Depends on the antifreeze. ethylene glycol is extremely poisonous propylene glycol is of limited toxcidity, and found in many foods if you look at the ingredients
If you buy "enviornment friendly" antifreeze it will be the propylene glucol. Marshall "James McCourt, Ph.D." wrote: > The rats fall into the antifreeze, love to drink it, and are poisoned. > Antifreeze will kill most animals. Dogs love it. Dead. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: S Khanna > To: silver-list@eskimo.com > Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2005 7:30 AM > Subject: Re: CS>Rats! > It sounds horrible, but no worse than rat poison, which > causes them to die a slow death also. My brother has a > summer cottage, which gets infested with mice in the > winter. He came up with this: A gallon bucket. Poke a hole > in the bottom of a soda can and run a string through both > ends. Suspend the can across the top of the bucket and > attach with the string. Spread peanut butter around soda > can Put anti-freeze 1/3 way up in bucket. I think this was > mainly because of it being winter, don't know if it's > necessary in warmer weather. First try, he caught 13. I > always used traps. They love chocolate. They don't suffer, > but it's much harder to deal with! :o( Sally > > Ode Coyote <odecoy...@alltel.net> wrote: > > > > Old time rat poison that won't kill anything else. > > 1 part portland cement > 9 parts flour > Mix dry and leave in bowl near water. > ..I just had to ask what those porcelain curlicues > were in the crawlspace > under that 90 year old house. > > Rats can probably burp..or fart, but they can't > regurgitate [throw up / > toss cookies] > > I have no problem with pet rats or any animal > that's properly trained and > cared about. > > Ode > > > > At 01:38 PM 5/13/2005 -0400, you wrote: > > > >Jim Holmes said, > >They will chew away the insulation of 100 foot > power > >cables through to the wiring in several spots. > Why? > >They like the plastic taste? Or are they just > >sharpening their little teeth. > > > >Actually, if a rat doesnt chew on things, his > teeth > >will grow right through the top or bottom of his > head.>He MUST chew! > > > >To get rid of wild rats, I read in Mother Earth > >magazine some years ago that putting out bowls of > Coca > >Cola for them to drink would do it. Rats have no > >burping mechanism (the article said), so when > they > >drink it, it kind of blows them up inside. If you > make > >it diet soda, it will kill them even if they > dont > >internally burp to death (unless they have the > sense > >to avoid it). > . Take the tour >
