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Post by smsmith on Aug 31, 2022 10:32:02 GMT -6
To be honest, I had no idea mouse blocks would be attractive to coons...or that they'd kill them if ingested. I may have found the answer to dealing with coons in my orchards. Flybait/pop leads to dead critters right by the source. If coons die hundreds of yards away from where they ingest mouse blocks it makes "disposal" a non issue. ….this made me strategize last night … up off the ground .. safe from dogs . Maybe a guy could make a platform ? Spoke with a guy n Iowa and he said they trapped the crap out of the raccoons. Basically wiped em out. Now he’s seeing way more turkeys, pheasants… etc.. The box blind I had them in has open "slot" windows. I never put anything over them, so critters can get in and out if they want. I don't imagine a dog/wolf/coyote could get in, but I suppose most anything is possible with the right motivation. I suppose a concern would be if scavenging raptors eat the poisoned coons and then die. I don't need the Audubon Society poking around.
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Post by Reagan on Aug 31, 2022 16:40:58 GMT -6
….this made me strategize last night … up off the ground .. safe from dogs . Maybe a guy could make a platform ? Spoke with a guy n Iowa and he said they trapped the crap out of the raccoons. Basically wiped em out. Now he’s seeing way more turkeys, pheasants… etc.. The box blind I had them in has open "slot" windows. I never put anything over them, so critters can get in and out if they want. I don't imagine a dog/wolf/coyote could get in, but I suppose most anything is possible with the right motivation. I suppose a concern would be if scavenging raptors eat the poisoned coons and then die. I don't need the Audubon Society poking around. When my dog was diagnosed with cancer, the vet said there were three possibilities. Cancer, ingested antifreeze or mouse poison. Antifreeze was a definite no. I said there was a possibility my dog ate a mouse that had eaten poison. The vet said that once the mouse ingests it, it won’t hurt a dog who eats the mouse. That led us to believe cancer was the likely issue and it turned out to be the case. I think you are safe.
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Post by biglakebass on Aug 31, 2022 20:49:45 GMT -6
Thats why I stopped the poison blocks for mice...... My dogs. Exactly what hit me. What if one of them eats a dead mouse. Granted the amount of poison would be tiny, but in my head not worth even testing those waters.
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Post by Sandbur on Sept 1, 2022 4:21:06 GMT -6
As of a few years ago, some of those rodent baits could carry through to a pet. There was also one rodent bait that there was no treatment for.
I don’t remember which ones and have not kept up since I retired from vet practice.
Formulas change. It seems like the Tom Cat brand had some changes some years back.
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Post by smsmith on Sept 1, 2022 5:41:51 GMT -6
Whatever killed the coons I found didn't stop something else from eating/moving them. As of yesterday, both of the dead coons were gone.
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Post by benmnwi on Sept 2, 2022 11:19:02 GMT -6
I can say with certainty that if a raccoon eats two blocks of mouse poison it is near death several hours later. Raccoons can get their arms in the plastic box I bought to hide the mouse poison and the bait box was cleaned out the night before the raccoon was dying in my driveway. I'm pretty sure the dazed raccoon under my truck would have died with or without the .22 bullet.
I can't remember which brand I used that specific day, but I know I've used both tomcat and just one bite in the past.
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