky board, vegetable oil will
help dissolve the glue.

I was most interested by your ace in the hole. Antifreeze. I would
be interested if anyone has knowledge if Antifreeze would pose the
same danger to house animals as poison does.

Very dangerous to do, the pets will be actually attracted to the
solution and very little is lethal.

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