Comments on: Are Mice Getting Fussy? http://www.rentokil.com/blog/mice-get-fussy/ The Rentokil Blog Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:07:47 +0000 hourly 1 By: Dutch1962 http://www.rentokil.com/blog/mice-get-fussy/#comment-3053 Dutch1962 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:39:14 +0000 http://www.rentokil.co.uk/blog/?p=64#comment-3053 Interesting article, I thought something was up like this but I never put 2 and 2 together.....I started going 'old school' with kipper snacks but my wife didn't like the smell on my clothes. Interesting article, I thought something was up like this but I never put 2 and 2 together…..I started going ‘old school’ with kipper snacks but my wife didn’t like the smell on my clothes.

]]> By: Maz http://www.rentokil.com/blog/mice-get-fussy/#comment-3052 Maz Thu, 21 May 2009 08:24:28 +0000 http://www.rentokil.co.uk/blog/?p=64#comment-3052 There is some interesting mixes out there.Tuna,Curry Chocolate, There is some interesting mixes out there.Tuna,Curry Chocolate,

]]> By: savvas http://www.rentokil.com/blog/mice-get-fussy/#comment-3051 savvas Fri, 20 Feb 2009 12:05:09 +0000 http://www.rentokil.co.uk/blog/?p=64#comment-3051 I would be interested to know what bait recipies techs have come up with over the years. I bet there are some weird ones out there! I would be interested to know what bait recipies techs have come up with over the years. I bet there are some weird ones out there!

]]> By: Andy Brigham http://www.rentokil.com/blog/mice-get-fussy/#comment-3050 Andy Brigham Wed, 18 Feb 2009 09:12:42 +0000 http://www.rentokil.co.uk/blog/?p=64#comment-3050 Rentokil first spotted these changing trends by some observant technicians in Birmingham city centre. Some of the follow up PhD research was published in the New Scientist in the early 1990s (<a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg15220580.700-tuna-trounces-the-town-mouse.html" rel="nofollow">click here</a> to view article if you are a subscriber). We were the first to discover 'Behavioural Resistance' - a change in behaviour to avoid cereal based foods in preference to protein/fat based foods at a time when all rodenticide bait bases were made from carbohydrates (most still are)! Peanut Butter and Tuna in oil seemed to be the most attractive bait bases at the time, although the tuna was a bit tricky to formulate with..... Can you imagine the technicians and PhD students having to handle two or three day old tuna which had been left outdoors? Very appealing to rats, but less so to the human sense of smell. Rentokil first spotted these changing trends by some observant technicians in Birmingham city centre. Some of the follow up PhD research was published in the New Scientist in the early 1990s (click here to view article if you are a subscriber).

We were the first to discover ‘Behavioural Resistance’ – a change in behaviour to avoid cereal based foods in preference to protein/fat based foods at a time when all rodenticide bait bases were made from carbohydrates (most still are)!

Peanut Butter and Tuna in oil seemed to be the most attractive bait bases at the time, although the tuna was a bit tricky to formulate with….. Can you imagine the technicians and PhD students having to handle two or three day old tuna which had been left outdoors? Very appealing to rats, but less so to the human sense of smell.

]]> By: Neil http://www.rentokil.com/blog/mice-get-fussy/#comment-3049 Neil Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:42:30 +0000 http://www.rentokil.co.uk/blog/?p=64#comment-3049 Interesting!! I even heard peanut butter is popular bait. Interesting!! I even heard peanut butter is popular bait.

]]> By: Randolph http://www.rentokil.com/blog/mice-get-fussy/#comment-3048 Randolph Fri, 06 Feb 2009 11:02:45 +0000 http://www.rentokil.co.uk/blog/?p=64#comment-3048 Who would have thought that mouse poison could taste nice - but even so, Aniseed? No thanks. What will be next - tandoori baits? Who would have thought that mouse poison could taste nice – but even so, Aniseed? No thanks. What will be next – tandoori baits?

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