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Home Remedies and Natural Rodenticides
Bay Leaves also know as Laurus nobilis can be used as a eco-friendly Rodenticide. Bay Leaves have high levels of eugenol and other essential oils that are found to be very poisonous to rats and common household pets when consumed. The sweet herb scent of Bay Leaves attracts rats but is poisonous to rats once consumed. Peppermint also known as Mentha piperita can be used as a repellent to prevent rats and mice astray. Peppermint Oil is also used around households and outdoors to keep rodents off properties. Mothballs can also be used to kill rodents. Mothballs are used to kill moths and clothing insects, sometimes placed in closed containers or outdoors to keep insects away. Once consumed by rodents, mothballs prevents blood cells from getting oxygen and slowly kills the rodents. Mothballs can be very harmful to other pets and humans, products containing Paradichlorobenzene are safer than those containing naphthalene because it's less harmful. Organic Mothballs are eco-friendly substitutes that are safer than those with high levels of Paradichlorobenzene, Bromadiolone, and Brodifacoum. Chopped onions have a strong pungent scent that is intolerable to rodents, this can be used to prevent pest from lingering on your property.

Non-target Issues
Rodenticide can be extremely harmful to common household pets and farm animals due to the harmful chemicals found in common rat poisons. Common household pets such as cats and dogs often mistaken rodenticides as food and once ingested they can suffer from multiple complications. These complications can lead to internal bleeding followed by nausea, difficulty breathing, doziness, and sometimes death. The severity of these complications can very based on your pets/animal weight, brand and manufacture of the rodenticide consumed, and the amount ingested. Different rodenticides contain different amounts of chemicals that are used to kill rodents. Common anticoagulant chemicals used in Rodenticides include bromadiolone, brodifacoum, and difenacoum, coumatetralyl, Fumarin, and warfarin. These chemicals cause blood clots within the blood streams that will prevent oxygen from entering the blood cells and causes the heart to slowly stop due to lack of circulation.