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cornmeal and baking soda to kill voles

 
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Has anyone used cornmeal and baking soda to successfully get rid of voles?
 
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It works on mice.

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Showing my ignorance again
...how do you administer against mice? Our house is almost surrounded by 38 acres of hay fields, and becomes a mouse magnet in winter months
 
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Here is what John and others said:

https://permies.com/t/230048/Mice-problems

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Please note that cornmeal and baking soda (if effective)  will cause a lingering death.

While snap traps and similar require participation, I prefer giving a quick or instant death, over a method that causes the animal to linger for a while.

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Point taken. We still have several snap traps from last December
 
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Dried instant potato flakes have been effective for me. I've been looking at that pressure sensitive switch that hooks onto a shop vac hose, that looks pretty effective.

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Will the cornmeal, baking soda and sugar with peanut butter bait work on black rats? Deer mice? Is there any chance it could harm cats, owls or crows?  Is there a video on this?

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