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my parents have mice in their attic & have pretty much just been letting the problem go after 8 snap traps only got one. They don't leave the attic & are only there in winter. What's the harm of ignoring them?
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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.
Some humans might be considering the experience of the intended target of the control device.
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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?
Because most people think poison is like in the movies/tv where the victim chokes for 30 seconds, and drops dead immediately with a little bit of white foam dribbling out of their mouth.
Anything except rodents, apparently. What I stumbled across said it's a very effective rodenticide:
http://www.ratpoisonfacts.org/low-toxicity-rodenticides/
My initial reaction was "bullshit". But intrigued I searched further. You can't use anything in the EU without some declaration, and indeed there is a declaration saying you are allowed to use corn starch as a rodenticide in the EU:
https://echa.europa.eu/documents/10162/44bfef85-fb69-79f0-c0...
It's even mentioned on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powdered_corn_cob and you can buy it off the shelf: https://myhousepests.com/rats/natural-rat-poison.html.
Needless to say, it's total harmless to cats, dogs, kids and owls. And painless for the rodents. They starve and dehydrate, dying of heart failure in the end, but yet don't feel thirsty or hungry, apparently. But they do feel lethargic and generally wander off outside to die in a burrow somewhere, so the smell isn't a problem. It is in short the perfect rodenticide. It's almost magic.
But not in Australia, because it's not approved as a rodenticide in Australia. I have no idea why. Maybe it really is a scam, or even a giant conspiracy by the rats to trick us into feeding them. The Australian government is very good at proactive protecting it's citizens from scams. (I think that's why we are one of the worst countries in the world at falling for internet scams per capita - because this person wouldn't be contacting me if the government didn't allow it.) And if it's so cheap, natural and safe, why the hell isn't everyone using it instead of these other poisons???
I'm leaning towards a conspiracy. A conspiracy by the rats, or a conspiracy by the poisons manufacturers so they can keep selling us expensive poisons. But definitely a conspiracy.
Ew. Not surprised you can buy the stuff that professionals shy away from for being too damned toxic, to your door, overnight delivery. Plus good reviews, hard to leave a bad review for it when you're bleeding out in the ER. I don't use poisons for pest control. We have too many owls, hawks, and the occasional eagle overhead. I'll kill stuff mechanically (damned pocket gophers...) and toss the carcass out where someth…
I have a terrible pocket gopher problem. They absolutely have to be dealt with when they come out of hibernation this year. What's you're favorite trap for them?
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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
I use a reflective metal owl to deter woodpeckers who love destroying my house. It seems to be effective because I’ve not seen or heard the little peckers since. Your comment makes me wonder if these would also help with mice.
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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.
If you genuinely thought they were driving dangerously, then isn't it better to report it than to not? It's not really your fault that Uber's internal culture is so toxic. On the other hand, your choice to use Uber supports them. On the third hand, traditional taxi services often deliver exceptionally worse service, so what is someone to do? Regarding the driver's livelihood, it seems to me like you should not worry…
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There's a natural predator in cities whose habitat is "your couch." But people say that allowing cats to be "outdoor cats" is a bad thing. (Cats do hunt a bunch of species that aren't going to try to enter your house, and may in fact be endangered. But then... so would owls, hawks, and snakes living in the same areas. My point isn't so much that having cats outdoors is good; but rather that we should apply the same s…
Because cats hunts for fun and don’t even eat what they kill half the time. They’re just out murdering birds for sport.
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https://www.cdc.gov/rabies/location/usa/surveillance/human_r... This is absolutely nuts. Also how would he know that he wasn't bitten if it brushed up against him.
I am not sure by what part you think is nuts? Worrying about bats? I don’t like to play with odds and now personally know someone who died from it. I would rather not take a chance. Here is an article about his death and the rabies in the bats in our area. https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/mobile/man-21-dies-after-...
The farmer or the facility manager should not be forced to deal with b2b supply houses who price gouge on retail sales (HVAC and metals are two industries that come to mind) in order to buy his pesticides, or any other substance because people in high end subdivisions are spraying too many chemicals on their foundations (or whatever, you get the drift).