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[ronott1]

Rat poison can certainly be very dangerous to domestic animals who eat the dead rats.

Rat poisons come in 3 varieties:

1) Anticoagulant rodenticides
2) Cholecalciferol rodenticides
3) Bromethalin rodenticides

In the past there have been various other types of rat poison, however, these 3 varieties are generally what are used today. The first type, anticoagulant rodenticide, works by thinning the blood. The second type, cholecaliferol rodenticide, works by disrupting the rat's ability to process calcium. The third, bromethalin rodenticide, works by reducing the rat's ability to control muscle contraction.

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, sans-serif]The type I am referring to is the anti-coagulant type. The amount of poison required to kill a rat should not harm a dog 20 times its weight. i ensure that my free range dogs do not have access to the poison concentrate by putting it in special housings but I have no control over how many rats they chose to eat. I have not lost a dog to poisoning.[/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, sans-serif]The other types of poisons can be lethal to dogs if they eat the rats.[/FONT]

2) Cholecalciferol rodenticides is a Vit D overdose--not toxic if the rats are eaten by Dogs, Slightly toxic to cats. It is registered for use in Organic operations. I have one called Agrid3. It works for coagulant resistant rats.

Sadly the rats here won't eat it....

 

[insanity]

Well my mystery bantam finally looks like something.

We named her Little Bit because shes not much taller than a pop can even though shes 3 months old.

 

[drumstick diva]

Superchemicalgirl - don't you have even one friend with a Jack Russell ? He could come over for a bit and turn the dog loose. If you have one rat wouldn't there be more, maybe you aren't seeing the same rat over and over. Not trying to freak you out- but, it's freaking me out just to think about.

 

[Wisher1000]

Here are Paisley and Henrietta cleaning up the dogfood on the back porch.

 

[insanity]

Thats cute.

 

[ronott1]

Superchemicalgirl - don't you have even one friend with a Jack Russell ? He could come over for a bit and turn the dog loose. If you have one rat wouldn't there be more, maybe you aren't seeing the same rat over and over. Not trying to freak you out- but, it's freaking me out just to think about.

they usually live in families of at least 6 and then start a new nest somewhere.

 

[Arielle]

Quote: Thanks for the info.

 

[pickitfarm]

Wisher that is a funny video. That chicken was not letting that food go to waste. LOL

 

[Wisher1000]

That was not even one of the funnier interactions between the two of them. What is ironic, the dog will barely touch the dry dog food in the bowl in the house, but let me toss it out the back door and she sucks it up like a Hoover vac! I will also invite the hen inside to eat some out of her bowl (when it has been in there a couple of days, uneaten) and then the dog will stand over the bowl and eat every bite so the hen won't get any. Ha! Ha! Ha!

 

[superchemicalgirl]

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I didn't. We set the camera out in various places to do various things. Speaking of which, I probably need to go check its contents.

Superchemicalgirl - don't you have even one friend with a Jack Russell ? He could come over for a bit and turn the dog loose. If you have one rat wouldn't there be more, maybe you aren't seeing the same rat over and over. Not trying to freak you out- but, it's freaking me out just to think about.

I have a friend with wussy labs but no terriers that I know of. The picture I posted above has 2 rats in it, so I'm certain I'm not seeing the same rat over and over again. It freaked me out when I saw the two on the camera. I mean, I knew the odds were high that I had more than one rat, I just didn't want to see more than one rat. And I bludgeoned one to death in the fall, 2 days later I had new rat holes. So my problem is ... large. Unfortunately.

I'm supposed to go hiking with my friend of the wussy labs today. She told me "as early as possible." I'm wondering if she forgot who I was, cause I texted her at a few minutes before 430 this morning. She only just now responded. And is asking for more time. I need to be back early enough to do my beehive today, I need to inspect to see if they need another box added. I hope they do. It's been about 2 weeks since I've been able to get in there, on account of the stupid rain we've been having. I've been able to refill their hive top feeder, but not look at their progress.
I have to say I miss hiking with Dsqard. Our definition of early is much more similar.