Final All-Weather Blox Rodenticide - Questions & Answers

Fastrac contains the active ingredient Bromethalin .01% and Final contains Brodifacoum .005%. Fastrac does have a faster kill than Final. Fastrac kills within 12-48 hours and Final kills with 3-7 days of ingestion of a lethal dose.

Final Blox are safe for dogs and cats if used in a tamper resistant bait station. There is also an antidote that is available through your local vet if a pet gets a hold of the bait. Keep stored at room temperature out of their reach. Also, a dog or cat would have to get a hold of numerous dead rodents to feel the effects of a rodent bait, usually more than 10, and the pet would have to actually consume the entire rodent.  Most pets might play around with a dead rodent, but not consume it.

Final Blox and Contrac Blox are pretty comparable, though Final Blox may actually kill the rat a bit faster. For the fastest knockdown of a rat population Fastrac Blox are recommended.

An antidote does really exist and is readily available at veterinarian hospitals, doctors offices and hospitals in case of accidental ingestion. Please take a few minutes to review the Final Blox MSDS. Review page 2, SECTION VI. HEALTH HAZARDS where they refer to the antidote Vitamin K1.

The EPA did not ban anticoagulants in June.  They did however pass laws regarding how anticoagulants can be sold.  The federal government has decided that certain types of rodenticides should not be sold in the same manner they have been after June 4, 2011.  These regulations were passed to try to prevent over the counter sales of rodenticides to homeowners and minimize secondary poisoning and misuse of rodenticides.  Unfortunately too many people have placed rodenticides in locations they should not be, such as easy to access places that children and pets can easily get to.  Basically all of the smaller quantities of rodent bait that you have been able to purchase over the counter will no longer be available.  You will only be able to purchase bait already inside a rodent station that is a one time use product.  It will come pre-baited in a sealed rodent station.  This will be the general rule for big box stores like Wal-Mart and Home Depot.  For a specialty store like ourselves, Do My Own Pest Control, we will no longer be able to sell certain rodent place packs, liquid rodenticides, or bait blox in smaller quantities than 16 pounds.  This was passed to discourage homeowners from purchasing rodenticides since they have to now purchase them in large quantities.  Most homeowners do not need 16 lbs worth of place packs.  We will be able to continue to sell the current stock that we have of currently labeled product while supplies last.  However, after June 4th, once we sell out of our current stock and start receiving newly manufactured bait, we will no longer be able to sell it in less than 16lb increments.  There will be some baits that we can continue to sell in smaller quantities but they will be very few and only the ones that have a minimal secondary poisoning risk.

There is not a rodenticide on the market that stops a decomposing rodent from smelling after they die. There are a lot of "old wives tales" that suggest that there are rodenticides that will make a rodent exit the building after they eat the bait, leave in search of water or dry up immediately after death and leave no stench behind. Unfortunately, none of this is true. If a rodent dies, it will smell as it decomposes and the rodent will die wherever it succumbs to the poison which is likely to be is an inaccessible area where the rodent has been nesting. We recommend using glue boards, snap traps or multi-catch mouse traps indoors, so you will know exactly where the mouse has died and can remove it with ease.

There are a few factors that may explain what you are seeing. First, different baits do have different food bases and different active ingredients, so sometimes one formulation is just more attractive to a rodent populaion than others. Another explanation - which sounds like what is happening here - is that the rodents are eating the bait you have put out, but you are just going through less bait. The active ingredient in Final Blox is more aggressive than that in Contrac, so it is very likely that the rodents will die before eating very much bait. Both Contrac and Final are single feed baits (the rodent only has to feed on it one time to consume a lethal dose), but since the rodents have more time to feed on Contrac before they die, we will sometimes go through more bait.

As long as you are seeing the signs of rodent activity diminishing, then we would continue to monitor the area and supply fresh bait as long as you are seeing rodent activity. 

The shelf life of the Final Blox once opened is typically 1 year and if unopened up to 2-3 years as long as you store it out of extreme temperatures and the lid is kept tightly closed.

It would be recommended to change Final Blox Rodenticide out every 40-60 days if not eaten. Very cold or warm temperatures will mold or sour the bait faster.

Each 4 lb. pail Final Blox contains approx. 88 x 20 gram blocks measuring 1.75 in. x 1 in. x .75 in.
Each 18 lb. pail contains approx. 400 x 20 gram blocks.

It is very unlikely that the dog has gotten sick from coming into contact a poisoned mouse. An 80 lb dog would need to eat (actually consume, not just come into contact with or play with) many, many dead mice for the animal to get sick. Most pet animals do not consume these mice because they are well fed and have no need to eat the dead animal. You can contact Bell Labs if you need an actual amount of bait that must be consumed for a dog that large to get sick. You can reach Bell Labs by calling 800-323-6628.

 Final Blox Rodenticide is a single feed kill. If the the bait is over a year old it could be less effective. Often times if there is an suitable environment for them to live in they will keep thriving. For example, if there is a body of water of chicken coups next door not maintained, more and more families od rats/mice will keep coming for the bait. 

Final might be hazarous if the lizards ate the bait but in most cases lizards will not be attracted to the bait as it does not contain the items lizrds feed on.

You can use Final Blox around a compost pile or garden but they must be contained in a tamper resistant bait station and they must be used within 50 ft of a structure due to the new EPA restrictions.

Final Blox Rodenticide is labeled to eradicate rats and mice.

We recommend checking stations baited with Final or any other rodenticide at least every 30 days, or more often if you have known rodent activity. 

Our quickest killing bait uses .01 Bromethalin. You could try Final Blox which contains a more attractive bait matrix. It will kill with a single feed. 

Final Blox Rodenticide has a shelf life of 1 year once the pail is opened or 2-3 years if kept sealed and out of extreme temperatures.  

EPA Regulations require Final Blox Rodenticide and other rodenticides that contain second generation anti-coagulants be sold in quantities that are a minimum of 16 pounds. There are other professional baits that are available in single 4 pound pails. We carry neurotoxin baits such as Fastrac Blox or Gladiator Blox, and first generation anti-coagulant baits, such as Ditrac Blox.

The number of stations you need to place out will be directly related to size of the infestation. If you have a large infestation you will want to use more stations to get rid of the rodents quickly. If you are just wanting to use the bait for maintenance, we recommend you put one station at each corner of your home.