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Conference misery::feline_v1

Title:Meower Power is Valuing Differences
Notice:FELINE_V1 is moving 1/11/94 5pm PST to MISERY
Moderator:MISERY::VANZUYLEN_RO
Created:Sun Feb 09 1986
Last Modified:Tue Jan 11 1994
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5089
Total number of notes:60366

2250.0. "A Natural, Pet-safe rodent killer!!" by CPDW::MCDONOUGH () Thu Feb 23 1989 17:00

    
     I've found a company in Indiana that sells a pet-safe rodent killer. 
    (Unless your pets are mice or rats, that is)
      It's a form of vitamin D. It seems that rats and mice have system
    that cannot regulate calcium levels in the bloodstream very well. The 
    presence of vitamin D is interpreted by the rodent's system as a need 
    for more calcium....a physiological quirk that proves FATAL!!
    
      Ther is NO toxic biuldup in the rodent's system, so no danger to a
    cat or dog if they happened to find one.... I've always been afraid to
    put out things like "D-con" or other rodent poisons for fear one of my
    babies or someone else's would eat a poisined carcass....
    
      the company is:
    
         Natural Gardening Research Center
         Highway 48--P.O. Box 149,
         Sunman, Indiana 47041
    
    John McDonough
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2250.1AIMHI::OFFENThu Feb 23 1989 17:194
    Sounds good, but how long before it takes effect in the rodent and
    kills it??
    
    
2250.2Here's the dosage and pricesCPDW::MCDONOUGHThu Feb 23 1989 17:2721
     
     Re .1
     According to the writeup, it takes 2 to 4 days. A lethal dose for
    a mouse is 2.8 grams.....for a rat it's about 14 grams.
    
     It sells as follows:
    
     #8783...Box of Pellets, 8 pkts,
             30 grams per packet.............$7.60  (for rats)
    
     #8784...Box of Granules, 24 pkts,
             10 grams per packet.............$19.95 (for mice)
    
      I don't know why there's such a wide difference in the price, and I
    intend to find out.... the quantity's the same in both cases...
    
      I also understand that there is no pain involved in the death of the
    rodents....the systems simply shut-down slowly and the rodent simply 
    goes to sleep...
      
    JM