Evolve Rat Birth Control Soft Bait Sausages – 1.5 lbs

As a responsible citizen concerned for the safety of our children, pets and wildlife, I highly recommend this product over any other means to control rats. (Secondly, to the enclosed snap traps.) Rat poison kills much, much more than rats and, yes, rats will bring it into your (and your neighbor’s) yard where children and pets play. I’ve been using this product for 9 months and have seen a decline in the rat population around my home. It may be a slower process, but it is a humane product with safety benefits that other rat elimination methods simply do not possess.

I had a HUGE rat problem in my backyard (I'm talking 10 to 15 rats). It was so bad that one of my neighbors who had complained about my rat problem, actually called the "Health Department" on me. The Health Department sent me letters threatening to fine me for $1500 if I didn't address the problem quickly. But I just didn't have the heart to kill the rats. So I browsed the internet looking for an alternative to killing the rats. I searched and searched the internet until I ran into this product. Although I was a little hesitant at first about buying this product due to its price, I decided to give it a try anyway, as I had no other option available to me and didn't want to get fined. So I ordered this product and bought some “bait stations” to put this product in. Evolve birthcontrol comes in the form of sausages to make the product taste and smell appetizing to rats. Soon after receiving this product, I started putting it in the bait stations that I had bought for it. I then placed the bait stations in my back yard. The rats refused to eat the product at first, so I tried luring the rats to the Evolve sausages by putting little pieces of bread covered with peanut butter in the bait stations. I covered the Evolve sausages with peanut butter as well. Pretty soon, they started eating the Evolve sausages and even seemed to like them. After giving the rats these Evolve sausages for about three months, I noticed that their numbers didn't seem to be on the rise anymore. Although the manufacturer of this product only recommends this product to be given to the rats for four weeks to make them infertile, I decided to give it to them for three months to ensure that all 10 to 15 rats got a sufficient amount of the birthcontrol. About two months later, I noticed that their numbers seemed to be dwindling. I read online that a rat can live anywhere between 8 to 12 months and since these rats had already lived in my backyard for a few months, I knew that they didn't have long to go. Today, seven months later, my property is completely rat free. Not one rat left behind on my property. And the neighbor who had called the Health Department on me, tried to apologize to me for reporting me, but I wouldn't give him the time of day because he broke the good neighbor policy by "ratting" on me. Anyways, I got rid of the rat problem in my backyard WITHOUT KILLING EVEN ONE RAT. And I believe that God is happy with me for that.

I give this product 4 stars. I love that it does not bioaccumulate or cause secondary poisoning in predators like hawks and owls. I would give it 5 stars but the price is the issue for me. For this to successfully work you need to do it for a long time to break the rodent cycles while the local predators do the rest of the job. Over time you see less and less rats, but to do it that long is costly. The rats love the taste of this product.

not effective. you would need a lot of bags and a way to get the rodents to just eat the bait and nothing else. In a lab controlled environment it might work but didn't in the yard.

I hate having rats! But we have chickens and the rats have a continual food and water source. So, the birth control option seemed reasonable. We also have been using traps. The rat population is decreasing. I can't honestly comment on how effective the birth control is, however the little sausages have disappeared until recently. I think because the rats are being killed they aren't eating as many bait sausages. I will say they need to be used up as the last few in the bag appeared to have mold growing on them. I ordered more, but I'm not sure how fast I can use them up. They're are not messy and there's no leakage. However I don't handle them with my bare hands, for one I don't want human scent to deter the rats and I just don't want the stuff on me. They are good smelling and do smell like sausage. Time will tell. A neighbor highly recommended them to me and I think they have to be helping reduce the population. Rats produce rapidly!

Oh, rats! This isn't the perfect solution to my rat problem, but it will help some.I read the product page carefully, wanting to understand what it was I was buying. When I got it, I was disturbed by the fact that there was information on the product package that I wish had been shown in the picture on the product page. There were many cautions about use and exposure to the skin and eyes. I am almost afraid to touch this stuff, even though the ingredients seem to be fairly innocuous. I smell a rat!I like that this is not poison. I am always concerned about poison having effect beyond the intended target; for example: Insects eating a poisoned corpse, or natural predators like owls and hawks eating a rat that has been poisoned.I did some research to see how this works and found that the cottonseed oil disrupts sperm production in males and blocks egg viability in females. That sounds simple enough and there were reassurances that it does not apply to other animals. However, it is important to note that this means that the birth control is only a temporary thing; It only works while the cotton seed oil is in their system. If you stop using the bait, fertility will return after about 6 weeks. Rats must consume the bait regularly for it to work.If the only thing you are doing is using birth control for rats, it will be a very expensive adventure, especially if the little sausages attract more rats. It could be a never ending problem. Welcome to the rat race!However, I am hopeful for the way that I am doing it. I'm trying to eliminate the rats in my garage. I have sealed off the outside entrances and I am using the birth control inside the garage to eliminate any that have built nests inside the garage cracks in the wall. I have also put up some traps, including one that will electrocute quickly. If these things don't work I'm going to be crying like a rat eating onions.Rat on!

For now I will say I am satisfied because the rodents actually gobbled this up and left no crumbs. I wish they'd gobble up the posions like this. I am now waiting to see the out come.

Unfortunately, I invested in these for a few months to no avail. I feel like I wasted my money. I continued purchasing three times before I gave up. This is a challenge because you are taking a gamble and you can't really know if it is working to keep paying all this money for it. Now that I see the price is higher, I feel compelled to write a review. I

I'm so happy to be able to finally buy this in the UK!I'd previously spent £60 getting it imported from the US as my evil neighbour had poisoned my family of 3 hedgehogs and my rescue birds by throwing rat poison everywhere.It makes no sense that poison that takes days to erode an animals veins and arteries in excruciating pain is available in supermarkets in the UK yet this wasn't.I can say in the year since using this I'd only seen a few elderly ratties plodding around, living out their natural lifespan before dying off... no newbies.This product is groundbreaking in humane population control.I'm thrilled to be able to buy it in the UK. I hope councils start to use it. Make poison illegal!

Took a long time to arrive, stuck in customs. I put one sausage out every morning and evening and they are both taken which is good. Won't know if effective for a long time. Put another two in a bait box but they haven;t been touched yet.

Still have rats so can't comment on how well they work. I'd imagine you need to use these for a good 6 months to catch all the rats in the area until you can comment.