Most people prefer summer cottages. And everyone who has a summer cottage is faced with a large number of problems, among which the most unpleasant one is mice. They eat food supplies and are enemies of fruit trees and bushes. The easiest way to deal with these animals is to get a cat. But often one cat is unable to cope with rodents. There are also mousetraps, but their cunning mammals also quickly learn to avoid. All this makes us look for more effective methods. There are many pest poisons today. How to choose among them the most effective, moreover, capable of mummifying pests?
Advantages, disadvantages of using poison
It will not be possible to destroy large families without the use of poisons. The choice of funds is large, but before buying a specific drug, one must remember the existing advantages and disadvantages of each of them. In general terms, these are the following points.
Benefits:
- High reliability even as a result of one-time processing.
- In difficult cases, you can invite experts in deratization who know the technology of working with strong poisons.
disadvantages:
- Drug toxicity.
- The need to comply with all precautions recommended by the manufacturer of chemicals.
- Carrying out activities related to the preparation of premises. Removal of pets, people, organization of temporary housing for them. Room cleaning after the etching process.
Contacting special services
The destruction of rodents alone cannot guarantee their complete elimination. To ensure accurate disposal, it is recommended that you contact special services.
The use of special means guarantees the complete elimination of rodents. The services use several options for dealing with mice:
- Food poisonous substances, a bait is used, which is located in the center of the poisonous substance, the mice eat them and die.
- Gaseous poisonous substances, used in hard-to-reach rooms, have a toxic structure. The death of an animal occurs from carbon dioxide as a result of suffocation.
How to poison? General rules of application
If the need to use the poison has become inevitable, then you must carefully read the conditions for safe work with the selected drug. All types of chemical compounds are poisonous to humans.
The released toxic substances, once in the lungs, cause poisoning of the body. In addition, careless handling of them leads to burns of the mucous membrane of the mouth, respiratory tract.
The general requirements for any of them are the following points:
- The locations of the baits should be inaccessible to animals, small children.
- Before starting the process, be sure to read the instructions. Especially the sections on safe working conditions with the drug.
- In apartment buildings, it is recommended to use products that have the property of mummifying animals. Among the complex communications at home, it is not so easy to find the corpse of an animal from which an unpleasant odor spreads.
Ultrasonic repellents
Ultrasonic scarers are presented in two main types: with an ultrasound frequency of up to 50 KHz and up to 75 KHz. It is believed that the latter are more preferable, since mice are able to hear ultrasound exactly up to 75 kHz.
Repeller series Electrokot
Repellent "Electrocat Turbo"
A series of scarers with a frequency of up to 50 kHz. They are used to protect buildings up to 200 square meters. The device is mounted on a wall and operates in two modes: day and night. The device has a radiation angle of 110 °.
The modified version of the repeller (Turbo) operates in the same frequency range, however, the frequency constantly changes during operation, which creates additional discomfort for rodents. In addition, in addition to ultrasound, this device is equipped with a more powerful transmitter and a bright LED that affects the vision of mice. The area of the room that covers the operating device is 400 square meters.
Tornado Scarers
Currently, the series is represented by several models: Tornado-200, Tornado-400 and Tornado 1200. The digital index indicates the area of operation of the device. All repellents operate at frequencies over 70 kHz.
The latest model (Tornado-1200) is a semi-professional device. In addition to having the highest power, it also has a circular directivity of the emitter. Additional options include 7 operating modes and light indication. For the convenience of working with the device, a remote control is supplied.
Terms of use, precautions
Living in a city apartment building, an effective method of killing rats is the simultaneous treatment of all apartments by specialists. It is reliable, convenient and safe.
If there is a need for an independent war against dangerous pests, then certain measures must be taken:
- Ensure the absence of people, animals in the room to be processed. When using liquid forms of drugs, you cannot enter the room for several days. After which it must be well ventilated.
- Use gloves, protective suit. The smell of a person, easily caught by a rodent, can scare him away. He won't eat bait.
- Observe the dosage requirements specified in the instructions. Do not use drugs with an expired expiration date stored in an unsealed package.
- Put all food in safe places.
- Place poisons on a plastic plate, film, newspaper, along the path of maximum movement of animals, in the places where products are located.
- Timely destroy corpses, not admitting pets to them.
- The number of spots used for bait is determined by the size of the population of the rats that appear. If there is an excess of bait, it is burned, buried to a depth of at least 60 cm.
- If poison enters the human body, call an ambulance immediately.
Prevention of the appearance of rats
Unfortunately, simply keeping your home tidy and tidy isn't always enough. To protect your home from rodents, try attaching a fine grill to all ventilation ducts, and also seal all gaps and seal the water supply system. It is best to store food in containers with tight lids, and dispose of garbage as soon as possible so that pests do not have access to food.
You can take measures already at the stage of laying the foundation of your private house or summer cottage - install a fine mesh vertically in the cement and seal up all small holes.
If you live in an apartment, remember that many of the listed herbal products can be grown even on the balcony and used both to scent the room and to scare away rats.
Drug overview
Now there is no problem of acquiring any rodenticide for an effective war against rats. At the production bases of modern chemical industries, the production of poisons on a synthetic and natural basis has been mastered.
