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Many products have been developed for mouse control. Besides the active compound, features like bait attractivity for the rodent, handling properties, and stability are crucial. An important safety aspect is whether the bait can be spilled by mice, thereby posing hazard to livestock and food. Most important for control success is that the bait is taken by the rodents even when alternative food is present – a common situation in farming and food processing. Every carefully developed bait has advantages, and is suitable for mouse control under certain conditions. You will find the bait of your choice in the following overview.
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Paste Baits
Paste baits are very attractive to rats and mice, because of their high fat/energy content. These baits can easily be fixed using a wire or nail e.g., in order to prevent them falling down or be taken away by the rodents. An added value of the paste bar is that it will show signs of gnawing. This, combined with the bait's high attractiveness to mice, makes it a good bait with which to monitor feeding activity, and to prove eradication, respectively. |
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Gel Bait
Do not mix up a real gel with fatty paste baits, which are also filled in cartridges. Gel is the most advanced development in mice control: Water based gel is not oily or greasy, nor does it stain the surface of application. It may change its water content depending on environmental humidity, but it stays flexible, and does not come off where it is applied. Such gel bait ensures safe and effective application. It can be applied in places where mice occur, but where bait boxes and other baits cannot be fixed. The water in it increases its attractiveness for mice, because mice live in habitats with poor water sources. |
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Grain Baits
Grain baits can be very attractive to rats and mice especially when based on high-quality food grain. Quality bait is manufactured of carefully selected high quality grains (i.e. rolled oats), and using a special mixing technology ensures even distribution of the active ingredient. The disadvantage of grain baits is spillage. |
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Pelleted Baits
This bait is a homogeneous mixture of cereal flour, active ingredient and other raw materials. Pellet baits are preferred for mouse control due to the particular gnawing and feeding behaviour of mice. Since mice range 5 to 10 meters from their nests, placing many bait spots of small amounts of pellets within buildings is crucial for success. Consider spillage and translocation of pellets by mice! |
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Wax Blocks
These baits are generally less attractive to rodents, in particular rats than most other baits due to their high wax content. Wax blocks are used in highly humid conditions, i.e. in sewage systems where many others baits tend to fail due to moulding. Wax blocks with lower content in paraffin are less durable under humid conditions, but are more attractive to rodents, especially mice compared to blocks with high paraffin content, i.e. at 30%. |
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