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Warfarin will kill owls and other birds of prey guaranteed. Warfarin
toxicity is a common reason birds of prey are admitted to rehab centres and
a recent study in Florida showed that upwards of 70% of rehab centre owl
admissions also have harmful levels of rodenticide in them...
Helene
On Jan 9, 2014 11:31 AM, "Paul MacDonald" <paulrita2001@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi Dusan and All
> Would it not be relatively safe to use warfarin?
> It is very slow acting and kills by weaking the arteries
> so the animal bleeds to death. Persumably a bird eating
> an effected rat would not get big enough a dose to be fatal.
> I think its is even used as a medicine for some conditions.
> Rats were always a problem around the farm and in the fish
> shacks. Some ingenious methods were devised for their demise.
> After threshing his stack of oats a neighbour once found a rat hole
> where the stack had been. He got me to pour water down the hole
> with the objective of drowning its inhabitants. He stood around offering
> encouragement. All of a sudden a half dozen rats popped out of a hole
> between his legs and ran up the nearest object in sight. His legs.
> I learned a few new words that day that my Mother had never taught me!
> Enjoy the winter
> Paul\
>
>
> On Thursday, January 9, 2014 10:57:38 AM, Dusan Soudek <
> soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:
> David,
> getting "that last rat" is not a problem. May it live to a ripe old
> age. The challenge is getting the next-to-last rat, of the opposite sex...
> :)
> Dusan Soudek
>
> On January 9, 2014 at 10:30 AM David & Alison Webster <dwebster@glinx.com>
> wrote:
>
> Interesting but I wonder what preplanning, is as opposed to planning.
> Can one postplan ? Getting that last rat is a tall order.
> Yt, DW
>
>
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> *From:* Angus MacLean <cold_mac@hotmail.com>
> *To:* naturens <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
> *Sent:* Thursday, January 09, 2014 8:38 AM
> *Subject:* [NatureNS] Too Many Rats
>
> Further to Richard's link to the Snowy Owl irruption, here is another G &
> M article pertaining to birds.
>
>
> http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/death-from-above-poison-pellets-deployed-in-war-on-haida-gwaiis-rats/article14792199/
>
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<p dir=3D"ltr">Warfarin will kill owls and other birds of prey guaranteed.=
=A0 Warfarin toxicity is a common reason birds of prey are admitted to reha=
b centres and a recent study in Florida showed that upwards of 70% of rehab=
centre owl admissions also have harmful levels of rodenticide in them...<b=
r>
Helene</p>
<div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Jan 9, 2014 11:31 AM, "Paul MacDonald&qu=
ot; <<a href=3D"mailto:paulrita2001@yahoo.com">paulrita2001@yahoo.com</a=
>> wrote:<br type=3D"attribution"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" styl=
e=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div><div style=3D"font-size:14pt;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,=
Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif"><div><span>Hi Dusan and All</span=
></div><div><span>Would it not be relatively safe to use warfarin?</span></=
div>
<div><span>It is very slow acting and kills by weaking the arteries </span>=
</div><div><span>so the animal bleeds to death. Persumably a bird eating</s=
pan></div><div><span>an effected =A0rat would not get big enough a dose to =
be fatal. </span></div>
<div><span></span><span>I think its is even=A0used as a medicine for some c=
onditions.</span></div><div><span>Rats were always a problem around the far=
m and in the fish</span></div><div><span>shacks. Some ingenious methods wer=
e devised for their demise.</span></div>
<div><span>After threshing his=A0stack of oats a neighbour once found a rat=
hole</span></div><div><span>where the stack had been. He got me to pour wa=
ter down the
hole</span></div><div><span>with the objective of drowning its inhabitants=
. He stood around offering</span></div><div><span>encouragement. All of a s=
udden a half dozen rats popped out of a hole </span></div><div><span>betwee=
n his legs and ran up the nearest object in sight. His legs.</span></div>
<div><span>I learned a few new words that day that my Mother had never taug=
ht me!</span></div><div><span>Enjoy the winter</span></div><div><span>Paul\=
</span></div><div style=3D"display:block"> <br> <br> <div style=3D"font-fam=
ily:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;f=
ont-size:14pt">
<div style=3D"font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Luc=
ida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <font face=3D"Aria=
l"> On Thursday, January 9, 2014 10:57:38 AM, Dusan Soudek <<a href=3D"m=
ailto:soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca" target=3D"_blank">soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca</a=
>> wrote:<br>
</font> </div> <div><div><div>
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<div>
David,
</div>=20
<div>
=A0=A0 getting "that last rat" is not a problem. May it live t=
o a ripe old age.=A0The=A0challenge is getting the next-to-last rat, of the=
opposite sex... :)
</div>=20
<div>
Dusan Soudek=A0
</div>=20
<div><div>
<br clear=3D"none">On January 9, 2014 at 10:30 AM David & Alison Web=
ster <<a href=3D"mailto:dwebster@glinx.com" target=3D"_blank">dwebster@g=
linx.com</a>> wrote:
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:blue;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid" type=3D"cite">=20
<div>
<span style=3D"font-family:Arial">Interesting but I wonder what prepla=
nning, is as opposed to planning. Can one postplan ? Getting that last rat =
is a tall order.</span>
</div>=20
<div>
<span style=3D"font-family:Arial">Yt, DW</span>
</div>=20
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