a drill bit large enough to make a hole the size of the metal rod and peanut butter.

If you don’t want to use natural rat poison, you can use this trap approach. For them, I’ve included this alternative solution. Some people won’t kill mice or rats with salt even if they do cause problems with the animals or feed. These commercial products are very similar to our recipe they also use salt as the poison. If you don’t want to make your own you can purchase MouseX and/or RatX. Also, you should not smell anything from the rodents that pass because the salt dehydrates them to the point at which no, or very little odor should be present. This is just enough to kill the rodents without harming your livestock or wildlife. However, this 2% salt-to-grain ratio is the optimum ratio to kill mice with salt. The small amount of salt in this recipe may seem like it wouldn’t work as a natural rat poison. I have the best luck by using them for a few weeks, stopping for a while, then starting again. That’s all there is to it! You’ll need to replace the bars once in a while until you’ve eliminated most or all of the rodents. I crumble them up a bit to make them easier to eat. Place the dish along a wall because mice and rats tend to run there for safety. I take a few bars and place them in an old feed dish. Mention or tag it #diynatural! How to Kill Mice With your Salt Poison Besides salt, the recipe uses grains and peanut butter to entice the little critters to eat. Animals like chickens and goats digest their food differently so this won’t affect them, except make them thirsty.

It works in the rodents’ lower intestines, dehydrating them from the inside. The secret to this natural rat and mouse poison may amaze you. And the good news is this rat poison is safe for dogs and cats, it works, and it involves zero chemicals! Salt is the Secret Ingredient to Kill Mice Luckily, I came across this natural rat and mouse poison recipe. And traps only do so much so what can I do? I can’t use poison around the livestock since they may eat it, or the dead rodents. There were rats at our farm before we moved here and getting rid of them has been tough.

I keep chickens and goats and where you have livestock, you can get mice and rats. You can kill mice with salt, rather than poison.

This simple recipe is for natural rat poison and mouse poison that’s safe for dogs and cats.

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