Hello all
I read a horrible (but informative) letter in the CLA magazine, where the writer had lost 2 broods of Barn Owls, and had other unexplained dead animals (Kestrals / Hedgehogs)
He had post mortems done on the owls and it was Rodenticide poisoning.
I had no idea that this happened, and having done some more research (see here)
I am going home tonight to take away all our poison, and put down traps instead. We have a rat problem, like so many others, but there are obviously better ways.
The thing that worried me most was the writer also felt that the slugs were eating the poison, (with no ill-effect) and then the animals were eating the slugs - with devastating results.
I wasn't sure where to post this, so Mods, if you feel it is better placed elsewhere please move, repost - but I am sure there are lots of others like me who didn't know and would not want this to happen.
Thanks
I read a horrible (but informative) letter in the CLA magazine, where the writer had lost 2 broods of Barn Owls, and had other unexplained dead animals (Kestrals / Hedgehogs)
He had post mortems done on the owls and it was Rodenticide poisoning.
I had no idea that this happened, and having done some more research (see here)
I am going home tonight to take away all our poison, and put down traps instead. We have a rat problem, like so many others, but there are obviously better ways.
The thing that worried me most was the writer also felt that the slugs were eating the poison, (with no ill-effect) and then the animals were eating the slugs - with devastating results.
I wasn't sure where to post this, so Mods, if you feel it is better placed elsewhere please move, repost - but I am sure there are lots of others like me who didn't know and would not want this to happen.
Thanks
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