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Posted by Bluedice on August 28, 2006 at 21:49:29 from (24.198.174.199):
In Reply to: Re: O/T Mice posted by Billy NY on August 28, 2006 at 21:15:48:
Anyone on Coumadin for a venous clot or atrial fibrillation? That is what D-con is. aka warfarin. It is a powerful anticoagulant that (in humans) has about a 5 day delay in therapeutic effect. It keeps a critter from being able to form a scab. Any scratch on the skin or knick in the intestine from eating something sharp, like wood or anything else a mouse can chew, will cause it to bleed to death. How fast (and how far they get) depends on the size of the lesion. Not unlike improperly used antibiotics, d-Con overuse will select out resistant individuals for survival (who will reproduce). I have read that warfarin resistance has been observed (where I don't know probably in cities or grain storage areas). I would think it would be OK in a barn but not OK in a house. Other critters eat it too like squirrels (saw quite a few of those dead in our barn growing up). Definately dangerous around the little ones. Vitamin K is the antidote but it takes 12-24 hours to reverse the effect.
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