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First Strike Soft Bait is a unique rodenticide bait from Liphatech that is highly effective against rats and mice. The softness of the bait makes it easy to secure on bait station rods. First Strike Soft Bait also has shown high acceptance by rodents, even when competing food sources are available. The unique bait packaging around each bait allows the aroma to escape, increasing the attractiveness of the product. First Strike maintains palatability and integrity in both hot and cold environments. Unlike competing bait products, First Strike Soft Bait contains no wax, making it that much more attractive and palatable to both rats and mice. We recommend using First Strike Soft Bait in tamper-resistant bait stations.
Cannot be sold in quantities smaller than 16 lbs. total.
Note: Due to California state restrictions, this product cannot be sold to California residents.
Product Documents
| Active Ingredient | Difethialone 0.0025% |
|---|---|
| Target pests | Rats and Mice |
| For use in | Commercial & Residential: Indoors & Outdoors |
| Application |
We recommended to use First Strike Soft Bait in tamper-resistant bait stations. For mice: Apply 1 pack per placement, usually 8 to 12 feet apart. Up to four packs may be needed at points of very high mouse activity. Maintain a constant supply of fresh bait for 15 days or until signs of mouse activity decrease. For rats: Apply 12 to 48 packs per placement, usually spaced 15 to 30 feet apart. Maintain a constant supply of fresh bait for 10 days or until signs of rat activity decrease. |
| Yield |
8 lb. pail: 363 soft bait packs per pail. 16 lb. pail: 726 soft bait packs per pail. Each soft bait pack is 10 grams. |
| Formulation | Professional Product |
| NOT FOR SALE TO |
CA SC, VT (Restricted To Licensed Applicators Only) |
| Shipping Weight | 20.04 lbs |
| Manufacturer | Lipha Tech |
| UPC | 013549823528 |
| EPA Registration | 7173-258 |
First Strike Soft Bait is a unique rodenticide bait from Liphatech that is highly effective against rats and mice. The softness of the bait makes it easy to secure on bait station rods. First Strike Soft Bait also has shown high acceptance by rodents, even when competing food sources are available. The unique bait packaging around each bait allows the aroma to escape, increasing the attractiveness of the product. First Strike maintains palatability and integrity in both hot and cold environments. Unlike competing bait products, First Strike Soft Bait contains no wax, making it that much more attractive and palatable to both rats and mice.
This is the real deal!!
By Joe on 12/26/2011
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When all other rodent (hard) baits fail for you, make sure there will be is no shyness or rejection of the rodenticide. Use First Strike for the kill! Even if you put hard block baits in the same bait station with First Strike or close by in other stations, they won't even touch the hard baits. Rodents go crazy over this stuff! Thanks Do My Own Pest Control for excellent customer service and Liphatech for their great products.
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Best Kept Secret
By Ms on 06/19/2012
I was irritated for over a year with mice in my home. An exterminator gave me a few of these and within a day we were finding dead mice and I put more down but the last one I made sure I got the name of the product and went online and ordered more. Now when friends say anything about mice I bring them some of the first strike for their homes.
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First Strike Soft Bait Rodenticide
By Michael on 11/27/2012
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I used this product based on other Pest Control companies raving about if you have a current rodent problem that just doesn't seem to be clearing up, use this product. The good, it does work well, the bad, I noticed the rodents die inside alot more than when I used a product like Final Blox. I wished it had a hole made into the center of the bait like the new soft-bait made by the people that make the Final Blox line. But, I do like this product, if only it were not so expensive.
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Controlling Rats inside and outside
By Irving on 03/09/2012
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We had evidence of rats in the walls and ceiling of a basement room and there were burrow entrances in the back yard, obviously leading to a nest where the rats tunneled into an outside wall. The bait was placed inside the walls and ceiling where the rats were detected and into the burrows. Within the week the activity had stopped and dead rats were removed from inside. The burrows remain sealed.
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THIS IS IT!!
By Anonymous on 08/12/2013
Have an ongoing problem with Rats and have used many methods, snap traps, electric traps, glue traps, and nothing, NOTHING compares to the results of this bait! The rats seem to REALLY be attracted to this bait.. they feed on it immediately, and are dead! The downside is they die so quickly, they often die inside the house walls. I rather have dead rats than hearing them scurrying around the house!
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We recommend that you consult the approved list of rodenticides from your board prior to utilizing First Strike Soft Bait Rodenticide in a zoo.
No dead rats visible just alot of empty white wrappers. Bait stations were sometimes flipped over even with a log on top. Am I waisting my money? That seems like alot of bait to be consumed and nothing seems to be happening? Is it normal for the bait stations to be flipped over and empty (always locked)
Will my pet die? What can I do? I didn't notice until 5 hours later. Please help me
We recommend contacting your veterinarian immediately to discuss the effects your dog may have if they consumed any amount of First Strike Soft Bait Rodenticide.
Product Label WARNING:
TREATMENT FOR PET POISONING: If animal eats bait, call veterinarian at once.
NOTE TO PHYSICIAN OR VETERINARIAN: Contains the anticoagulant difethialone. If swallowed, this material may reduce the clotting ability of blood and cause bleeding. For humans or animals ingesting bait and/or showing obvious poisoning symptoms (bleeding or prolonged prothrombin times), give Vitamin K1 intramuscularly or orally. Also for pets, if needed, check prothrombin time every 3 days until values return to normal (up to 30 days). In severe cases, blood transfusions may be needed.
