[Farmall] Rodent (and other animal) killers

[South Mountain Pharmacy]

Most of those rodent killers contain Warfarin, a blood thinner which kills 
by causing internal bleeding and takes considerable time.  It is cumulative 
to the rodent who eats it daily but will be eliminated by the body 
harmlessly if not ingested continuously at a rate faster than the body can 
eliminate it.  That is why humans generally need a daily dose to keep their 
blood from clotting.  Usually after one week of discontinuing warfarin 
ingestion it is nearly completely eliminated from the body.
So it is doubtful that animals eating another animal that has eaten warfarin 
would build up enough in their system to do harm unless their diet consisted 
solely of animals killed by warfarin ingestion.
Your pharmacy tip of the day!

Lane

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <edgreany-home at yahoo.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 4:43 PM
Subject: Re: [Farmall] Rodent (and other animal) killers


I agree Dick but when I confronted the bug man about it he claimed the 
residual in the rodent was insufficient to hurt my two dogs. That was my 
main big concern. Do I trust him or . . .

I am symphatic to the ecosystem and IF it actually does harm other animals 
(crows, coyotes, wild dogs, etc.) then I will cease using it.

Ed

--- On Tue, 11/30/10, slikdik at earthlink.net <slikdik at earthlink.net> wrote:


From: slikdik at earthlink.net <slikdik at earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [Farmall] Rodent (and other animal) killers
To: farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com
Date: Tuesday, November 30, 2010, 11:50 AM


Of course that stuff might kill anything (raptors, Bobcats, Coyotes, 
domestic dogs and cats) that catch one of the rodents that has eaten that 
stuff. It causes internal bleeding and they frequently go outside in search 
of water as they get dehydrated. The effects are cummulative on the animals 
that eat these rodents. It might take a year to poison some of the wildlife 
around you but it will. There are products on the market that do not have 
this extended side effect. The local nature conservancy uses a product call 
"Gopher Getter" after they found 3 dead bobcats on the grounds when they 
were using the regular stuff. I know I sound like a "tree hugger" but i feel 
we should be good stewards of the land around us.
Dick

>I had problems with chipmonks (rodents to me) and found a good solution.
>After the pesk control came out for 6 months and I saw what they did, I 
>cancelled them and I bought a bait box like they use from the Ace Hardware. 
>Most hardware stores and Home Depots have them. They are a black plastic 
>container with a hole on the left and right sides the size of a Coke can. 
>The lid opens to bait it. The bait is little cubes of "food" which the 
>varmits eat on and take back to their den for others to dine on too. Soon, 
>no more diners. It's clean and no dead anything to get rid of. It locks for 
>safety around kids and animals.
>?
>Ed
>

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