Using D-Con in a vacant house.

[MidValleyDad]

Originally Posted by Labonte18

It's just a blood thinner. In humans, the dosage is therapeutic, but in a small rodent, what's therapeutic in a human is fatal, because it basically thins their blood so much that they bleed out. Same thing would happen in a human in an overdose situation.

But.. Those who spoke on sealing up how they're getting in is right. Flour is actually pretty good.. Sprinkle it around areas where they may be running and see if you can track the path.. It will also generally help tell you if there's more than one present.

I had some flooring replaced in November due to a failed hot water heater, and I had the guy drill a hole in the new flooring for the drain.. Well, he did it, but he didn't seal it up.. So I saw 1 mouse.. Put down a few glue boards, and within 3 hours, 4 were trapped. I put some steel wool and expanding foam in the hole.. Caught 2 more the next day.. Then none.

Seeing one doesn't mean there's lots more, but seeing one doesn't mean there's only one.

I agree with everything you said except possibly the flour. It attracts its own problems (ants, roaches, etc) Had a friend use sawdust instead.

Yes for every mouse you see he has five cousins inside the walls.

[howard555]

Well we got one of them (if there are two) with the old toilet paper tube trick. Large plastic can near the counter, toilet paper tube hanging over the edge of the counter with tasty peanut butter at the end of the tube. More at the entrance. They went after the food at the end of the tube and it fell over. Mouse in can. We captured it with a large jar, drove 2 miles away and let it go.

As far a D-Con they or their family ate two full packs of D-Con. It must take some days for it to work.
Later this week we patch all holes we can find.

[MidValleyDad]

Originally Posted by howard555

Well we got one of them (if there are two) with the old toilet paper tube trick. Large plastic can near the counter, toilet paper tube hanging over the edge of the counter with tasty peanut butter at the end of the tube. More at the entrance. They went after the food at the end of the tube and it fell over. Mouse in can. We captured it with a large jar, drove 2 miles away and let it go.

As far a D-Con they or their family ate two full packs of D-Con. It must take some days for it to work.
Later this week we patch all holes we can find.

You captured it and released it??? Did you give the poor thing a good meal while you had it?

I'm sorry but that was a dumb thing to do. You KILL vermin not play catch and release.