Baiting
Susan Hayek (Fri, 03 Sep 2004 13:31:13 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

**Thanks, Carolyn, good to know. I scatter it sparsely and the birds
probably don't get to it, because the dogs love to chase the birds.

As I said. We haven't achieved a balance yet.

Leon is using the copper tape where he can. I don't know if it works,
but it's pretty.

--
susan, who is.....
owned by Jasper & Schubert the Standard Poodles, Gracie the
Rhodesian, Pup-Quiz the Basenji and their Basenji brother, Jones....
on the North Coast of CA, USA
susanann@sbcglobal.net, copyright 2004