Post #3768448
2026-07-12 18:12 UTC
Replies (4)
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@spycrab@kolektiva.social 2026-07-12 18:17
@otterX@mindly.social ngl I'm always at a loss for this stuff. I do some farm work occasionally and it's a really hard problem to solve. (Not with rats in particular, no grain stores of this farm and plenty of cats, probably plenty of snakes too) But deer are a massive problem so are aphids and weeds. And managing that stuff without causing ecological havoc in an affordable and scalable way... Idk how too, lol. I really do wish more people would talk about this stuff tho.
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@NickSchwanck@aus.social 2026-07-12 20:51
@otterX@mindly.social Any animal that eats that squirrel will also be poisoned.
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@Alephcat@mastodon.me.uk 2026-07-12 20:58
@otterX@mindly.social this is especially true in the UK where a lot of the rat population is already immune to the over the counter poisons, so all you are really doing is feeding them.
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@rasmus91@fosstodon.org 2026-07-12 21:11
@otterX@mindly.social any cat, bird, fox, weasel, raccoon, opossum or dog (etc) eating a mouse that ate rat poison will also die. I use mouse trap personally, and will never switch to poison.