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 |
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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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2250.1 | AIMHI::OFFEN | Thu Feb 23 1989 17:19 | 4 | ||
Sounds good, but how long before it takes effect in the rodent and kills it?? | |||||
2250.2 | Here's the dosage and prices | CPDW::MCDONOUGH | Thu Feb 23 1989 17:27 | 21 | |
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 |