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What's surprising is why people would buy this over the more obvious search result 'Rat Poison'. Perhaps Amazon has already adjusted the search results but the
by KingMachiavelli 5y ago
What's surprising is why people would buy this over the more obvious search result 'Rat Poison'. Perhaps Amazon has already adjusted the search results but the top results for 'rat poison' were Cholecalciferol and Bromethalin based products.
Does Brodifacoum work the best? What's driving consumers to search for a specific type of poison.
> Things haven’t quite worked out as the EPA envisioned. When I first started browsing Amazon, neither the cost nor the size seemed particularly egregious to me. A single bucket—similar in size to a container of birdseed—seemed sufficient for my small yard.
Is putting poison over an entire yard a common/reasonable usage? I've really only needed to put poison out in a few problematic locations i.e where rodents have been seen like garages, basements, food pantry, etc. Covering an entire area like you would with grass seed or rock salt seems almost deliberately malicious.
- sdenton4 5y agoOne can easily imagine the thoughts of the uninformed internet researcher: "Well, when I shopped around, these 12 gallon buckets we're the minimum size, so I guess you need to use a lot of it..."
- estaseuropano 5y agoI don't know if that's what they mean, but the pest control guy advised me to put poison in every single room, and in large rooms at several locations as often you will not know where they really stay/forage. E.g. you might notice the one mouse that goesi in the kitchen but not the others that live in the attic. Then again, maybe he was just trying to sell more.
- NavinF 5y agoNever had to deal with a rat problem, but lemme put myself in the shoes of someone who tried using cheap single-mouse traps and found they didn’t work. At that point I would google for the most effective poison (using some metric like time to death or LD50 per kg), check exterminator forums to see what they use as a last resort, etc. If the product is as deadly as promised, I’d give it a 5* rating and recommend it to all my IRL friends. Personally I’ve been burned by milquetoast products such as “eco friendly” cleaning liquids that just don’t work. Product with many warning labels that are clearly targeted towards professionals are so much more effective in general.