friesian@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> We need to get rid of some rats, and there are cats and owls in the
> area. We haven't used poison because of that, but the traps just
> aren't getting enough of them. A recent thread stated that rat poison
> won't harm the animals that eat the rats unless they get a lot of it.
> But it didn't specify which types of poison. I am hesitant to use a
> poison without knowing for sure that it really won't hurt the cats.
>
> I also tried to look up the topic of contraceptives for rats as that
> would greatly reduce the population if they are dying out without
> reproducing. I found several webpages referring to contraceptives
> being used in China to control the rat population, but I couldn't find
> any information on which contraceptive or where to get it. It was
> being flavored to entice rats, so I would think there muct be a
> product available somewhere. Anybody know more about this?
>
Any of the anticoagulant baits would fit the bill on low secondary and
primary poisoning issues. There is a bait called quintox that is not an
anti coagulant and the chance of secondary poisoning in mammals, not
sure about birds, is even much more lower, though if they get into the
bait itself it is more hazardous to them than the anticoagulants.
I have never heard of the usage of contraceptive type rodent control
but then for the most parts compared to other parts of the world our
rodent issues are a mild nuisance, where as an out of control rat
population attacking the central grain storage of a Chinese village
could cause life threatening cir***stances.
Lar
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