Will Potato Flakes Kill Rats?

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This Is a Deadly but Non-Toxic Method to Kill Rats by Using Instant Potato Instant Potato Edward Anton Maria Asselbergs (1927–1996) Was a Dutch-Canadian Food...

Will Potato Flakes Kill Rats?

This is a deadly but non-toxic method to kill rats by using Instant Potato

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Edward Anton Maria Asselbergs (1927–1996) was a Dutch-Canadian food chemist famous for inventing the modern process of producing instant mashed potato flakes. He was raised in the Netherlands where he received his undergraduate degree, but fled to Canada with his family during the second World War.
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flakes or powder. ... The rats will gorge themselves on it and it makes them thirsty. When they take a drink, the potato flakes/powder expands to many times in size and it bursts the gut of the rat and they die instantly.

Will mashed potato flakes kill rats?

"KILLER MASHED POTATOES":

Other natural remedies include what Bader calls "Killer Mashed Potatoes." Leave a bowl of potato flakes and a small bowl of water out. Rats that eat the flakes and drink the water will be killed when the flakes expand in their stomachs, he said.

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How much instant potatoes does it take to kill a rat?

They will then seek out water and drink it. This causes those flakes to swell up inside the mouse's stomach, and this will kill it. Simply put 2 tablespoons of instant potato flakes on a paper plate (you can add a bit of artificial sweetener, like Equal, to make it more appealing) and the mice will be sure to find it.

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