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Toby'sMama · 12-05-2005, 08:29 AM

Please, please, please -- do not use the poison! I also had a mouse problem, and after trying the electronic ones and the traps, decided to get some Decon to put down when I was away for a week. As soon as I came home, I carefully picked up the half-empty boxes and set them up high. About a week later, I found one of the boxes empty, laying in my hallway. After checking on the internet to see what could happen if Toby had gotten into it, I called my Emergency Vet hospital, and they told me to bring him right in. After a shot to make him throw up, one to make him stop throwing up, activated charcoal, a shot of vitamin K, plus a 2 week prescription -- AND $270 later, we finally went home. Over the course of four weeks, that amount is now over $600. And believe me -- it wouldn't matter how much I paid to make sure he's okay. He just went to the vet on Saturday for another clotting test -- of which I should hear about today. My vet said that he could possibly be on the vitamin K for up to 3 months before it gets out of their system.

In the middle of all this -- I ran into a very nice lady at PetSmart. (She is one of the trainers) And she told me about a "pet friendly" rodent control bait. It's made out of corn products, and the mice/rats eat it, they get sleepy, and go to their nests where they go into a coma and die. It's called "Rode-trol". The box says this regarding how it works. "The rodent digestive tract has a unique water absorption system regulated by a complex mechanism. Rodetrol physically disrupts the water absorption mechanism and the rodent becomes lethargic, falls into a coma and then dies."

Even though it's "Pet Friendly", I would probably keep it away from Toby... but if he for some reason got into it -- it's not a poison that would stay in his body for up to three months and could kill him.

Sorry this is so long -- but I'd hate for anyone to go through what I just have. I still can't figure out how he got to it -- as I had put it up way too high for him to get to...

Oh... I just found a website for it. It says visit rodetrol.com for additional information and products.

12-05-2005, 08:29 AM	#20
Toby'sMama Donating YT Addict Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: California Posts: 329	please don't get the poison!!! Please, please, please -- do not use the poison! I also had a mouse problem, and after trying the electronic ones and the traps, decided to get some Decon to put down when I was away for a week. As soon as I came home, I carefully picked up the half-empty boxes and set them up high. About a week later, I found one of the boxes empty, laying in my hallway. After checking on the internet to see what could happen if Toby had gotten into it, I called my Emergency Vet hospital, and they told me to bring him right in. After a shot to make him throw up, one to make him stop throwing up, activated charcoal, a shot of vitamin K, plus a 2 week prescription -- AND $270 later, we finally went home. Over the course of four weeks, that amount is now over $600. And believe me -- it wouldn't matter how much I paid to make sure he's okay. He just went to the vet on Saturday for another clotting test -- of which I should hear about today. My vet said that he could possibly be on the vitamin K for up to 3 months before it gets out of their system. In the middle of all this -- I ran into a very nice lady at PetSmart. (She is one of the trainers) And she told me about a "pet friendly" rodent control bait. It's made out of corn products, and the mice/rats eat it, they get sleepy, and go to their nests where they go into a coma and die. It's called "Rode-trol". The box says this regarding how it works. "The rodent digestive tract has a unique water absorption system regulated by a complex mechanism. Rodetrol physically disrupts the water absorption mechanism and the rodent becomes lethargic, falls into a coma and then dies." Even though it's "Pet Friendly", I would probably keep it away from Toby... but if he for some reason got into it -- it's not a poison that would stay in his body for up to three months and could kill him. Sorry this is so long -- but I'd hate for anyone to go through what I just have. I still can't figure out how he got to it -- as I had put it up way too high for him to get to... Oh... I just found a website for it. It says visit rodetrol.com for additional information and products.