Method and automated device for applying measured amounts of control liquids to the dorsal fur of rodent pests

摘要

A novel method and apparatus for applying materials, such as poisons or other rodent control liquids, to the dorsal fur of rodents is disclosed. The apparatus is suspended over a suspected rodent scent trail, senses the presence of a rodent in a target region located along that trail, and responsive to such sensing dispenses material from a reservoir contained in the apparatus onto a dorsal fur region of the rodent. The control materials are subsequently ingested during habitual grooming behavior. The method and apparatus of the present invention is intended to overcome bait shyness, neophobia, and primary and conditioned taste aversions.