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How Rats Communicate and Why?

Rats are known to be extremely social animals. This is a part of a very long phylogenetic history that all vertebrates share. Passing information about food source, shelter and potential threat or danger among each other, they live in tight—knit communities. This raises the question, how exactly do they communicate?

Many a research and studies have been conducted to find out their mode of communication. Rats are mainly nocturnal animals and have a poor vision. This has led to them developing very sharp olfactory, auditory and tactile senses. Rats have been known to use vocal signals of differing frequencies that lie mainly in the ultrasound range to communicate among each other.

Rats are believed to be the second most successful mammalian species after humans and this has a lot to do with their well-organised social life and communication. Right from the time they are born, the rat pups communicate with its mother. These pups are blind and deaf but still emit vocal sounds to communicate its needs to the mother. This communication arises due to the fact that these newly born pups cannot survive on their own and are completely dependent upon maternal care and nourishment. It is during this time only that they develop species-specific odour recognition capacities. Because of growing with their siblings, they develop olfactory senses and this is what helps them distinguish between members of their own species and other predators in the future.

As they grow, they develop very specific adult vocalizations. The type of sound emitted can be categorized into 2 main categories: the 22 kHz group of sounds, which express negative or aversive state, and the 50 kHz group of sounds which express positive or appetitive state.

The negative /aversive sounds are usually produced when in presence of a predator and is used as a defence mechanism by these rats and other rodents. When one member of the social group makes such a noise, the entire group have been seen to run into hiding, during studies and tests conducted. These noises, termed as alarm calls, helps the organisms to escape to safety, without even coming in direct contact with the said predator. These calls have evolved along with the species and are now used by the rodents to indicate any unpleasant experience along with potential danger and harm.

“Unique dialects help naked mole-rats tell friends from foes”

“When two naked mole-rats meet, the sound of their chirps may signal friend from foe.

These social rodents are famous for their wrinkly, hairless bodies. But the sounds this chatty bunch makes are notable. Their underground burrows resound with near-constant chirps, grunts, squeaks and squeals. Now, computer algorithms are helping make sense of the din.

The chirps are distinct to each colony. Young pups learn their colony’s calls. The sounds help the mostly blind, stranger-fearing rodents know who belongs. That recognition keeps family units strong and working well together.

Naked mole-rat groups seem more like ant or termite colonies than mammal societies. Every colony has a single queen. It’s supported by tens to hundreds of worker rats. Only the queen breeds. Workers dig elaborate underground tunnels in search of tubers to eat. Food is scarce in eastern Africa, where they live. So the rodents have to work together well to survive. And to protect their colonies, they’ll vigorously attack intruders.

Researchers had noted the rats’ raucous chatter before. But few actually studied it. “Naked mole-rats are incredibly cooperative and incredibly vocal,” says Barker “No one has really looked into how these two features influence one another.”

Apart from using sounds, rodents also communicate via chemical signals called pheromones. Rats use pheromones to signal warnings, mark territory, find food and also to attract mates. Using such scent signals, rats can detect if in the recent past another rat has experienced some unpleasant stimulus at the spot it currently is in. The previous rat’s pheromones can be identified by the rat and will lead it to get away from the spot as quickly as possible. Having a well-developed olfactory system works in their favour and these signals have become very effective means of communication.

Moreover, it has recently been proved that rats also have other sophisticated techniques of communicating with each other via transfer of brain signals.

“Mind-reading rodents: Scientists show ‘telepathic’ rats can communicate using brain-to-brain”

“Scientists also claim wires connecting one rodent to another can allow communication spanning continents via the internet

Scientists have shown that it is possible to transmit instructions from one animal to another by a telepathic-like process of brain-to-brain communication.

They believe it is the start of what they are calling “organic” computing based on networks of interconnected brains.

Pairs of laboratory rats have communicated with each other using microscopic electrodes implanted into their brains. One rat was able to pass on instructions to the other rat in a separate cage using a system of electronic encoding.

Brazilian and American scientists say in their study published today that the telepathic-like breakthrough represents an important advance in establishing new ways of communicating between individuals using brain power alone.

One rat in each pair, the “encoder”, detected the physical signals of where to find a food reward and pass on these instructions to the second “decoder” rat, which was able to use the encoded signals of the first rat to find a similar reward in its own cage without any further help.

The scientists also showed that the direct brain-to-brain communication, carried by fine wires connecting one rat to the other, can be extended over the internet, with rats in Brazil communicating with rats in North Carolina, some 7,500km away.”

These sophisticated communications in rodents can be utilized by us humans to convey to them the message that they should stay away from our applications and devices. Getting them to be scared of our products can solve all our problems of rat infestation and damage. If they are naturally repelled by our applications and appliances, they will not want to come near it, thus saving us the trouble of having to shoo them away by using methods like trapping and pest control programs and harmful rodenticides.

Equipped with this knowledge, we at C Tech Corporation have come up with a revolutionary and unique product, Rodrepel™.

