Animal Damage Control - Rats Flashcards
(True or False)
Most rats live in the slums and sewers of the major urban centers.
False
The term rodenticide means:
A. An anticoagulant brick that attracts and kills rodents.
B. Anything that will kill rodents and has been approved by the US EPA.
C. A product that eliminates the food source of problem rodents.
D. Any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling, or mitigating rodents or any other vertebrate animal which the Secretary shall declare to be a pest.
D
(True or False)
Rats maim or kill poultry and other farm animals.
True
How many litters a year do rats have? A. 2-4 B. 5-6 C. 7-10 D. 12-15
C
(True or False)
The most common rat in the US is the Roof Rat.
False
Rats gnaw primarily to: A. To wear down their teeth. B. To get the water in the pipe for drinking. C. Create nesting material. D. Mark their territory.
A.
(True or False)
Rats can start to breed as early as a month after birth.
True
Rats may be not be eating a bait because:
A. They learned not to eat it from their mother.
B. They are shy of new things and haven’t gotten used to it being there yet.
C. Human or chemical odors got on the bait.
D. There is better food to eat easily accessible to the rat.
E. The baits effects began so quickly that the rat warned others they got sick from the bait.
F. c. and d. are correct.
G. All of the above.
G
(True or False)
Rats are herbivores.
False
A rat can gain entrance through a hole that is as small as: A. 1/4 inch B. 1/2 inch C. 3/4 inch D. 1 inch E. 1 1/2 inch
B
Rats have been known to gnaw through: A. Lead sheeting. B. Sun-dried adobe bricks. C. Cinder blocks. D. Aluminum sheeting. E. All of the above.
E
(True or False)
Anticoagulants are often times recommended over faster killing baits for rats because the rats don’t catch on to what is killing them and bait shyness is reduced.
True
(True or False)
The “overuse” of the anticoagulant Warfarin has caused rats to develop an immunity to it and so is no longer considered an effective active ingredient for the control of rats.
False (While small and very localized populations have developed a limited tolerance to Warfarin, it remains an effective rat treatment.)
(True or False)
A rat will travel up to 300 ft in search of food, so bait stations should be placed about 100 ft apart in order to give ample access to the bait for maximum control.
False
