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In response to the recent rat sighting at Casa River, steps have been taken.

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While I will never use poison on our property, this was recommended to me as an alternative.

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While killing any creature is not a pleasant thought, I’ve seen what happens when rats are given free reign and it’s not pretty. This products interacts with the strange digestive hairs rats and mice possess and blocks thirst receptors. Basically it tells the animals not to drink and they dehydrate. A State animal control officer assured me this will not harm birds of prey or mammals if they happen to eat the dead mice/rats.

So with a nod to Jimmy Cagney …

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Bye bye rat.

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