Rodrepel™ is a non-hazardous, non-carcinogenic, non-mutagenic, low in toxicity and environmentally safe anti-rodent additive. It is also effective in case the target species are other animals. We believe in solving the problem of infestation by repelling the pests and refraining from killing them. Our product works on the principle of repellence and effectively stimulates them to stay away from applications treated with Rodrepel™.

This product acts through a series of highly developed intricate mechanisms ensuring that rodents are kept away from the target application. Our eco-friendly product does not kill the target species but only repels them.

The product triggers a fear response in rodents. It causes severe temporary distress to the mucous membrane of the rodents due to which the pest stays away from the application. The product triggers an unpleasant reaction in case the pest tries to gnaw away at the application. After encountering the above-mentioned emotions, the animal instinctively perceives it as something it should stay away from and stores this information for future reference. The fact that certain rodents are repelled is mimicked by other rodents as well. Thus, the other rodents too stay away from the applications. The unpleasant experience is imprinted within the animal’s memory and passed on to its progeny.

The products are available in the form of a solid masterbatch, liquid concentrate, lacquer, wood polish additive, and spray.

The product available in the form of solid masterbatch can be incorporated into a range of polymeric and coating applications including films, wires, cables, pipes, etc. thereby making the end application rodent resistant.

The product available in the form of liquid concentrate can be diluted with paints and other organic solvents and can be applied on walls of the infested area, like the interior and exterior of the house, garages, buildings, offices, etc. The liquid concentrate can also be diluted with water and used as a spray to spray around the infested area.

The already installed cables, pipes, and other applications can be coated with the lacquer to protect them from the rodents gnawing on this application and thus preventing the damage. The lacquer is a transparent product and it does not wear off easily.

The wood polish additive can be blended with wood polish and applied to the wooden articles and furniture.

Our product in the form of a spray is an easy-to-use product. It can be sprayed on the infested area to repel the rodents and prevent them from entering the premises.

By using our products, you can get an effective and long-lasting solution against the persistent rodent nuisance.

Rodrepel™ is cost-effective, eco-friendly, and safe for everybody including us humans and the environment as a whole. It is RoHS, RoHS2, RoHS3, REACH, NEA, EU BPR, APVMA compliant and FIFRA exempted.

Contact us at technical.marketing@ctechcorporation.com if you’re facing problems with rodents and get the best remedies to combat the pest menace.

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References:

1] Social Origin of Vocal Communication in Rodents | Stefan M. Brudzynski

2] The Role of Pheromonal Responses in Rodent Behavior: Future Directions for the Development of Laboratory Protocols | Rebecca H Bind, Sarah M Minney, SaraJane Rosenfeld, and Robert M Hallock

April 28, 2021

Rodenticide Poisoning

The use of rodenticides is extremely widespread globally. At the first glance, they seem like the perfect solution to get rid of the rats and mice that makes life a living hell for many people. Their rampant availability and the marketing strategy labelling them essentially safe for use around households make their presence all the scarier.

In the recent past, a lot of incidences have come to light showing the harmful nature of these rodenticides. Not only are they toxic and harmful to the environment, but also to your pets and children. Anybody who comes in contact with the substance are bound to be affected by it because of its high toxicity levels. Most of the rodenticides are super toxic as they contain substances called anticoagulants. These anticoagulants, once ingested, enters the system and stops the production of the vitamin that is essential for normal blood clotting. This leads to constant bleeding and the consumer dies out because of it.

While it is marketed as a rodenticide that is meant for rats, mice and other pesky rodents, the chemical has the same effect on all organisms that consume it. Birds, pets and children have been reported to have accidently consume the rodenticide causing immense pain and also death in cases of many birds.

Another very prevalent disadvantage of these super toxic rodenticides include their long-half lives. This means that they are present in the environment for a very long time. Rodents that consume the rodenticide, even after dying, harbours the toxic chemicals inside their carcasses. This puts all other animals that feed on them at high risk.

A lot of cases have been seen of how rodenticides can cause excessive harm in the environment. Some of them are given below:

Understanding the Risks of Rodent Poisons to Birds of Prey

16 September, 2020

“A new study finds 100% of tested red-tailed hawks at Tufts Wildlife Clinic to be exposed to anticoagulant rodenticides.

Maureen Murray, V03, director of Tufts Wildlife Clinic and clinical associate professor at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, has been studying rodenticide exposure in birds of prey for over a decade. Exposure to rodenticides occurs when people use these chemicals to kill unwanted pests. Mice and rats, or possibly other animals, eat the poison, and then the birds eat the poisoned prey.

Murray has witnessed a steady increase in the number of birds of prey that come into Tufts Wildlife Clinic with rodenticides in their systems—some with fatal levels. But even Murray was taken aback by the results of her most recent study.

