evidence: This rodenticide is not an anticoagulant but uses corn gluten meal and sodium chloride to dehydrate the animal. This is due to a phenomenon only present in rodents. When corn gluten meal is ingested, it renders the stomach and intestine unable to signal to the brain that the rat or mouse is thirsty. Coupled with the dehydrating agent sodium chloride (as in table salt), this dehydrates the animal over two to five days until the animal slowly falls asleep. This works particularly well in rats and mice as they cannot vomit, so once they ingest the corn gluten meal and salt mix, it stays down. [...] With the current COVID-19 pandemic, these infestations are likely to continue to rise. However, a number of solutions have come about over the past few years, one of these being EcoClear’s RatX® and MouseX®. Unlike a number of other rodenticides, RatX® and MouseX® are safe to use around other animals, including people and pets.