04-13-2012, 10:06 AM
It is the cat eating the poisoned rat, not the bait, that is the issue.
The poison makes the rats easier to catch around day five after ingesting the anticoagulant / rat poison. The internally bleeding rats come out, take risks, seeking water due to dehydration - clever as it gets them out of the walls and nests to seek hydration before they die.
When birds of prey or other predators take the slow and confused rat - (the erratic motion drives predators nuts - just too good to pass up) they too are killed by the anticoagulant if not rushed to the vet.
Massive dosses of K are required to reverse the internal bleeding - or the predator will die
edit - see attached for a good alternative - there several good choices these days "new style rat traps"
- humane to the offending rat - they work - dead rat first time every time
- no toxins to predators
- no smashed fingers
I'll get off my soap box now -
barking dogs? - how about pea fowl!
http://www.google.com/products/catalog?r...US389US389&ix=acb&q=rat+traps&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=4334203035414784720&sa=X&ei=8cWIT4LUAamqiQKklY3qCw&ved=0CI4BEPMCMAA
The poison makes the rats easier to catch around day five after ingesting the anticoagulant / rat poison. The internally bleeding rats come out, take risks, seeking water due to dehydration - clever as it gets them out of the walls and nests to seek hydration before they die.
When birds of prey or other predators take the slow and confused rat - (the erratic motion drives predators nuts - just too good to pass up) they too are killed by the anticoagulant if not rushed to the vet.
Massive dosses of K are required to reverse the internal bleeding - or the predator will die
edit - see attached for a good alternative - there several good choices these days "new style rat traps"
- humane to the offending rat - they work - dead rat first time every time
- no toxins to predators
- no smashed fingers
I'll get off my soap box now -
barking dogs? - how about pea fowl!
http://www.google.com/products/catalog?r...US389US389&ix=acb&q=rat+traps&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=4334203035414784720&sa=X&ei=8cWIT4LUAamqiQKklY3qCw&ved=0CI4BEPMCMAA