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(CW: animal death) Anyone have any experience with rat infestations in homeless encampments? (hexbear.net)
submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by Chronicon@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net
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One near me is having an issue with rats. I think really they just need better trash pickup mainly, and better shelters in general, but they've specifically asked for help getting rat poison. Would bait boxes with poison even make a dent in an outdoor environment like that? I can't singlehandedly improve the cleanliness of the camp or get everyone rat-proof shelter obviously, but I feel like just going straight for the poison could have adverse consequences and not be effective, potentially.

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[–] Chronicon@hexbear.net 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Thanks. Bromethalin is what I was looking at and it looks like they have it at the hardware store. Supposedly the concentrations involved in killing a rat make secondary poisonings of predators unlikely, but I'm sure the industry has every incentive to say that whether its true or not so idk.

I was hoping to avoid this problem by being proactive in offering to help but I guess a couple hours was too long to wait :/

It's one of those things where I get it, having rats sucks, and I love to see people taking things into their own hands, but in this case its suuuuuuch a bad idea to just naively do