Does anyone know if a rats digestive system is affected by injesting caustic soda a.k.a. sodium hydroxide? I have fed them bread with a liberal amount of butter and covered with caustic soda and they keep coming back for more.
2006-11-18 11:07:46 · 4 answers · asked by bartermcgee 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
A small amount of sodium hydroxide is probably neutralized in their digestive system. Plus, if you are adding it to a butter, you may actually be reacting the caustic with ingredients in the butter (fats, fatty acids, etc...) which will just make the butter salty. Also, caustic soda reacts with CO2 in the air to form Sodium Carbonate pretty readily, which is harmless. I'd try another "poison".
2006-11-18 11:13:34 · answer #1 · answered by margincallgentlemen 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Caustic soda will react with HCL to produce table salt. The butter possible protected them from any burning on the way down. They may have high blood pressure.
My Daughter drank saniflush when she was about 2. The antidote was milk of magnesia,once it connected with saniflush it became inert.
Did your rats get fat on that diet??
The new rat poison is very effective it thins the blood so that any brused and they bleed to death on the inside.
Good luck
2006-11-18 19:30:56 · answer #2 · answered by JOHNNIE B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't know but seems to me that you are sick to do something like that.
Don't tell me you are a chemist...
2006-11-18 19:18:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
poison's effectiveness are drowsyness, death, stomac ache
2006-11-18 19:12:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