[NAFEX] rat poison
Lon J. Rombough
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Mon Apr 4 13:46:06 EDT 2005
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On Apr 4, 2005, at 10:41 AM, joanrrosenberg at aol.com wrote:
Any kind of poison is not good for an ecosystem. Natural controls are
always better. Cats and dogs patrol an area well. Actually so do
raccoons, which incidentally will eat squirrels if they can catch
them. People who prefer dogs to cats have a selection of small to
large terriers available, which are excellent for rodent control. Not
all cats climb trees, so if you want cats that will go after squirrels
by going up the tree, you have ask around to find one for adoption.
-----Original Message-----
From: Michelle Horner <shelly2 at wi.rr.com>
To: nafex <nafex at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sun, 3 Apr 2005 19:31:57 -0500
Subject: [NAFEX] rat poison
>SET UP A FEEDER JUST THE >SQUIRRELS CAN GET IN AND FEED >THEM RAT
POSION
>Will anything that eats the bodies then get >killed by the rat poison?
And there's the rub--we are on 2 acres and have used DeCon liberally in
the past. I was always cautious--stashing it in rafters, under work
benches. Well, just before Christmas our 5 month old American Water
Spaniel had a "near death experience" with the stuff. We still are not
sure where she mixed it up--and I am supicious that it was consumption
of a dead carcass. Fortunately, there is a positive test for the
stuff, so we eventually figured out what was going on. But the
experience left us a lot more suspicious of the stuff (and about $1500.
poorer)--now we are a DeCon-free zone. And we are considering a couple
of barn cats for a new control system. We were always under the
impression that once digested by initial contact, nothing happened in
subsequent consumptions. I do not know. Just our wake-up call.
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