Types of Bait Stations

Bait stations are “boxes”, made mainly of durable plastic or metal. Most of them open with a special key that you provide with its purchase. The bait stations have two opposite openings for the entrance-exit of the mice and a place or places for placing the rodenticides (mouse medicine) or mechanical traps. They are distinguished by size in those for small mice (rats) and in those for rats (rat).

Advantages of their use

Inside the bait stations we place the poisonous baits in any form provided {pellets, cubes (wax block) or paste (fresh bait)}. The benefit of using bait stations is manifold:

• The baits (cubes, paste) are stabilized inside and the mice can not remove them.
• Bait is not a danger to children or animals.
• They are protected from the weather and remain attractive.
• Covers the need of mice for food safety.
• Regular inspections determine the intensity and extent of the problem.

For effective treatment of mice it is important to identify the placement points of the bait stations. In independent buildings, with surrounding space, three protection zones (bait stations) must be created.

• On the outer perimeter of the space
• Perimeter of the building
• Interior of the building

With the external bait stations we seek to control the population of mice. When mice move outside our space, sooner or later they will enter.

How densely do the bait stations enter?

Criteria are:

• The distance, every 10-15m approximately, in open space
• The entrances of the building,
• The presence of neglected spaces or things where mice can nest
• The size of the problem.

How often do we check them?

One week after the first installation and if the presence of mice is detected, then per week, until they are treated. Then every 1-2 months. Of course everything is adjusted according to the size-intensity of the problem. We mentioned earlier that instead of baits, mechanical traps can enter inside the bait stations.

This possibility has some and not all. The mechanical trap kills one mouse at a time, so it must be checked frequently, every 1-2 days, because the dead mouse will get dirty and infect the area from rot. Technology of course gives us solutions.

We can receive notification of a trap that was closed and caught by a mouse or simply closed for some reason, inactive. The use of mechanical traps is done, in our opinion, indoors, where we want to remove the dead mouse and not to die in an inaccessible place for us, from taking rat poison. It is also a faster solution, along with the glue traps, than to wait 3-10 days for the rat poison to work.