Ask all neighbors and people around to please use SNAP TRAPS.
Not only are they the most humane way to take care of problem rodents but using poisons is very dangerous.
May pest control places tell you they use enclosed dog and cat safe poisons..NO the poison is only neutralized by vitamin K and if you don't feed your dog or cat a food that has added vitamin K they will surely suffer the same fate as the rat- if untreated the first sign of poisoning in "safe" rodent poisons is extreme thirst.
I doubt a dog breed created would have evolved to in such a short time to have such an immunity however if the breeds they originated from did perhaps-but I'd put money they don't have any more immunity than any other breed of dog or cat.
My friend's pointer ate a gopher alive and whole-I'm pretty sure pointer weren't bred for this, but nevertheless she was just fine short of the scratches on her lip from Gopher bite marks.
-my friend was super lucky the gopher wasn't sick or poisoned.
Watch closely never let them catch one these are our pets not our working expendable farm animals...
Last edited by concretegurl; 04-18-2012 at 12:32 PM.
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