Baiting
Theladygardens@aol.com (Fri, 03 Sep 2004 13:24:08 PDT)

Being concerned about secondary pooisoning, I am very careful about what I
use. I was using Sluggo. It says right on the bag that it is safe. Read the
fine print, it is only safe if scattered very very sparsley. Most people who
have a problem pour it on heavy and do not bother to read the fine print.
I have chickens, 3 very large chickens pecked through a sealed bag and ate
sluggo. Of course they shouldn't have been eating it, The Sluggo people tell me
"well,they shouldn't have been eating it. They couldn't have eaten more than
1/4 to 1/2 cup each when I noticed them. They all bloated up horribly, one
died the next day, the 2nd, the next week and the 3rd stayed bloated up and
suffering for 4 weeks before dying. I kept thinking I could save her and was
trying. So I wonder just how many Sluggo pellets a lizard or small bird would
have to eat before it killed them. I no longer put it out where birds can get
to it. I no longer consider it safe around small pets or small humans either.

Carolyn in Los Gatos, CA