:) Lar, :) I thought there was a rat bait that essentially dried them up from inside. ??? :) TB
The "makes them dry up" falls in the same line as "they go outside to look for water". I hear it all the time on new accounts where the home owner states the exterminator they used last year used a bait that did not let them stink, yet when I get into the attic the old bait is always one of the common anti-coagulants on the market. I probably have 450-500 homes I have bait out all year long and I will get an odor complaint I would guess less than 12 times a year and half of those are the same 2 to 3 homes each year. A lot may depend on the rodent you are dealing with. When an animal starts getting ill they tend to head home. Mice have a small home range so chances are they will die in the house. Rats may be living 150 feet away coming in at night to explore so there is a less of a chance it will die in the house and where it may die and what sort of air circulation in the attic may keep the odor from entering inside. I would guess it is a safe bet to say that because if there is no odor the bait/exterminator must of worked great...if an odor shows up, because of the nature of rodents probably also visiting the neighbors homes, one of the neighbors must of used a bait that didn't dry them up. :)
Lar. (to e-mail, get rid of the BUGS!!
It is said that the early bird gets the worm, but it is the second mouse that gets the cheese.