On Sun, 22 Oct 2006 21:35:02 -0700, "Bob F"
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On Sun, 22 Oct 2006 15:24:30 -0700, "Eigenvector"
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On 22 Oct 2006 13:54:08 -0700, "Mr_Bill" wrote:

I recently have done battle with
rats in my garage. Since usenet
was a big help to me, I thought I'd
summarize what worked for me and
what didn't. I hope this info helps
someone in the future.

My sister is infested like you would not believe. She resisted
putting out poison because she has house dogs. I think the mice are
interested in the dog's food.

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.

She plans to put down sticky strips next.

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.

She put the poison in places like closets and under kitchen sink so
she could be sure that the dogs could not directly get the poison.

Don't put anti-freeze out, it will kill your animals.



Yes, antifreeze is deadly for ALL animals and for humans.
BUT, I'd consider it before poison because mice and rats can carry
poison pellets or chunks of rodent blocks where other animals can get
to it, even if you hide the pellets or blocks. I see no way they
could carry anifreeze, and antifreeze kills them fast, whereas poison
takes days to work.

Interesting fact. Warfarin (rat + mouse poison) is also given to
humans as a high blood pressure medication. Yeah, that shocked me
too.

It is not a high pressure medication as far as I know. It is a "blood
thinner" - it helps avoid blood clots. I believe it does the same for rats -
they just bleed to death internally at high doses.

Bob


Interesting....
My elderly uncle is in a nursing home and he's getting it for blood
pressure, but I suppose a thinner blood may help the pressure too.
I found this out because my mother (his sister) was concerned he was
getting too many pills from different doctors and there might be an
interaction. I told her to get the nursing home to make a list of
everything he takes and what it's for, then present the list to his
main doctor. I also told her to make a photocopy so I could look them
up on the internet. That's how I found out and that Warfarin got me
shocked till I read about it.

As for the rats and mice, let em bleed. They could all die as far as
I'm concerned ! I tolerate mice, but rats completely freak me out.
It dont matter if I am a grown man and a farmer, I still get panicky
when I see rats and probably always will.

Mark