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They ate only a little bit of the corner
We recommend contacting your veternarian immediately to discuss the effects your cat may have if they consumed any amount of First Strike Soft Bait Rodenticide.
Product Label WARNING:
TREATMENT FOR PET POISONING: If animal eats bait, call veterinarian at once.
NOTE TO PHYSICIAN OR VETERINARIAN: Contains the anticoagulant difethialone. If swallowed, this material may reduce the clotting ability of blood and cause bleeding. For humans or animals ingesting bait and/or showing obvious poisoning symptoms (bleeding or prolonged prothrombin times), give Vitamin K1 intramuscularly or orally. Also for pets, if needed, check prothrombin time every 3 days until values return to normal (up to 30 days). In severe cases, blood transfusions may be needed.
We aren’t sure where you have seen this information. All decaying carcasses will smell though a rat is much larger than a mouse so the odor will be stronger and last longer if a rat dies. For this reason we do not recommend baiting inside with rodenticides like First Strike Soft Bait Rodenticide as you cannot control where a rodent is going to die. For rodents inside it is best to use snap traps and glueboards so you can control where they are going to die. You should also seal up all cracks and crevices outside that are allowing them access to inside.
In most cases secondary poisoning is not going to be a problem unless the predatory animal eats many rodents that have succumbed to the effects of the First Strike Soft Bait Rodenticide. The exact amount of mice that must be eaten for the predatory animal to become sick will depend on the size and the health of the animal but usually they would need to consume near their own body weight of bait to get sick.
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I have had problems in Florida with the regular bait green blocks put into above ground bait traps outside getting mold on them within 2 weeks and than the food becomes unattractive and i have to discard.
Bait Blox or Soft Bait should be stored at room temperature and replaced every 40-60 days in the bait stations because it contains food based ingredients. The bait could mold or sour in the hot or cold months (should be replaced every 30 days during the summer and winter) and may be less palatable to the rodents. If you have used fresh bait multiple times and are unable to locate and competing food sources but still see new rodent activity, then you may want to consider using a different bait. Just like people, rodents can prefer one food over another. Soft Baits such as First Strike have very high palatability and are great to rotate from hard to soft baits or vice versa.
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We recommend contacting your veternarian immediately to discuss the effects your cat may have if he/she consumed any amount of First Strike Soft Bait Rodenticide.
TREATMENT FOR PET POISONING: If animal eats bait, call veterinarian at once.
NOTE TO PHYSICIAN OR VETERINARIAN: Contains the anticoagulant difethialone. If swallowed, this material may reduce the clotting ability of blood and cause bleeding. For humans or animals ingesting bait and/or showing obvious poisoning symptoms (bleeding or prolonged prothrombin times), give Vitamin K1 intramuscularly or orally. Also for pets, if needed, check prothrombin time every 3 days until values return to normal (up to 30 days). In severe cases, blood transfusions may be needed.
Here is the SDS for more information. Please provide all of this information to your vet as soon as possible.
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Is it an anti coagulant, will there be odor?
First Strike Soft Bait Rodenticide is an anticoagulant and the SDS describes the odor as a raw grain odor.
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I have several secure bait stations, but keep finding the blue crumbles outside on my patio and I have a toddler and a baby! It's really stressing me out because it looks like Play-dough.
We can understand your concern. The First Strike Soft Bait Rodenticide should be replaced before it gets to be small pieces to prevent rodents from removing it from the station and you finding it in other areas. Another option would be to switch to a bait block such as Ditrac.
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First Strike Soft Bait Rodenticide is a second generation anticoagulant bait.
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First Strike can be used in secured bait stations like the Sidekick Bait Station outside the restaurant to control rodents before they get in and to cut down on the overall numbers outside the establishment. Baiting indoors is not recommended. Snap traps and glue traps should be used in various places inside the restaurant where rodent activity has been found and placed in discreet, out of reach areas away from the public and any food prep surfaces. Keep in mind you need to secure the restaurant as much as possible to prevent more rodents from gaining access to the building by sealing up any holes and gaps around pipes, windows, doors, and rooflines where they could enter with exclusion materials. If you have a dumpster/trash recepticle behind the restaurant or nearby you will want to keep it as clean and picked up around it as possible to further reduce the attraction of the rodents to the general area.
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First Strike Soft Bait Rodenticide must be used inside of tamper-resistant bait stations, preferably outdoors. The bait packets should not be loosely thrown around inside of a home or commercial establishment. Mice and rodents can move the packets when used in this manner, and you cannot gauge if the bait is actually being consumed or not. Please refer to our Mouse Guide for other helpful tips and tricks on how to eradicate an infestation.
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We apologize, but we are unable to provide veterinary/medical advice. If you believe your dog ingested any amount of the First Strike Soft Bait Rodenticide, you should contact your vet or pet poison control.
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No, a soft bait like First Strike is ready to use from the pail: you do not dissolve it in water. We recommend that you apply the First Strike Soft Bait Rodenticide with gloved hands in tamper resistant stations to protect it from the elements and non-target animals.
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First Strike Soft Bait Rodenticide
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