Does Golden Malrin work on Rats?

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An EMT suggested you try eating D-CON. Are you kidding me? He should be charged. Yes D-con is one of the safer rodenticide on the market but it is still a rodenticide and should not be consumed by any non target animal or person. This product is an anticoagulant and even a small amount will thin your blood. No not enough to kill you or even make you feel any effect but I assure you it did have some effect you just did not feel it or know it. This product was made with a very low dose with the idea that the target pest would have to return multiple times to feed to get a lethal dose. They do this cause the chance of a non target animal or in this case an EMT returning to feed multiple times is low so it won’t kill the non target victim. But a rodent when it finds a food source it will keep going back until there is no more food. That’s why the label states you need to keep a fresh supply of bait available for a week or so for this product to work. These baits are called Miuti-feed anticoagulant rodenticide. There are single feed baits on the market but I know here in Canada you need a license to buy and apply them and I am sure most states have the same regulations.

I have seen many posters mention "Just one Bite" but, have never been able to find it in Menards, or Home Depot, etc. Does it go by any other name? Or is there another product with the same chemicals available.? I would want it for mice. The sticky traps work but, are just gruesome and the mice really do suffer.

PS we are located in the suburban Chicago area

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Here's some info about Just One Bite.

www.farnamhorse.com/brochures/JustOneBite_TheTaste_090347.pdf

I find it at an ACE hardware, and have seen it at grocery stores, must be either a Krogers or Safeway.

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The active ingredient in just 1 bite is Bromadiolone. This is the most common rodenticide on the market. Just look on the label for that ingredient and it will work. For mice i would use a block form and rats pellets or place packs seem to work better. Also place a little bit of bait in multiple locations for mice or only 1 station for rats and keep a good supply of bait availible. Mice like to eat a little bit from multiple spots and rats are pigs so 1 rat will eat the entire block all at one time so i would put out a couple blocks and check every day. Also keep in mind that rats are very Neophobic so it may take a few days or even longer for them to go for the bait

I'm not familiar with GM, but I have issues with the traps that snap shut... and because my chicken yard is very near my house I've had problems off and on. I found an electric rat zapper on Amazon and you dont have to fool with trying to get the rat out without touching it or resetting a yucky trap. It wasn't cheap, but not too bad either and you can reuse it forever. I don't know if youre still having problems, but with kids around I'm too scared to use bait. Not to mention I was afraid it would die someplace I couldnt reach & I'd have to smell it!

I have to agree with the Just One Bite -- but that is a brand name, one of several, so you should know the chemical is bromadiolone. I have used it and have never seen any ill effects in dogs, cats, etc. that most likely ate some dead mice killed by bromadiolone. IMO it is possible but unlikely, even for chickens, to get sick or die from eating a mouse killed by bromadiolone.

Here's a good thread on this poison: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=163417

You might scroll down to about post #30 where Rob spoke to a company selling an alternate brand. Around here, sometimes I can find one brand at feed stores, and sometimes another brand at TSC. So it's worth knowing.

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Secondary poisoning is not a problem with bromodilne and has very little effect on dogs IF THEY ONLY EAT IT ONCE OR A SMALL AMOUNT. If they get a large amount or manage to eat it multiple times over a period of time even if it is only once a week for a couple weeks it will be a problem especially in smaller breeds of dogs or cats. Bromodilone also affects different animals differently. For example squirrels will die from bromodilone faster than a rat or mouse would. It usually takes 48 to 73 hours after the animal gets a lethal dose. It is a humane death. They really just fall asleep. But if a chicken ate a mouse that ingested bromodilone it would have no effect on the chicken because the poison was already digested. The stronger rodenticides are the ones to worry about secondary poisoning cause the rodent could have some undigested rodenticide still in there stomach and if the chicken or any animal for that matter ate the rodent there would be a chance of secondary poisoning.

I used this product for flies . It worked wonderfully. But I dumped out the flies in the yard (maybe 250) and a possum ate them and died right next to the place I dumped the flies. So I would assume if it can kill a possum, it can kill a rat. But this changed my idea of how dangerous GM is.