Any reason not to feed...

[slick4591]

a bunch of cubes that the rats had hidden? Yesterday I found one of the wife's plastic totes with Christmas junk in filled with cubes. Filled 2 1/2 five gallon buckets up and would hate to trash them if there's nothing wrong with feeding them.

 

[wbvs58]

Lepto would be main thing that comes to mind but if your cows are well vaccinated then should be OK. Most stored feed in bags would have some significant exposure to rat urine.
Ken

 

[TexasBred]

a bunch of cubes that the rats had hidden? Yesterday I found one of the wife's plastic totes with Christmas junk in filled with cubes. Filled 2 1/2 five gallon buckets up and would hate to trash them if there's nothing wrong with feeding them.

Years ago I found a dehydrated rat in a bag of cubes so I figure all mills probably have rats. Put them out and let the cows choose.

 

[slick4591]

Pretty much what I was thinking, only I can't account for the length of time they have been there. The wife says she hasn't used those decorations in years. Nothing dead in it and it looked more like a storage area than a nest. Think I'll be safe and get rid of them.

 

[sim.-ang.king]

Throw it on your garden, makes good fertilizer.

 

[slick4591]

Throw it on your garden, makes good fertilizer.

Works for me.

 

[SteppedInIt]

Had a bag of cubes rats had chewed through the corner and had slight smell of urine. I dumped the bag in the trough, cows ate all but a little pile of them and wouldn't touch them. Guess those were contaminated ones.

 

[slick4591]

I guess my next question would be can rat urine on cattle cubes used as fertilizer kill an Azalea? :lol: