Senestech Evolve Cottonseed Oil-Based Soft Bait Contraceptive for Rats, Formulated to Lessen The Population in or Near Your Home, 1.5 lbs (Approx 21 Pieces)

I just say this it's good idea if you can afford to keep buying. I will say I put the bag in my closet and when I looked back the bag was empty the mice got it. I broke down and got a cat and use the dirty cat litter around the outside of my house because it was like my house was infested. The cat was killing 4 mice a day. The city does nothing or the rodent issues in Gary Indiana. I can say I use them outside my yard with other bait poison also in jugs and you could tell something was eating it up some jugs look tore up like a feeding frenzy.

Oh, rats! This isn't the perfect solution to my rat problem, but it will help some. I read the product page carefully, wanting to understand what it was I was buying. When I got it, I was disturbed by the fact that there was information on the product package that I wish had been shown in the picture on the product page. There were many cautions about use and exposure to the skin and eyes. I am almost afraid to touch this stuff, even though the ingredients seem to be fairly innocuous. I smell a rat! I like that this is not poison. I am always concerned about poison having effect beyond the intended target; for example: Insects eating a poisoned corpse, or natural predators like owls and hawks eating a rat that has been poisoned. I did some research to see how this works and found that the cottonseed oil disrupts sperm production in males and blocks egg viability in females. That sounds simple enough and there were reassurances that it does not apply to other animals. However, it is important to note that this means that the birth control is only a temporary thing; It only works while the cotton seed oil is in their system. If you stop using the bait, fertility will return after about 6 weeks. Rats must consume the bait regularly for it to work. If the only thing you are doing is using birth control for rats, it will be a very expensive adventure, especially if the little sausages attract more rats. It could be a never ending problem. Welcome to the rat race! However, I am hopeful for the way that I am doing it. I'm trying to eliminate the rats in my garage. I have sealed off the outside entrances and I am using the birth control inside the garage to eliminate any that have built nests inside the garage cracks in the wall. I have also put up some traps, including one that will electrocute quickly. If these things don't work I'm going to be crying like a rat eating onions. Rat on!

In the spring, I was having a problem with field rats entering my enclosure to eat the leftover feed from my chickens. Since I knew having rats would be a big problem really quickly I came at it from several different fronts. Birth control being one of the things I incorporated to eliminate the population as quickly as possible. The rats love these sausages. They run off with them immediately. And it must’ve helped because I only see an occasional one every now and again. If you have a rat problem or even start seeing rats around your enclosure, I recommend trying this product along with other measures you will use to eliminate the population as quickly as possible. Stop the breeding. Then trap.. It sounds harsh, but it is absolutely necessary when dealing with rats.

Much easier than trying to get them rats to use condoms.

I'm so glad that this product is available. I placed 4 sausages in a Tom Cat bait station and checked 4 weeks later and the sausages were gone. I refilled and checked 2 weeks later and the sausages were gone. I am so hopeful that this will be a humane solution because I know from a very sad experience that the poison is horrific. As to cost it's less than having a professional bait poison.