Neogen RODENTICIDE Havoc XT Rat Bait Block Pouch, 8-Pound (00595)

My residential neighborhood has seen a large uptick in rats. This is due to us living near parks, and after Tropical Storm Ida hit last September with severe river flooding, rats we're pretty commonly seen. When I noticed them going under my porch and in my garage (large droppings) I knew I had to get serious. I used two other incredibly highly rated mice/rat baits on Amazon, and wasn't sure how well they we're working. The bait was being eaten consistently, but I wasn't seeing bodies. I wasn't sure if it was the same rats eating it, and we're unaffected, or if these we're new rats. Unfortunately all these rat baits are hard to see how effective they are as once rats eat them they can essentially go anywhere and die anywhere depending how long the poison takes. So I wasn't sure if my poison was killing some, than new ones we're coming in their place. This poison was my last ditch effort before calling an exterminator. I use bait boxes around my home and garage for safety (I have a dog, as others in the neighborhood). I also decided to put some through a wire and screw it into a large 2x6 board in my enclosed garage. After a day of putting it out I found a dead rat right on the side of my garage. It actually smelled terrible, and I believe this poison did it in as the belly was the same color blue as the bait. I ended up getting a second one, and had to tear up garage to find it. This worked good for me. One word of caution, and the label says this as well. You don't want this bait in your home. If you put it in your home there is a good chance a rat or mouse will eat it, than die in your wall causing a trapped, terrible odor in your home.

I went from being infested with ground squirrels to being infested with little mice. I used a similar product for the ground squirrels but this was a bit cheaper so I decided to give it a try.I hadn't realized I had a colony living under the feeding stations.I tried flooding the area (One of my dogs is a pointer lab mix who is a better mouser than any cat I've ever had, and is far less coyote bait than those same cats. When flooding the area, he was catching between five and ten mice daily for nearly a week. This was the most satisfactory method because we could see the actual progress, but living in the desert, I couldn't afford to keep flooding the area.)I tried the ultra sonic noise machines, I tried the plastic owls, I tried peppermint oil (which deterred them, but they came back as fast as the oil scent faded) finally I decided the problem was out of hand enough to take the risk with my two dogs.Rather than use a small bait holder, I put 10 of these blocks on a coat hanger and placed that hanger where my dogs could not reach it. The next morning they were all gone and there was a huge pile of droppings in the area so I put another 15 cubes out the second night. Those also disappeared in one night and the droppings were turning color. I decided not to put any more out for a week. (It is a bit expensive to feed dying mice extra meals.)Five days of agony spent keeping the dogs indoors (I still had to be concerned about the dogs catching the dead or dying mice.) and only letting them out under strict supervision. (YOU try keeping two one year old dogs under control in the house... go on, I dare you. Then try watching them outside when they run far faster than you can move using a walker. Go ahead. Let me know how you fare.)We haven't seen a mouse in the past two days, and there are no fresh droppings anywhere we've seen. So we know this stuff works great. I am reasonably sure the mice haven't just moved like they did with the flooding, owls, sonic devices and other attempted methods.The dogs have been digging up the area where the infestation was at its worst, and I'm still considerably concerned about them eating a dead mouse so I purchased some vitamin K (just in case) and have been watching them very closely for changes in appetite or thirst. Now, I'm just keeping my fingers crossed that the dogs are safe and the mice are as gone as I believe they are.Just where do these little guys come from? I live in the middle of the desert and these are the little gray house mice, not desert mice.

I had a few months of mice entering my home. I used other products first- however did NOT take care of the issue. THIS PRODUCT WORKS. Ever since placing it in various places within my home- no mice in sight. would recommend to anyone who does not want to pay for an exterminator. IT REALLLLLLLLY WORKS!

Unlike the various poisons available at the local hardware stores, this stuff actually works.I had to smear peanut butter into the grooves to get them to take it, but once they started taking it, it wasn't long before there was a big decrease in rodent activity.I first put it out less than 2 weeks ago, and now there are hardly any.

It worked great