Hello World! Welcome Friends! If you are interested in this question, then the mice have already turned your life into a nightmare. You bought the best mouse poison and fed it to your intruders. You are already sitting, nervously looking at your watch and waiting for the poison to work. Or perhaps you are just planning to buy a bag of sweet poison pellets and want to know how long it will take to get rid of rodents. We will answer your questions.
Anticoagulants
- To get rid of mice in the house, anticoagulants are usually used. This is a group of poisons that prevent blood clotting in rodents.
- First-generation anticoagulants (Warfarin, Diphacinone) are “multidose”. A lethal dose is obtained by feeding on poisonous baits for several days. This delay is necessary so that your pet does not get secondary poisoning if it suddenly eats a dead mouse. After a sufficient amount of poison accumulates in the body, the rodent will die within 4-10 days.
- The advantage of second-generation anticoagulants (Bromadiolone, Brodifacoum) is that the mouse can eat a lethal dose of poisonous bait at a time. After that, irreversible changes begin in its body, and the pest dies from internal bleeding. The result of the action of the poison typically occurs in 3-4 days.
Cholecalciferol
This rodenticide is not an anticoagulant. Cholecalciferol raises the level of calcium in the body of a rodent to a lethal level. After the mouse tastes vitamin D3 (yes, this is cholecalciferol, just take human vitamins), it dies within 1-4 days.
Bromethalin
Bromethalin is a fairly toxic poison and is used mainly by professionals. It’s a neurotoxin that paralyzes the mouse. After the rodent has eaten the bait with this substance, it has 1-2 days to live.
Misuse or Wrong Mice: What’s the Reason Poison Didn’t Work?
If mice appear in your house after 2 months of getting rid of them with rodenticides, it means that a huge population lives near you. Alternatively, mice may be genetically resistant to certain poisons (such as warfarin). The solution to any of these problems is to rethink the rodent expulsion strategy. You may need to replace poisons, set additional traps, or get the help of professionals.
The reasons why rodenticides don’t kill mice can be simple:
- You have used an expired rodenticide;
- The integrity of the bait with poison was broken (wet, crumbled);
- You do not hide all food from rodents, and they prefer not to touch rodenticides, as they have a constant source of habitual feed;
- Poison baits aren’t enough for all mice, or you don’t add new portions when the old one is eaten.
Getting rid of mice is a troublesome task, and this article will help you in your war. Share your experience. What methods, besides poisons, did you use to free your house from the invasion of rodents?
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