“One hundred percent of the red-tailed hawks in the present study tested positive for exposure to anticoagulant rodenticides,” said Murray. “In my 2017 paper, 97 percent of the hawks tested were positive, which is very high. But still, 100 feels like a much more dramatic number.”

The study, published in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, also found that 91 percent of the birds tested positive for two or more different types of anticoagulant rodenticide (AR), with the second-generation ARs (SGARs) brodifacoum, bromadiolone, and difethialone found most frequently. SGARs are more potent than their first-generation predecessors, to which some rats—particularly in Europe—developed an immunity.”

RSPCA rat poison warning after fox was found shaking and had to be put down

14 October, 2020

“The RSPCA is warning people about the dangers of using rat poison after a fox was found collapsed in a garden in Manchester after ingesting it – she later died.

The fox was discovered collapsed and shaking in School Grove, Withington, by a resident who alerted the RSPCA on October 9.

The vixen was rushed to a nearby vets for treatment but sadly had to be put down as she was suffering so much, the RSPCA said.

It is suspected the fox may have ingested rat poison – possibly from eating a rodent which had been poisoned.

Miss Pierce said: “The symptoms indicate the fox probably died from poison which was left out for rats but obviously can be ingested by other wild animals as well as dogs and cats and often causes a slow and painful death.

“It is such a shame as she was beautiful and in such great condition.

“People use rat poison but forget about the dangers it poses to other animals such as owls which feed on rats – and we often get reports from dog owners about their pets getting severely ill or dying after ingesting such poison.

“Signs of poisoning, such as vomiting and dizziness can be seen anything from 30 minutes after an animal has ingested the chemical, though it can be two or three days before signs of kidney failure are seen.”

CA tightens rules on rat poisons that kill mountain lions, birds, endangered wildlife

1 October, 2020

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – “Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday signed a bill widely restricting the use of certain highly potent rat poisons that are blamed for killing mountain lions, birds and endangered wildlife.

Assembly Bill 1788 bars the general use of so-called second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides, or SGARs, until the director of the state Department of Pesticide Regulation certifies that the chemicals have been reevaluated and any additional restrictions needed to limit the impact on wildlife are adopted.

The deaths can be slow, and the chemicals linger in the bodies of the rodents and can be passed on up the food chain to predators and scavengers from the dead or dying rodents.

They include mountain lions, bobcats, badgers, golden eagles, great-horned owls, black bears, Pacific fishers, coyotes and endangered San Joaquin kit foxes, according to state regulators.

Last month, wildlife officials announced that an adult bobcat and a young mountain lion that were part of a study of big cats in the wilderness west of Los Angeles both died after ingesting rat poisons.

Consumer sales of SGARs were banned in 2014 and their use restricted to licensed exterminators. However, the chemicals are still widely used commercially and in agriculture.

Supporters of the bill said stronger measures were needed because the 2014 restrictions haven’t reduced the impact on wildlife that play important roles as natural rodent predators.”

Moreover, recent reports have shown that because of over-exposure to the poisons many rat species have developed resistant towards them, thus defying the entire concept of using them. These rats, named as super-rats, are bigger in size and have shown immunity towards many types of rodenticides.

It is clear that something has to be done to stop the rodents and toxic rodenticides and pesticides are not the option.

We, at C Tech Corporation, have a unique, effective, and efficient way to tackle these pesticides and replace them with the pest repellent products that we manufacture.

The product Rodrepel^TM manufactured by C Tech Corporation is an anti-rodent and animal aversive. It works on the mechanism of repellence and is an extremely low concern, low toxic, low hazard, non-carcinogenic and non-mutagenic pest aversive. It does not kill or cause harm to the pests or to the environment, thus, indirectly helping to maintain the ecological balance.

Rodrepel^TM is available in the form of masterbatch, which can be incorporated into the polymeric applications like pipes, agriculture mulch films, floating row covers, greenhouse films etc. used for crop cultivation purpose etc.

The product available in the form of liquid concentrate can be mixed in paints in a predetermined ratio and be applied to the fences in the garden and farms to keep the pests away from these places.

Our product in the lacquer form can be applied topically on the applications. The lacquer is compatible with most of the surfaces like wood, concrete, metal, polymer, ceramic, etc. The lacquer can be applied on the already installed pipes in the fields or garden, fences around farms and garden, walls of the warehouses where the agricultural products are stored, thus protecting it from damage.

Our newly developed product in the form of a spray can be sprayed anywhere to repel the pests. The product is compatible with all types of surfaces and can be used by anyone. The Rodrepel^TM rodent repellent spray is completely safe to use.

Rodrepel^TM does not kill or harm the rodents but repels them. It does not volatilize and does not degrade the soil. It is RoHS, RoHS2, RoHS3, EU – BPR, ISO, REACH, APVMA, NEA compliant and FIFRA exempted.

Also, visit our websites:

http://www.ctechcorporation.com/

http://www.rodrepel.com/

http://www.termirepel.com/

http://www.combirepel.com/