Traps are fine if you only need to get rid of one or two animals. I
believe the ratio generally quoted is that for each rat you see, assume
there are a hundred hiding nearby.
Traps are also expensive and time-consuming, money and time not being as
widely available as they once were.


At 09:20 AM 2/25/97 -0800, you wrote:
>I guess I'm still mystified on the "safe" rat poison issue. Why bother
>with any poison when rat traps kill humanely (usually) and don't leave a
>toxic rat. (Though if you eat 'em, the FDA recommends you cook 'em
>thoroughly.)
>
>Kelly Cassidy
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