What is the purpose of rodenticides and what are they used for?

Control and reduction of the population of harmful rodents is also carried out through chemical measures that involve the use of biocides-rodenticides. Rats or mice, when taking unknown food, first let one individual try it, and only if the food is safe do the others take it. For this reason, rodenticides must have a delayed effect of several days. Death occurs between the third and sixth day, depending on the type of rodent, and in the case of rats, no later than the ninth day. The placement of rodenticides is repeated as long as the rodents continue to take them. When they stop taking them, it means there are no more alive in the vicinity. More than 90% of individuals die in burrows, where they seek a place to cool their stomachs.

Use rodenticides in the only correct way

In open areas and around the facility, rodenticides are placed in rodent control boxes, holes, hidden places, and drainage channels and all other suitable locations, so that they cannot be consumed by non-target organisms (birds, rabbits, wild animals, ...). During external rodent control, it is necessary to think about environmental protection and to dose the preparations correctly. If there is a high infestation of rodents, wait a few days and then repeat the treatment.

Classification and mode of action

The first modern rodenticides with anticoagulant action, intended for the destruction of rodents, are classified as the so-called FIRST GENERATION PREPARATIONS, which used for the destruction of rats and mice lead to their death only after several consumptions.

Along with first-generation rodenticides, SECOND GENERATION RODENTICIDES are increasingly used, which, unlike the first ones, cause death in rodents after just one consumption and are used in all places where it has been established that rodents have developed resistance to first-generation preparations.

Rodenticides are classified according to their mode and speed of action into:

  • fast-acting, acute rodenticides
  • slow-acting, chronic, anticoagulant rodenticides
  • repellents – substances for repelling rodents
  • hemosterilants – chemical compounds that cause permanent or temporary sterility in rodents.

In the process of rodent control, rodenticides approved by reference institutions with safety data (solutions and MSDS lists) are used.

Are they safe to use?

All products manufactured by “EKOSAN” contain the bitter substance Bitrex® which causes vomiting (aversion) in humans and animals, while it does not provoke any reaction to the bait in rodents.

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