[pbs] Baiting
Susan Hayek
susanann at sbcglobal.net
Fri Sep 3 16:31:13 EDT 2004
>Being concerned about secondary pooisoning, I am very careful about what I
>use. I was using Sluggo. It says right on the bag that it is safe. Read the
>fine print, it is only safe if scattered very very sparsley. Most people who
>have a problem pour it on heavy and do not bother to read the fine print.
>I have chickens, 3 very large chickens pecked through a sealed bag and ate
>sluggo. Of course they shouldn't have been eating it, The Sluggo
>people tell me
>"well,they shouldn't have been eating it. They couldn't have eaten more than
>1/4 to 1/2 cup each when I noticed them. They all bloated up horribly, one
>died the next day, the 2nd, the next week and the 3rd stayed bloated up and
>suffering for 4 weeks before dying. I kept thinking I could save her and was
>trying. So I wonder just how many Sluggo pellets a lizard or small bird would
>have to eat before it killed them. I no longer put it out where birds can get
>to it. I no longer consider it safe around small pets or small
>humans either.
>
>Carolyn in Los Gatos, CA
**Thanks, Carolyn, good to know. I scatter it sparsely and the birds
probably don't get to it, because the dogs love to chase the birds.
As I said. We haven't achieved a balance yet.
Leon is using the copper tape where he can. I don't know if it works,
but it's pretty.
--
susan, who is.....
owned by Jasper & Schubert the Standard Poodles, Gracie the
Rhodesian, Pup-Quiz the Basenji and their Basenji brother, Jones....
on the North Coast of CA, USA
susanann at sbcglobal.net, copyright 2004
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