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Homemade rat poison

Torn Mind

Torn Mind

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I have across the fact that cholecaciferol is utilized as rat poison.

So, grind up vitamin D3 pill, mix with peanut butter, and I got a delectably deadly formulation for rodents?

P.S should the nuts be salty? 😉
 
I do NOT suggest this.

The exterminator that used to come in to my workplace used to like to talk. One day he held up a piece of rat poison and whispered to me " This stuff is shit. If ya want rat poison mix some anti freeze with peanut butter. ""
 
Torn Mind said:
I have across the fact that cholecaciferol is utilized as rat poison.

So, grind up vitamin D3 pill, mix with peanut butter, and I got a delectably deadly formulation for rodents?

P.S should the nuts be salty? 😉
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Also very toxic to dogs and cats.
 
What you need is a family of barn owls. They look really nice, and each member of the family unit will eat 3-4 rats per night.

I think when civilisation collapses, I'll be befriending the birds, what with stories of people friendly to crows having their lives saved / defended by crows.
 
If it's outdoors, ignore it/get a cat. If it's indoors, get a cat.

We had mice when we moved in to this house. They lasted about a month before ours took care of the situation, haven't seen one in the years since.
 
Do a search for the bucket mouse trap, no need for poison. The plunk sound when they drop is a little unsettling though.
 
lxskllr said:
Poison's lame. Aside from torturing an animal that's just doing it's thing, and trying to make it's way in the world, it could die in an inaccessible place, and stink til it fully desiccates.
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Totally. My exterminator guy put up these new mice baits years ago. Forgot to tell me to put out a bowl of water. House start to smell funky. Had the A/C guy over for annual check and he found a dozen dead mice in water tray below the condenser. He wouldn't touch them and made me do it (wtf?).

Anyway, switched to live traps as my wife didn't like me 'murdering' the mice. Then I'd drive them to the other end of the development and let them lose in the woods. Peanut butter for the win, plus they get a takeout meal to send them on their way.
 
lxskllr said:
Poison's lame. Aside from torturing an animal that's just doing it's thing, and trying to make it's way in the world, it could die in an inaccessible place, and stink til it fully desiccates.
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Yep.... eventually someone may actually invent a "better mouse-trap" but it hasn't happened yet.

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Ajay said:
Anyway, switched to live traps as my wife didn't like me 'murdering' the mice. Then I'd drive them to the other end of the development and let them lose in the woods. Peanut butter for the win, plus they get a takeout meal to send them on their way.
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I Honestly don't like killing them either, but they can be destructive little assholes, so...

My old cat(RIP) and me made a good mousecatching team. She didn't have the killer instinct, but she could point them out and keep them corralled while I caught them live and took them for a long walk. It was a lot of fun. I miss that girl.
 
[DHT]Osiris said:
If it's outdoors, ignore it/get a cat. If it's indoors, get a cat.

We had mice when we moved in to this house. They lasted about a month before ours took care of the situation, haven't seen one in the years since.
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I used to have a cat. Still affected over her death even though it's been about 10 years.
She was a proper predator who didn't like excessive cuddling or any extended petting(she'd bite or scratch to send notice she had enough), but she did recognize we were good to her, although she preferred me because my sister would always trying carrying the cat and getting too snuggly. She would she show off her kills from the outside many times.

Also was a consistent alarm clock because she always drank straight from the faucet and not a bowl.
 
One issue with poison other than the fact that it's just cruel, is that it makes them very thirsty. This means they are going to chew everything they can including water pipes to try to get water. Snap traps or live capture traps are the best thing. For larger rodents, like squirrels and bigger, just go for live traps and bring them in the woods, for mice, they are harder to capture alive and will die of cold if you bring them in the bush anyway, so use snap traps.

I get like 1-2 mice per year in my attic, I just have snap traps. If I had more I would try to come up with a better solution but emptying out the traps once in a while works ok. I have an alarm point setup for them so I get an alert.
 
