Anonymous from Minneapolis Mn writes
I have at least one mouse, and 15 traps - 14 snap types, 1 electrocuter. Cheese, peanut butter, pepperoni, and milky way candy bar baits all fail to attract. Your lethal baits look like my next step, but the amounts are more than I need, and they are expensive on my fixed income. I'd like to try lethal bait, but small quantity makes more sense for me. Related question: is it effective to put baits on glue traps? Thanks for your attention. Happy New Year!
The EPA passed laws regarding how anticoagulants can be sold. The federal government has decided that certain types of rodenticides should not be sold in the same manner they have been after June 4, 2011. These regulations were passed to try to prevent over the counter sales of rodenticides to homeowners and minimize secondary poisoning and misuse of rodenticides. Unfortunately, too many people have placed rodenticides in locations they should not be, such as easy to access places that children and pets can easily get to. Basically, all of the smaller quantities of rodent bait that you have been able to purchase over the counter will no longer be available. You will only be able to purchase bait already inside a rodent station that is a one time use product. It will come pre-baited in a sealed rodent station. This will be the general rule for big box stores like Wal-Mart and Home Depot. For a specialty store like ourselves, Do My Own Pest Control, we will no longer be able to sell certain rodent place packs, liquid rodenticides, or bait blox in smaller quantities than 16 pounds. This was passed to discourage homeowners from purchasing rodenticides since they have to now purchase them in large quantities. Most homeowners do not need 16 lbs worth of place packs. We will no longer be able to sell it in less than 16lb increments. There will be some baits that we can continue to sell in smaller quantities but they will be very few and only the ones that have a minimal secondary poisoning risk. Rodent baits should be placed in tamper resistant stations and not on glue boards. Please click on the links below for more detailed information on our tamper resistant stations. Rat Bait Stations Mouse Bait Stations Rodenticides
Answer last updated on: 12/31/2013
