Ridecamp: RE: [RC] [Guest] Rats and Hay Sheds

The problems with the anticoagulant poisons are a) that the rats eat it
for a while before they die and, thus are weakened and prime prey for
owls, hawks and so on who then in their turn ingest the anitcoagulant;
and b)if you have to use it for a long time the rats become accustomed
to it and you have to turn up the volume. At the silos we ended up using
something that could kill humans through skin contact but the rats were
coping quite well thank you. Since we started using the dogs, the owls
and kestrels have come back to the area and we don't have to worry about
contamination. The rat poison marketed these days is a far cry from
Agatha Christie and no joke to deal with at all. Of course, keeping
things clean and sealed is the best solution, if you can do it.

Maryanne Stroud Gabbani
Cairo, Egypt
maryanne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.ratbusters.net 

Our hay barn was INFESTED with wood rats.  I trapped 17 of them before I
gave up and started putting out rat poison.  I put the trays in secluded
spots so that dogs and cats couldn't reach it.  It was the
anti-coagulate type of poison.


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