Should I ever poison a rodent? (The answer should be NO)

It is better to look for more professional and efficient ways of killing the rodents that have gained entry into your house and have been devastating the property. Basically there is a trend of adopting the more effective means of killing these animals which intrude into the houses and cause loss. There are different ways of getting rid of them permanently and one way which people adopt in order to getting rid of them permanently is to poison the animal. Usually people put poison in the bait of traps which are meant to trap these animals. When the rodent animals come near these traps, tempted by the scent of the bait, they eat it and get poisoned. However this cannot be the permanent way of getting rid of rodents because you cannot eradicate all the animals present in your house from this technique. Usually it works well on small animals like rats but this is not the long lasting or the final solution of the problem because the killed animals can lead to further problems and it can also invite other creatures as well. That is why it has been concluded by many wildlife experts that it is not the safe way of getting rid of the rodents which come into your house. It is therefore suggested to abandon this way of getting rid of rodents.



Reasons for rejecting poison as a means of getting rid of rodents

Many people argue that poisoning is not the effective way of killing the rodents and there are many reasons for this fact. First of all this cannot make all the rodents run away of killed. Furthermore rodents which get killed in the attic or roof or inside the walls can be another bigger problem than living rodents because their bodies decompose releasing stinking smell and germs. This can be a source of spreading germs thereby making the members of house ill.

Why poison is not effective

Basically poison cannot be the means of killing all the rodents in house. Therefore it is better to avoid the poison for killing these animals because these cannot be effective at all. It is not necessary that all the rodents are killed form poison. Moreover the animals which eat them can also not die for sure. Therefore it is better to look for more permanent and comparatively easier solutions for getting rid of the rodents in your house.

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Should I ever poison a rodent? (The answer should be NO)

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