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Originally Posted by werdnal

There is a type of rat poison that is harmless to other mammals and birds. Its a type of fibre pellet that the rats/mice ingest and it gums up their intestines, leading to lethargy and eventually they lapse into a coma and die. It claims to be more humane than anti-coagulant poisoning and works better as there is no resistant build-up as with some chemical baits. Not sure if I can post a brand name, but a search on Google containing the words "natural" "rat" and "killer" brings up a few references.

It is expensive though, and takes a while to be effective. I would doubt that the council rat man is forking out for that, but if the bait you can see is a pale pellet type, then perhaps your council is more well off than ours!

This stuff is also harmless to rats! "My" rats ate tubs of the stuff and got fat and sleek on it!

henrya