Rodent poison swap to Snap traps

Why make the swap

• Why switch to snap traps

  Snap traps use no poison, so there’s no bait for pets or kids to eat and no poisoned rodents left for pets or wildlife to find.

• What's the concern with rodent poison

  Rodent baits are made to kill mammals, so a curious dog, cat or toddler can be poisoned too. EPA’s 2008 review cited about 12,000–15,000 rodenticide exposures a year in US children under 6.

• General information, not medical or veterinary advice. Ask your doctor, or your vet if a pet could be exposed.

• Good to know before you buy

  Bait with a pea-size dab of peanut butter and set traps along walls, inside a box or behind appliances where children and pets can’t reach. Check traps daily. These are mouse traps; rats need rat-size traps. To empty one, wear gloves, spray the mouse and trap with disinfectant, and put them together in a plastic bag inside a second bag, as CDC advises.

• Sources (4)

  1. ASPCA Poison Control 2025: rodenticides were #7 among pet toxin exposures (6.5% of cases) (opens in a new tab)
  2. EPA 2008: ~12,000–15,000 rodenticide exposures/yr in kids under 6; consumer baits moved into bait stations (opens in a new tab)
  3. EPA: second-generation anticoagulants and loose pellets are no longer sold for consumer use (opens in a new tab)
  4. CDC: wear gloves, spray the dead rodent with disinfectant, bag it with the used trap, then bag again (opens in a new tab)

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