Synthetic preparations have a low price, a different form of release not only with the active substance, but also with fillers in the form of starch, talc.
The following brands showed the best results according to numerous reviews, experience of use:
- Goliath. The tool belongs to the effective fast-acting drugs used by professional services. The death of animals occurs after 8 days. During this period, they are not at the stage of observing the behavior of the first scouts, but calmly eat the bait. Its action causes a lack of oxygen. Rodents leave the premises and die in the street. Usually goliath is purchased in large quantities. A weight of 12 kg is enough to process an area of 1 thousand m2. Its cost is 15,000 rubles.
- Deratomin. With the help of the drug, you can get rid of mice for a long time, all types of black, gray rats. The cost is from 8000 rubles.
- Rat death. The active ingredient brodifacum leads to internal bleeding. Death will occur 7 days after eating the bait. Release form in the form of a dense blue mass. The cost of packaging is about 100 rubles. Usually three packs are used, placing the contents in containers along the paths of the rats and regularly replenishing them throughout the week.
- Nutcracker. Green flat jelly balls are a ready-made bait that reduces blood clotting. Its use causes bleeding, choking. The cost of a 200 g package is 150 rubles.
- Zoocoumarin. The drug is available in powder form, which must be mixed with food. Death in 10 days after its application is 100%. Price from 40 rubles.
- Mortorat. It belongs to the group of mummifying agents for fighting rats. Release form in the form of small briquettes, the cost of one is about 50 rubles. A feature of the drug is the requirement to place it at a distance of no more than five m from the gathering of animals. They die after five days.
- Krysid. Usually a small amount of poison is mixed with bread, grain, seeds, porridge, cottage cheese. Within a day, the rodent dies. The disadvantage of the drug is its rapid addiction, leading to the disappearance of the desired effect of poisoning. Cost from 30 rubles.
- Storm... The cost of packaging in the form of a briquette is about 70 rubles. The drug has a cumulative effect of mummifying action.
- Tsunami. A low-hazard compound, harmless to living beings, but effective in the fight against rats. Available in the form of pink colored tablets. The cost of 150 g is about 100 rubles.
- Ratindan. Particularly toxic substance. The preparation in powder form is dangerous for people and animals. The active ingredient is the poison difenacin. The cost is about 200 rubles per 1 kg.
What is the best bait for traps?
There are many options to choose from - you just have to know how best to replace a rodent in a trap. We remind you that this requires not a poisoned one, but food or natural bait! You must choose the best way to lure unwanted neighbors inside the trap. This is a necessary step, because if the bait does not attract rats, they will never fall into the trap - and your rat problem will never be solved.
Have you heard of the “great rat elimination”? This is an example of a large rat-kill campaign. We hope that those reading this article have encountered only a small population of rats in the house - and using natural bait in traps will help solve the problem of capturing and killing rats.
You can choose any of the following options:
- Peanut butter: in fact, it is more effective than the cheese we often see in rodent cartoons. Rats are very attracted to peanut butter.
- Chocolate: the sweet smell of chocolate makes mice and rats leave their shelters to feast on such a treat as soon as possible.
- Bread: regular bread or bread with a little butter on it is very effective as bait.
- Ropes, cotton wool: excellent bait materials. Rodents use them to strengthen and insulate their nests.
Reviews of drugs
- One morning I saw a big rat sitting on a bucket of rubbish in the kitchen. She was reluctant to run away from my movements. Living on the second floor of a nine-story building, she immediately went for a means of dealing with a dangerous, unpleasant animal. The Tsunami was the first to come across. Having laid out the pink tablets in accordance with the requirements of the instructions, near the water supply lines in the kitchen, I noticed their disappearance the next day. The rat did not appear again. The place is hard to reach. I put pills in often. Marina.
- The invasion of rats, mice in the country is often. Especially at the beginning of autumn. She spread rat poison on the veranda, in the kitchen. Everything was eaten. I didn’t find any corpses, but the rats didn’t appear anymore. In the spring, there were no signs of the presence of rats. Valentine.
- In late autumn, I used Zoocoumarin powder. I forgot a bucket of water on the veranda. Arriving at the dacha two weeks later, I was horrified to find a full bucket of swollen corpses. I had to urgently bury it. Perhaps this is one of the most effective methods of struggle. I haven't seen any more rats at the dacha. Only small autumn mice. Lyudmila.
Poisons with a mummifying effect
A special category of poison for rodents is mummifying poisons. As advertised by the manufacturers, such means contribute to the mummification of the corpses of mice. This prevents decomposition of the deceased animal and the development of a fetid odor.
Drugs in this category are successfully used indoors and outdoors.
In addition, such poisons have a complex effect. They destroy not only mice, but also other pests such as rats and moles.
The most effective poisons in this category are:
- Mortorat
- Rath Keeler
- Storm
After using these funds, the mice tend to leave the premises and burrows. Therefore, after 5-7 days, it will be possible to find dead rodents in different places.
Mummifying poisons for mice are highly toxic. Therefore, when using them, it is necessary to wear latex gloves and ventilate. And it is best to leave the premises for a few days.
