Friday, January 29, 2010

Re: [CHICKENS-101] Re: Rats

 

Could be as there are differing regulations on poisons and pesticides here and in other parts of the world.  Things banned here are still in use and I'm sure some items not available in the UK are here.  There are also a variety of rat remedies so some may only effect rats .... lead injected directly would be one :-)

Pete
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On 1/29/2010 3:44 AM, pottlabop wrote: 

 I had also always understood the rat poisons to be species specific - anti coagulants that have to be ingested over a period of time to be effective. Most seem to work this way - I asked a friend who's a pest control officer.   There is also a fibre based substance which is apparently 'eco friendly' but which leaves the rat to die of dehydration. Not what I'd go for, seems to me to be a pretty awful way to go.  I used to go ratting on the farms around my childhood home; one up in the beet store to flush them out and me at the bottom of the ladder with a plank of wood. Seemed at the time to be a serious issue. Now I know it was.  We'd get 50p a rat - that was enough back then to buy a new record - £3 for an album. Diamond Dogs was my first, I bought that in 1977. I thought it was punkrock :-)          ------------------------------------  To post a message to the list go to CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.comYahoo! Groups Links  <*> To visit your group on the web, go to:     http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CHICKENS-101/  <*> Your email settings:     Individual Email | Traditional  <*> To change settings online go to:     http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CHICKENS-101/join     (Yahoo! ID required)  <*> To change settings via email:     CHICKENS-101-digest@yahoogroups.com      CHICKENS-101-fullfeatured@yahoogroups.com  <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:     CHICKENS-101-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com  <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:     http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/   
 
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