Flour & cement powder rat poison - queries
On Jan 26, 9:30*am, Harry K wrote:
On Jan 26, 5:30*am, jamesgangnc wrote:
On Jan 26, 7:58*am, Gas Bag wrote:
I've recently come across some articles that mention you can make your
own "non-toxic" rat/mouse posion by making a 50:50 mixture of regular/
corn flour and cement powder. *They eat the mixture, then go in search
of water. *Once they drink some water....game over. *I have a few
specific questions, in relation to this D.I.Y. rat poison.
- How effective is this mixture at killing rats and/or mice?
- Assuming you place this mixture indoors (e.g. in the roof space),
will this poison ONLY take effect once the rodent goes outside for a
drink of water? *The reason being, I'd want to avoid at-all-costs
having Ratty "snuff it" in my roof space, then having the most God-
awful smell to contend with a few days later.
- Is there anything that can be added to this mixture that would make
it extremely enticing to rats and/or mice? *e.g. Powdered parmesan
cheese, sugar, salt, a little soy/fish sauce, some type of finely
chopped meat (raw or cooked)? *I am just taking a wild guess here, as
I don't know what would attract them.
- Most of all, would tile grouting powder, used for bathroom tiling,
work just as well as cement powder in this D.I.Y. mixture?
I really would appreciate some advice. *Thanks.
Never heard that one. *But any bait poison runs the risk of the animal
dying somewhere in your house. *In 99% of the cases the carcase just
dries up. *Or flys find it and it gets eaten by maggots.- Hide quoted text -
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Yep. *I find that D-Con works wonders and the animals don't smell for
some reason. *I keep a bait box with it in the basement and find and
occasional dead mouse - never smelled one for many a year now.
The 'flour/cement' is an oldy home recipe. *Just as enticing to pets
as it is to rodents. *Needs to be in places the pets can't get to just
like any commercial poison.
Harry K
Maybe it's D-CONcrete in it dat kills 'em!
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