How many rat poison pellets does a rat have to ingest before it kills it?

Question

I HAVE RECENTLY HAVE A RAT PROBLEM IN MY APT. WE GOT ONE THE OTHER DAY W/PEANUT BUTTER & POISON PELLETS ON A WOODEN TRAP. THEY ARE CLEVER & CAN EAT THE STUFF RIGHT OFF THE TRAP W/OUT THE TRAP SNAPPING. SO I HAVE D CON POISON PELLET TRAY WHICH I MIXED PEANUT BUTTER INTO IT. THEY ARE EATING IT BUT HOW MUCH THEY ARE INGESTING I DON'T KNOW. JUST WONDERING HOW MUCH THE RATS HAVE TO INGEST FOR IT TO KILL THEM? ALSO IS ANTI-FREEZE A GOOD RAT KILLER?

Answer 1

sticky traps don't work for rats they carry them off and you'll find them later stuck on walls floors but no rat. i put dcon down and i continue to do it till i notice there wasn't any missing from the box anymore. its about 4 days i believe before they finally eat enough, don't get discourage hang in there and keep the dcon filled . but if you have animals or children make sure they cant reach or get into. anti freeze does work but highly toxic also. so i would just hang in there stick with dcon and soon they will be gone :)

Answer 2

anti freeze is definatley toxic, but you don't want the fumes in your apartment. just mix a generous amount of rat pellets into the peanut butter. if they don't eat it, use a little less. and buy more sensitve traps, or glue pads.

Answer 3

I don't know how many pellets it would take, but the answer to your second question is: Anti-freeze will kill mice and rats IF they are thirsty enough to drink it. If they have fresh water available, they will drink that first. But, if they are thirsty they will drink anti-freeze. They also are attracted to the sweetness of it. That is why it is important to clean up spills in your driveway or garage, because dogs and cats also like the sweetness of anti-freeze.

Answer 4

at the beginning, in the adventure that your vet mentioned a abdomen soreness killed your final canine, come across a clean vet. an uncomplicated abdomen soreness, jointly because it could make the canine uncomfortable, and so on... wont kill a canine. 2d, in case you have ANY sucpision by any ability that your canine ingested rat poisoning, particular, he needs to bypass to a vet ASAP. save pleanty of water readly accessible to him till you get him on your vet. in the adventure that your vet isn't accessible, take him to an emergency vet on your section. Rat poison isn't some thing to play with if that is been ingested, and you're dropping time greater or much less. Your canine ought to be seen by ability of a vet as quickly as achievable. that is lots greater valuable to be risk-free then sorry, as rat poison, in the main appropriate quantities, can kill a canine incredibly devoid of postpone. additionally, in case you come across out that your canine HAS ingested it, bypass for the time of the domicile and circulate each and all of the rat poisoning. remember that if a cat or small infant ought to get to it (this incorporates at the back of a dryer, and so on...) then your canine can get to it to boot, and it ought to be moved. better of success to you and your canine.