Anyone know of a technician in 53190 or near who can deal with a mouse problem?
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Thanks, but he is 400Km away.
@Overend Why not ask the pest controller you used last time (Death Watch)… these folk generally know who’s who and what’s what… 
best of luck
Don’t think I want him back in the house!
ask your neighbours, local shopkeepers etc etc
There might be local byelaws against using poisons etc, so perhaps a chat at your Mairie to check the situation.. ???
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Vero, thanks for contacts list. I have contacted two.
Only 350Km!
Send me a pm with your mail address and I’ll send you some info.
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I have travelled further to work on a pool. It was then I realised just how big France is 
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If anyone would like a free brochure on rodent control, ping me your email address and I’ll forward one. It gives good advice regarding detection, prevention and treatment. Available in English Dutch and French.
Fear ye not, I don’t store email addresses and no info is used for marketing ( Or I can forward the borchures to Admin to distribute if that is preferable?)
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Even if there isn’t, there should be. Poison is indiscriminate - friends’ cat died from eating a poisoned rat - they were heartbroken
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so sorry to hear this… they’re not the first and (sadly) won’t be the last.
Some people will always do their own thing, regardless of who/what suffers as a result.
To be fair, I think the poison had been laid in some obscure part of their maison secondaire, long before they had the cat and they’d forgotten all about it.
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Just had an email from our UK doggie walkers group. 3 parks around us, some one has put rat poison down. The police are investigating
Hello
I see that we’re onto rodenticides…
Indiscriminate use of anticoagulant rodenticides can cause secondary poisoning.
Warferin, 1st generation is still used on humans as blood thinners.
SGARs (Second Generation Anticoagulant Rodenticides, AVK Anti Vitamin K in French) are being phased out, A. because of their toxicity and B. rodent resistance; most are just extra food for rodents. These can also cause secondary poisoning to wildlide if they eat sufficient quantities. The antidote for anticoagulant rodenticides (Vit K) is Vit K1, all vets have it in stock. The trouble with SGARS is that 95% of all the rodenticides in the supermarkets/Brico stores are SGARS and are available to the public.
3rd Gen anticoagulant rodenticides, rodents have no resistance to.
This is where I come in, I’m an ambassador in France for a new product, it works as a coupe-faim an appetite supressant, a rodent will eat sufficient, then never eats again. It’s quicker, and has zero secondary effect, so cats, owls, foxes eating a demised rodent with this product will not be poisoned. I have wiped out a massive town centre population in 10 days without affecting non target species.
It’s professional use only and not for sale to the public.
Sorry to waffle, but you can tell I’m passionate!
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RPM English.pdf (4.8 MB)
RPM Dutch.pdf (7.6 MB)
Ain’t tech wonderful, I didn’t realise I could attach it!
Here is the brochure, in English and Dutch, it gives good advice on detection, treatment and prevention, plus the lifecycle of the main agitators.
Another option to protect one’s vehicle is a RatMat, it gives a small electric pulse which rodents won’t cross. It’s also an excuse to show off my motorbike 
, for destressing in the Cher and beyond!
Happy reading.
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Nice pamphlet Rob. Just to be clear, what is the name of the new appetite suppressant mouse killer product? The highest level poison on your list still works here immediately but it’s only a matter of time ….
Anticoagulants (Vit K) can take several days (if at all (SGARS)) to kill a rodent if they eat sufficient dosage, so they could consume several times the lethal dose. Therefore a build up of toxicity in the body which can cause ‘secondary poisoning’ to wild animals.
The new kid on the block, courtesy of CoPilot:
“Cholecalciferol (Vitamin D3) is an effective rodenticide that kills rodents by causing lethal hypercalcemia, leading to organ failure.
Effectiveness
Cholecalciferol has been shown to be highly effective against rats and mice, including anticoagulant-resistant strains. Field trials using bait of 0.8% cholecalciferol demonstrated near-complete mortality in both Norway rats and ship rats within an average of 4 days*. It has also been used successfully in the USA, New Zealand, and Australia for rodent and possum control …”
* for a colony, not rodent. It is professional use only, so must beussed correctly especially as there is no antidote, unlike anticoagulants.
It’s otherwise known as ‘speed-baiting’ due to the [short period of] time it it takes to eradicate a colony.
The product composition is always marked on the ‘tin’, which can be reseached online:
SGARS include SGARs come in black bait boxes & include: Brodifacoum, Bromadiolone, Difenacoum, Difethialone.
The brochures were designed by Bell Labs, not me, regarding their baits, I don’t use their brands, it’s more about the composition.
3rd Gen Flocoumafen is the only anticoagulant I would recommend, it is available via ones local bricolage under different names.
Finally, all rodenticides can only contain a maximum of 30ppm (parts per million) of active ingredient. The difference between pro and amateur is the quantity I can purchase; in a shop the max an amateur can purchase legally is 300g at a time, whereas I can purchase a lorry load at a time.
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You must come across some very large mice…