>Not to mention the fact that avian predators eat "sick" or poisoned >rodents and are killed by the rodenticide. It takes much less to >kill an hawk or owl than it does to kill one of our pet dogs. We >stopped using rodenticides many years ago for just that reason. > >shp **Exactly. There are far reaching effects from poisons. I have another acquaintance who sprays her Fuchsias for mites. Unfortunately the miticide also kills the humming birds who carry the mites from plant to plant. Most Fuchsia species aren't affected by the mites, but the hybrids that are, I just chomp them back. I plant a lot of species. -- susan, who is..... owned by Jasper & Schubert the Standard Poodles, Gracie the Rhodesian, Pup-Quiz the Basenji and their Basenji brother, Jones.... on the North Coast of CA, USA susanann@sbcglobal.net, copyright 2004