Rodent baits and their effect on native fauna

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Originally Posted by HUE166

I spread a few thousand hectares of Mouse-Off out west last year (October). Once the Phostoxin has kills its original victim there is very little toxin left for any secondary poisoning. Once the chemical has been activated (by moisture) it is basically spent.

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For those with farms, please note he has used Mouse Off ZP, not the 'economy' version which contains bromadialone.

ZP stands for zinc phosphide.

Mouse Off ZP is ideal for killing mice without the risk of killing birds of prey in broadacre situations.

DL

I have resorted to using traps now and am having quite a bit of success with them.
I bought 7 of these at the big green shed [thumbsupbig]

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Originally Posted by trout1105

I have resorted to using traps now and am having quite a bit of success with them.
I bought 7 of these at the big green shed [thumbsupbig]

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For rats or mice?

I have heaps of issues catching mice,but the rats are easy,particularly the younger ones.
The larger older rats are also difficult to catch.The young ones will often go into a trap with no bait.

I generally use break back traps for mice,and Elliotte traps for rats.We inherited a box of Elliotte traps from my father,he used them for catching rats for research.
Outside i have to be careful as we have lots of hungry possums around,so rat break back traps are not really the go outside.

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I will get some corn and give that a try.
The little buggers are now shunning the new traps.

We have used a stubbie, cable tied up so it points slightly downwards into a tall bucket.
Then shove some cooked bacon rind into the end of the stubbie.

Seems to work well,during the mouse plague,we caught hundreds of them using this method.

One of these perhaps [emoji848] [emoji56]
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We use one of those kitchen rubbish bins with the swing top lid. Bit of peanut butter on the lid, rat climbs on top, and falls on in

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Originally Posted by scarry

We have used a stubbie, cable tied up so it points slightly downwards into a tall bucket.
Then shove some cooked bacon rind into the end of the stubbie.

Seems to work well,during the mouse plague,we caught hundreds of them using this method.

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Was going to post about a version of the same thing, except using longnecks. The old 26 fluid oz type or whatever they are now.

The neck shape makes it deadly.

DL

1080 is just cruel if you ever see an animal dying of this stuff it a death I wouldn't wish on anything I hunt with a compound bow I have yet to find anything my bow can't bring down I will eat most what I shoot or the dog gets a feed. Having said that foxes are left where they die.