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The Internet Has a Rat Poison Problem

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Re: The Internet Has a Rat Poison Problem

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Post by syshum »

NavinF wrote: post #34
KingMachiavelli wrote: post #3

What's surprising is why people would buy this over the more obvious search result 'Rat Poison'. Perhaps Amazon has already adjusted the search results but the top results for 'rat poison' were Cholecalciferol and Bromethalin based products. Does Brodifacoum work the best? What's driving consumers to search for a specific type of poison. > Things haven’t quite worked out as the EPA envisioned. When I first started br…

Never had to deal with a rat problem, but lemme put myself in the shoes of someone who tried using cheap single-mouse traps and found they didn’t work. At that point I would google for the most effective poison (using some metric like time to death or LD50 per kg), check exterminator forums to see what they use as a last resort, etc. If the product is as deadly as promised, I’d give it a 5* rating and recommend it to…

"Eco Friendly cleaning liquids" i.e Water + Fragrance + Food Coloring

Re: The Internet Has a Rat Poison Problem

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Post by [deleted] »

SamoyedFurFluff wrote: post #96
ziml77 wrote: post #87

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What was her concern about leaving a bad review?

I’m this case a bad review could threaten someone’s livelihood and ability to feed/house themselves and their dependents. I feel a lot less bad leaving a bad review on an object on Amazon, but a bad review of a person who I know might very well lose everything because of even small changes in rating makes me nervous to rate them anything worse than a perfect score.

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Re: The Internet Has a Rat Poison Problem

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Post by JoBrad »

praptak wrote: post #37
WalterBright wrote: post #14

I use the old-fashioned snap traps. They work fine. Sometimes it's necessary to tweak the catch to make it more sensitive. They're made of wood and wire, and aren't an environmental problem. I live near a greenbelt and there's a never-ending invasion of mice. If I leave the garage door open and unattended, they're in in a flash and setting up shop. The only way to get rid of them is the traps, and you have to get rid…

For a Cat to work on mice it has to be a Mouser. I can't pretend I know the full theory of Mousers but it seems that females brought up by Mouser mothers in a mouse-rich environment are the best Mousers, since they are taught to kill from their earliest years.

Of course, a good mouser is also likely a good birder.

Re: The Internet Has a Rat Poison Problem

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Post by cbsmith »

formerly_proven wrote: post #46
WalterBright wrote: post #14

I use the old-fashioned snap traps. They work fine. Sometimes it's necessary to tweak the catch to make it more sensitive. They're made of wood and wire, and aren't an environmental problem. I live near a greenbelt and there's a never-ending invasion of mice. If I leave the garage door open and unattended, they're in in a flash and setting up shop. The only way to get rid of them is the traps, and you have to get rid…

Cats definitely work against mice, you just need cats which actually hunt them. Most of today's domestic cats probably didn't learn to hunt.

? I thought cats just instinctively know how to hunt mice; I've yet to meet a house cat that didn't.

Re: The Internet Has a Rat Poison Problem

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Post by bmurphy1976 »

Amezarak wrote: post #44
WalterBright wrote: post #14

I use the old-fashioned snap traps. They work fine. Sometimes it's necessary to tweak the catch to make it more sensitive. They're made of wood and wire, and aren't an environmental problem. I live near a greenbelt and there's a never-ending invasion of mice. If I leave the garage door open and unattended, they're in in a flash and setting up shop. The only way to get rid of them is the traps, and you have to get rid…

I sometimes get mice in the house, and found snap traps to be totally ineffective. They worked at first, but when I had more than one mouse in the house, they seemed to learn to avoid them and even how to eat the bait without setting off the mechanism. The most generally effective trap I have found is glue traps. They are an awful device but very effective. Unfortunately, you have to kill the trapped mice yourself. T…

> I sometimes get mice in the house, and found snap traps to be totally ineffective. They worked at first, but when I had more than one mouse in the house, they seemed to learn to avoid them and even how to eat the bait without setting off the mechanism

They work, you just have to give it time. Keep the peanut butter fresh and smear it all over the mechanism to increase the probability of them setting off the trap.

The daredevils will come back night after night and get bolder each time.

Re: The Internet Has a Rat Poison Problem

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Post by syshum »

fortran77 wrote: post #105

I've also seen Termite pesticides with similar sales restrictions for sale -- and there are plenty of how-to videos now on how to apply them yourself, without the need for some company to come over and tent your house, etc.

That is the thing people often do not understand about regulations, even EPA regulations.

It is very often not about safety or protection of environment, it is about protectionism of businesses. No Pleb you are clearly to dumb to do anything for yourself, you must depend on "The Experts" that are government approved "professionals", never ever do anything for yourself....

Re: The Internet Has a Rat Poison Problem

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Post by bumblebritches5 »

WalterBright wrote: post #14

I use the old-fashioned snap traps. They work fine. Sometimes it's necessary to tweak the catch to make it more sensitive. They're made of wood and wire, and aren't an environmental problem. I live near a greenbelt and there's a never-ending invasion of mice. If I leave the garage door open and unattended, they're in in a flash and setting up shop. The only way to get rid of them is the traps, and you have to get rid…

Can confirm, my grandpa swore by peanut butter.

Re: The Internet Has a Rat Poison Problem

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Post by LinuxBender »

devb wrote: post #57
tomxor wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wonder if there is a more sustainable way of dissuading rodents from ever entering a building. I once had a terrible ant problem, they would always find their way into the kitchen. I tried a variety of products either intended to kill off the actual ant nests directly or trap the invaders, but there was always some quantity of ants remaining that would persist. Then I tried one product that was to simply be sprayed…

I managed to control my serious ant problem by feeding them. I would set up plates of sugar or sugary food outside, away from the house. Over time I got fewer and fewer scouts coming in to the house to snoop around.

I have done this as well. An abundance of food and water near their nest will keep them from wandering. If you occasionally remove the food you get the bonus of them scouting your house frame for termite larva. If they find even one larva, there will be an army of ants eradicating them within minutes. Ants can go where termite control can not.

Re: The Internet Has a Rat Poison Problem

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Post by jessaustin »

bin_bash wrote: post #117
Aeolun wrote: post #53

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What’s so bad about a glue trap that it weighs up against massive internal hemorrhaging over the course of 5 days?

I'd rather die by internal hemorrhaging than being stuck to glue until I starve

That comparison doesn't make sense. Glue traps are not a risk to humans. Poison is a risk to humans, including that of internal hemorrhaging.

Re: The Internet Has a Rat Poison Problem

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Post by samwillis »

matwood wrote: post #67
pvaldes wrote: post #49

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If you have a big enough garden, you could put an owl nest box in a calm place when the owlets constant screeching noise will not suppose a problem. Owls can be territorial and attack to protect the nest also, so leave them far from the house and alone. Unlike traps, they will catch ten mice by night each night and will dispose of the corpses so you don't need to. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4P-KWBSbis4

We're fortunate enough to have an owl (I assume a pair) and a couple of hawk pairs in my neighborhood (I can see them in the nest). There are also snakes (I've had to coerce a 3' black racer off my porch). Rodents have never been an issue. The problem with denser city living is there isn't a lot of habitat for natural predators.

We have a couple of Red Kites nesting quite close by. Love watching them, and don’t seem to have a rodent problem.
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