Author Topic: Baking Soda is being mixed 50% with cornmeal or flour or starch/sugar etc. Rats  (Read 432 times)

palmcity

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I prefer not using traditional rat poisons that might harm birds/dogs/etc. if eating the dead animals later.

There are various ways to kill rats/mice/etc. and experts claim various levels of humane death vs. in their opinion less humane killing of these vermin... But, Vermin that eat my crops and food on my property are excluded from all of my sympathy.

This new idea sounds appealing and thus I'm trying 50% baking soda mixed with either cornmeal,starch/sugar,peanut butter/ etc. etc. etc. to keep rat/mice/and perhaps squirrel populations under control...

It sounds too good to be true. But, I'm willing to give it a try.

Any stories from people using it on the forum?

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How To Catch Rats. A Better Way To Eliminiate Rats With This Amazing Rat Trap Box. Mousetrap Monday.
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I'll be watching for your update

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I've been successful using a 50/50 mix of wheat germ mixed with concrete powder and one drop of anise oil.  (Rats seem to be attracted to that anise smell.)

This mix is not a poison, is slow acting, and the rats never build up a tolerance or suspicion to it.  But, try not to touch the bowl or mix with you bare hands so as to avoid adding your human scent which may make the rats suspicious.

It is useful to place a second bowl filled wth water nearby as they are thirsty after consuming the mixture.

OK — HTH

Paul M.
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