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["Stephen Sadler" <Docshiva@Docshiva.org>]

Lucky,

 

Thanks for the warning! 

 

We have scattered the Rampage packets into areas where only rats or mice would be likely to find them.  The rats have to gnaw open the package themselves and eat – in spite of the clearly worded warning that it would kill them… our cats showed no interest in the fallen rats, and dogs didn’t have access to the bait, so we never faced the problem of pets becoming contaminated.  Although the product was advertised as ‘safe’ for non-rodents, it doesn’t surprise me that direct consumption by small mammals (puppies) could lead to problems.

 

Stephen Sadler

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From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Lucky Pittman
Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 7:09 AM
To: North American Fruit Explorers
Subject: RE: [NAFEX] Pesky Tree Rats

 

At 07:52 PM 4/3/2005, Steve wrote:

Theres a rodent poison called Rampage.  Its active ingredient is vitamin D3, which causes rapid and fatal hardening of the arteries is rodents, and only rodents.  Non-rodents eating rodents killed by Rampage would not be harmed.

But, be aware that non-rodents eating Rampage(or any of the other Vit D analog rodenticides) would experience the same increased calcium absorption/mobilization and mineralization of tissues.  I've seen several puppies that dined on the D3 analogs with pretty impressive mineralization of renal(kidney) tubules, lung, and gastric mucosa.

Louis L. "Lucky" Pittman, Jr., DVM
Veterinary Pathologist/ Dept. Chairman
Murray St. Univ.-Breathitt Veterinary Ctr.
Hopkinsville, KY