Hi, Folks!
Found this on a local farming list - since we've discussed the problem here, thought folks might be interested: 1)*Quintox* [ cholecalciferol / Vitamin D] is safe to use around birds & mammals. It is manufactured by Bell Labs, and available mailorder from www.doyourownpestcontrol.com 800-476-3368. It is toxic to rodents such as mice and rats because they can not metabolize vitamin D -- cholecalciferol is an ingredient in human ad avian vitamin supplements, safe for "us" to use. If your rodents don't especially like Quintox, mixing the pellets with peanut butter takes care of their lack odfinterest. 2) Remove animals from the vicinity. Plug up any tunnel entrances you can find. Get some flexible tubing and attach one end to the tailpipe of a tractor with duct tape, push the other end into one tunnel. Start the tractor up, and watch for escaping exhaust from any missed tunnels. Also watch for groggy escaping rats. 3) Get a bucket and put it in an area where you know the rats are going. Tie a piece of paper shopping bag securely on top of it - drum-style and leave grain on it for a few days. You may want to prop something against the bucket to act as a ramp. When you see that the rats are eating the grain, cut an "X" in the paper and fill the bucket 3/4 full of water. This is the riskiest way because an early rising chicken may be caught instead of the rat. Dorene Pasekoff, Coordinator St. John's United Church of Christ Organic Community Garden and Labyrinth A mission of St. John's United Church of Christ, 315 Gay Street, Phoenixville, PA 19460 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org/attachments/20071223/3c73070d/attachment.html _______________________________________________ The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org To post an e-mail to the list: [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org
