[Summit] Rats in the neighborhood

Wed Jun 9 17:36:10 UTC 2021

FYI, many rats now have  rodenticide poison in their systems and may be 
toxic to hawks and owls when eaten.  See this scary info:

*/As of May 2020, an on-going research project to evaluate effects of 
rodenticides on raptors by the Urban Raptor Conservancy has studied 60 
deceased urban raptors (20 barred owls). They were taken to PAWS in 
Lynwood and tested for rodenticides in their livers./*

*/Overall, 82% of the birds tested positive for at least 1 anticoagulent 
rodenticide/**/
/**/73% of those birds had 2 different rodenticides/**/
/**/55% had 3 or 4 different rodenticides/**/
/**/The percentage is even higher for owls alone because they eat 
rodents almost exclusively and their livers cannot metabolize the 
poisons as well./*

Takeaway:   poisoning rats is not an easy and straightforward solution 
if you care about hawks and owls.

Martha

On 6/9/2021 12:21 PM, Linda Pietras wrote:
> The dead rat is still in the middle of the road as of about 11:30.  
> Not quite the "dead stunk in the middle of the road" song but...
>
> Peace,
>
> Linda
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> *From:* Summit <summit-bounces at sna.providence.ri.us> on behalf of 
> Martha Fraenkel <mfraenkel at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, June 9, 2021 11:58 AM
> *To:* summit at sna.providence.ri.us <summit at sna.providence.ri.us>
> *Subject:* [Summit] Rats in the neighborhood
> Given that we know that rats have set up housekeeping here,  ie there is
> a resident colony that proves hard to eliminate,  i would take very
> seriously the advice of the exterminators we are now paying:   don't set
> out birdseed or petfood at least for now.
>
>
> On 6/8/2021 7:46 PM, John Bazik wrote:
> > Hi Mike.  Not to minimize the problem, but I'd say it's more
> > occasional than new.  Sometimes construction or renovation pushes them
> > out into the open.  I've seen them before 2020...
> >
> > John
> >
> > On 6/8/21 5:45 PM, Michael McGlynn wrote:
> >> This morning there was a dead rat in the street on Top close to Chace
> >> Avenue. There has been an increase of rat activity in the
> >> neighborhood. I never saw a rat in 10 years living in this
> >> neighborhood until 2020. Last year and this, I've seen more rats that
> >> I'd care to.
> >>
> >> Rats go where there is food. Most people's trash is binned but there
> >> are still food sources. PLEASE don't feed the birds until we can get
> >> this problem under control.
> >>
> >> 
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> >> Michael McGlynn
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