Dec 08 2009
Rat Poison
Rat Poison is classified as a rodenticide, and it will consist usually of a chemical makeup used to kill rodents or species of the rodent family. It is made so that one dose will kill. It is sometimes a hit and miss tactic to try to kill a rat with poison since they are scavengers. A rat is also a very smart animal and the normal way they eat is to take a little bit and then wait. If they find that what they are eating does not hurt them then they will eat more.
A good and effective rat poison must not have any smell or taste. It must have a high enough concentration to kill and it should have a slow or delayed kill time. One of the poisons used to kill rats is a zinc phosphate. This works when it gets to the digestive system of the rat. The phosphate will react with the acid in the rats stomach where it will release a toxic gas. Death of the rat will usually occurs within twenty-four to seventy- two hours after the rat eats the bait. The zinc phosphate unlike other poisons does have a very distictive odor but this odor seems to attract the rat rather than warning it.
There are also, what are called anti- coagulant poisons. These will affect that rats ability to form blood clots. and will slowly destroy very small veins in the rats body causing internal bleeding which will kill the rat. This method will take about a week or two for it to work. The favorable advantage of this poison is that by the onset of death the other rats will not make any connection between the death and the poison.
If the rats do become shy of the bait you are using, you may use a non toxic bait for a few days until they are no longer wary of the bait.
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