32 chunks of poison = totally gross question

We do have both squirrels and chipmunks - but how could they have gotten in the basement and how and where would they have hauled off 32 chunks of bait? Don't they live in trees? Surely they could not haul the chunks size pieces of bait up a tree? Maybe one .....but not 32 chunks?

We searched around in the basement some more and found where something has eaten part of 3 old wax starter logs. We had them in an old box from years ago and it had paper in it and we pulled the paper out to toss it in trash and saw the wax logs. Bites had been taken all over 2 of them and eaten off most of the paper. The 3rd one was only bitten in a few places.

So - Rats? Or would mice eat a wax log?

No help here, but I sure would like an update if ever you figure this out. This thread is very interesting to me. Sorry for your troubles, meanwhile.

We had the same thing happen to us.... thought it was a mouse, but turns out to be a pack rat!!

We only bought 6 bars... and they were all gone the next day... EVERY ONE of them!! We were expecting him to take one... and every day, we would have more garden damage... ARGH! i could hear him in the wall.... driving me cRAZY!!

BUT..... we bought more bait, and waited 4 weeks... then we put out two more pieces.... THEY ARE STILL THERE.... and its been quiet for almost 2 months...

I figure he tapped his "stash" about 1 month after he hauled them off and well...


ADIOS!!

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Imho, the sticks are the only way to go.

I've found nests with piles of the pellets... they pouch em, take em back to the nest, and eat and die at their leisure.

With a stick, they have to nibble off tiny bits of it, it gets into their stomachs, and they die.... they can't go a caching it.

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my mom once had a chipmunk get in her house. It filled a dresser drawer full of dog food!

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Sticks? Texican? What sticks? I buy the bait at Lowe's or Walmart and don't remember seeing any like a stick?

And...I used to think the pellets type was the best since I thought they had to eat it in place and could not haul it off? But...can they cram the pellets in their mouth and still take it off to the nest?

I know I don't like the looks of the marble size bait. I think that could easily be carried off to any place.

A larger solid stick or something that they cannot haul off sounds like a good idea. What is the name of such a thing and where could I find it?

Thank you.

Yeppers and they will eat bar soap to!