Posted by redforlife on May 22, 2023 at 08:26:20 from (174.213.192.47):
In Reply to: Critter Deterrent posted by fusion1 on May 22, 2023 at 05:40:06:
Use rat/mice poison. NOT the kind that you just throw the little bags out here and there, or those little boxes that you open up and let them eat out of. They will just carry that stuff back to thier nest and likely won't eat enough of it to kill them (especially rats). But use the rat/mice poison that you NAIL down. If you don't have a wood floor to nail it down to, then nail it to short peices of 2x4 about a foot long, and then set out where you want it.
If you put out some nail down poison and it dissappears (all but the nails and boards) rather quickly (a couple days), then you got a sizeable infestation. And you are going to have to stay on top of nailing it down and keeping it replenished everytime time it's gone, and shortly after it is gone. Once you get the infestation population under control, the nail down poison will start lasting longer. When you can walk by and see that the poison has only been nibbled on a little bit 2 weeks after nailing it down, that's when you can kind of breath and feel like you got things under control.
The nail down poison is sold in little buckets. Cubes or blocks of it in a bucket. If you use up an entire bucket of it, you should change brands or kinds when buying the next bucket. This prevents them (more so with rats), from building up a resistance to the effectiveness of it.
I haven't had any luck with loose poison. But have had with the nail down.
One time I tried using those little bags that you throw out. It kept disappearing. I kept throwing out a few bags once in awhile. The next time I cleaned the shop, I went to move a single stick of 2 inch pipe laying on the floor. Inside the piece of pipe was all of those little bags of poison that I had been throwing out. Most of them with the poison still in the bag, and the bag not damaged. They weren't eating it. But rather carrying it out of site and hoarding it for later.
Don't give up on poison if you haven't tried/been using the nail down.
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