Evolve Rat Birth Control Soft Bait Sausages – 1.5 lbs

In the spring, I was having a problem with field rats entering my enclosure to eat the leftover feed from my chickens. Since I knew having rats would be a big problem really quickly I came at it from several different fronts. Birth control being one of the things I incorporated to eliminate the population as quickly as possible. The rats love these sausages. They run off with them immediately. And it must’ve helped because I only see an occasional one every now and again. If you have a rat problem or even start seeing rats around your enclosure, I recommend trying this product along with other measures you will use to eliminate the population as quickly as possible. Stop the breeding. Then trap.. It sounds harsh, but it is absolutely necessary when dealing with rats.

We have a lot of critters, including rats, that hang around our vegetable garden. We also have bobcats, owls, and hawks (and I am sure other predators). I don't want to kill the predators of the rats. So I decided to try this. I am happy with the results. I used to see a TON of rats around and now I only see one or two from time to time. I think it has made a difference and my other wildlife friends are safe :)

I'm using these in an equine barn, where the rats were digging in the gravel floor between the barn sections and creating havoc. Once I started using these, they pretty much kept to one room and stopped digging and chewing their way into other sections of the barn. I put two out every night and they are gone in the morning. It really seems like there is less evidence of a lot of rats after 3 months of use. I like that they are not a poison, so I don't have to worry about the wildlife that might prey upon the rats if they're outside the barn. There is no odor that I can detect. It's a more expensive way to control the rat population, but I feel much better about it than poisoning them. I tried various traps and the rats were so smart they just ignored them!

I had high exceptions, but not everything was ok. 1. The instructions, and a company representative, said there would be small holes in the middle of the sausage bait that's used for stringing them on the bait station wire. There were no holes. 2. The ends of about half of the sausage baits had the insides spilling out, causing the rest of the bait to dry up. I wrote to the company and the representative said, "Unfortunately, Amazon orders do not come directly from us and actually come from Amazon facilities. The bait can be damaged during shipping if not handled properly during the shipping process." So his attitude is, like, hey buyer, your out of luck, a not very supportive response. So my attitude is that this is an Amazon Prime order, so back it goes.

This product would work better in a warehouse, or someplace where there are no other animals. I had very little luck with it in a farm setting with livestock. I couldn't restrict water. I will ask that the rars loved the taste. They went for it right away. It was suggested that I install automatic watering system, however, where the money would come from to do that, was not suggested. I wanted to trap and relocate to a large forest a few miles away, and was hoping the birth control would give me the time to do so. Because of the water, it was an epic fail.

So, we live in farmland and have Norwegian rats the size of small dogs... we have tried snap traps and they worked for a while but they were just getting out of hand. I put two recommended doses of this out and started noticing a bit less. Then around two weeks ago rat sightings and noises dropped by 80 percent. Oh we still see them but we are not seeing the hordes we have been fighting. I went to reup the dosing spots tonight and found they ate the ENTIRE bag! This explains the lack of rats! Also the rats have been becoming trap shy and suspicious of new foods. The fact they ate the entire bag of this is just mindblowing. It works! I also dont have to worry about poisons causing harm to our livestock or wildlife! Life is good, ordering another bag!

I used this Evolve product last year when I was having a terrific mice problem. I guess they were producing babies as I was catching them in the traps and just couldn't get ahead of the population! Well this product completely turned the situation around. I can't say how many months it took, but suddenly no evidence of even one mouse in the house! I didn't have any Rats, so don't know how effective that would be. I saw very few dead mice, that I anticipated would happen as they aged. I did see some very young ones, a couple of times. I truly believe the Mothers must have left when they weren't producing babies. I don't know what their lifespan is, but I would have expected some adults to be around for a while to the end of their normal life cycle. I did have some traps out for a while. Even so, this product clearly made the difference in clearing them out. I was shocked when I realized they were all gone. I cleaned their mess up and no mess returned, and didn't see any running around for my Rat Terriers to have to chase, and believe me if a mouse gets in the house they'll whine and pace the floor, until it gets caught, but these Deer mice were very smart, so I'm glad they loved those little sausages! They were quick to find and devour them. It was much less painful placing the sausages, than setting and clearing traps. I used a plastic strawberry container, clipping out spacers between the holes on the end, and the mice loved the idea. Mice love to get on tables and furniture, so there was no chance the sausage would roll off to the floor where a dog could get it.

I bought Evolve Rat Birth Control Soft Bait Sausages expecting population control. What I didn’t expect was to accidentally establish a tiny rodent socialist republic behind my shed. These sausages don’t poison, don’t murder, and don’t spark dramatic soap-opera deaths. Thank the gods! I don’t want to live with mice but I don’t want to murder them and poison other wildlife! Instead, I calmly introduced the concept of collective responsibility to the field mouse community that like to patrol the perimeter of my abode. No more unchecked capitalism of reproduction. No more surprise litters. Just long-term, sustainable population management. From each according to their appetite, to each according to their uteruses remaining blissfully empty. The field mice probably still show up, still snack politely, and still live their nocturnal little micey lives, only now without the relentless pressure to out-breed one another. Frankly, I’d guess they are much calmer. More reflective. Possibly reading tiny manifestos. ⚠️ Important Side Effect Warning: After a few weeks, you may hear faint but unmistakable celebrations coming from the shadows. That’s not wind. That’s the sound of pregnancy-free female field mice toasting their newfound bodily autonomy. Tiny clinks of invisible champagne glasses. Occasional squeaks that sound suspiciously like “solidarity.” Pros: •Not a poison •Long-term population control •Ethically confusing but emotionally satisfying •Promotes rodent liberation & family planning Cons: •You may feel like a benevolent overlord •The mice might unionize next In summary: if you want to control field and deer mice without violence, without guilt, and with a dash of ideological satire, this is the product for you. (I use a bait station weighed down because the raccoons love these and will eat an entire sausage) Five stars for humane pest control and for accidentally running a most progressive program in my backyard.

I'm so happy to be able to finally buy this in the UK! I'd previously spent £60 getting it imported from the US as my evil neighbour had poisoned my family of 3 hedgehogs and my rescue birds by throwing rat poison everywhere. It makes no sense that poison that takes days to erode an animals veins and arteries in excruciating pain is available in supermarkets in the UK yet this wasn't. I can say in the year since using this I'd only seen a few elderly ratties plodding around, living out their natural lifespan before dying off... no newbies. This product is groundbreaking in humane population control. I'm thrilled to be able to buy it in the UK. I hope councils start to use it. Make poison illegal!

The rats certainly like it.

Still have rats so can't comment on how well they work. I'd imagine you need to use these for a good 6 months to catch all the rats in the area until you can comment.