Torn Mind said:
I used to have a cat. Still affected over her death even though it's been about 10 years.
She was a proper predator who didn't like excessive cuddling or any extended petting(she'd bite or scratch to send notice she had enough), but she did recognize we were good to her, although she preferred me because my sister would always trying carrying the cat and getting too snuggly. She would she show off her kills from the outside many times.

Also was a consistent alarm clock because she always drank straight from the faucet and not a bowl.
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LOL, my cat waits for me to trek to the crapper and goes zipping past to jump into the tub to lick up the drops of water around he drain, rarely uses her water bowl.
 
lxskllr said:
Poison's lame. Aside from torturing an animal that's just doing it's thing, and trying to make it's way in the world, it could die in an inaccessible place, and stink til it fully desiccates.
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Yeah, I've never used poison for anything, unless you consider boric acid a poison (ants and cockroaches). I have used ant control. A rat dying in your wall is gonna be an unsavory experience for everybody, including the rat.
 
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Red Squirrel said:
One issue with poison other than the fact that it's just cruel, is that it makes them very thirsty. This means they are going to chew everything they can including water pipes to try to get water. Snap traps or live capture traps are the best thing. For larger rodents, like squirrels and bigger, just go for live traps and bring them in the woods, for mice, they are harder to capture alive and will die of cold if you bring them in the bush anyway, so use snap traps.

I get like 1-2 mice per year in my attic, I just have snap traps. If I had more I would try to come up with a better solution but emptying out the traps once in a while works ok. I have an alarm point setup for them so I get an alert.
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I had rats in the attic, must have snap-trapped over 20, peanut butter bait. After a while they got the idea my attic wasn't a safe place for them and they haven't come in almost 20 years. Had a roof job meantime (total tear off and replacement) and I cleaned the attic after that (mucho debris from the roof job), vacuumed everything up with big shop vac including the thousands of rat turds. When I go up in the attic since I never see any rat turds, a sure sign they don't go in there.

Had a mouse invasion inside the house ~2.5 years ago, trapped and trapped them, then realized where they must have gotten in, sealed that off and no rodents in the house since. Spotted a big rat outside the house last week in the middle of a rainy night. We looked at each other and 1/2 minute later it scampered away.
 
Muse said:
I had rats in the attic, must have trapped over 20. After a while they got the idea my attic wasn't a safe place for them and they haven't come in almost 20 years. Had a roof job meantime and I cleaned the attic after that, vacuumed everything up with big shop vac including the thousands of rat turds.

Had a mice invasion ~2.5 years ago, trapped and trapped them, then realized where they must have gotten in, sealed that off and no rodents in the house since. Spotted a big rat outside the house last week in the middle of a rainy night. We looked at each other and 1/2 minute later it scampered away.
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Here's what worked for me, I spread some dirty cat litter in a thin line around the house in the grass, not so much the pop but her urine, not a trace of anything since. I'm guessing any rodent smelling any trace of feline urine will look elsewhere for food/shelter.
 
I still am not sure how they are getting in. I am thinking they are slipping under the flashing of any vents etc, but not sure how they are getting on the roof in first place as there are no trees overhanging the roof anymore. I guess they could be climbing the hydro pole and going on the wires? Another possibility is maybe they climb the brick then slip between the mortar joint and J channel of soffits. I think I'd have to just caulk the hell out of everything and hope for the best. Even if they chew through it, at least then I'll know then I can take better action.
 
BUTCH1 said:
Here's what worked for me, I spread some dirty cat litter in a thin line around the house in the grass, not so much the pop but her urine, not a trace of anything since. I'm guessing any rodent smelling any trace of feline urine will look elsewhere for food/shelter.
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That is beyond brilliant, however I don't have any cats or presently know anybody who does (to my knowledge). Anyway, I don't have a rodent issue... except, actually, I battle squirrels eating the squash I grow in the yard EVERY YEAR. I don't know if they'd be scared away by the smell of cats.
 
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