[TheForge] TheForge Digest, Vol 129, Issue 23

[Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer]

Out here there used to be 2 kinds of rat /ground squirrel /gopher poison/coyote poison.
There was the ever popular strychnine  and the blood thinner warfarin .
I don't think you can get the strychnine kind around here any more.
It passes right up the food chain.
Warfarin is one of the oldest common heart medicines that inhibits clotting.
To use it as a poison is a game of trying for a minimum dose to body mass,
 and the hope is that the difference between the body mass of the  rat  and ratter
 are enough to  prevent heart attacks in the ratter.
At least that was my understanding. Probably newer stuff out.

On Oct 26, 2014, at 4:32 PM, Andy Gladish wrote:

> 
> 
> "I wasn't giving you crap about using poison you have to keep the vermin
> under control. It's just keeping the local cats and dogs from eating vermin
> that've been poisoned and died where the pets can get to them. If the
> pets..."
> 
> I've always worried about this and never seen any evidence that it's a
problem.
Beyond "I saw it on the Internet," has anyone actually had another animal
get sick or die from eating a poisoned rat?
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