RATS!

jadednightdragon wrote:

rockhillmanor wrote:
The only real way to stop all the madness of mice or rats is 'traps'.

Ya for a couple of days you will be picking up dead rats in a trap but after trying other numerous ways, I have found you just have to bite the bullet and put traps out and be done with it.

since I moved out in the woods I have found they come in waves. If you set traps and kill 'all' that are there, you will be rat free for the year and maybe have to set them again.

My next mission was to find a trap that doesn't try to take your fingers off when setting it and a quick release so you don't have to get anywhere's near their dead bodies like those old wooden/wire traps!


These are the only traps I will use now they are just super to use. So easy to set without it biting you when you set it down like the wood ones. And they catch all of them, no more tripped trap no mouse.

Comes in 'mouse' size and 'rat' size. All plastic. And they WORK.

I have something similar to that. I love these:
I've only caught one. But I've noticed it's only one that keeps getting in.

I still have the tripod off and haven't heard anything. I don't know if it's just us, but we do notice a difference without it.

kerrlakeRoo, we'll probably do the hardware cloth and see if that helps. We've switched to hard dog food, as we were also worried about ants with the sugar. They did go for it, but I think I put a piece that was too big, because they triggered the trap, but it was empty and the food was gone. Though since then we haven't heard anything. Maybe it scared them off? lol.

When I set the traps up, I put a piece to wire on the trap (to prevent them from running off with the **** thing)

. Then put the traps in the dog food bag, shake it up. Then I put gloves on and remove the trap, and set the trap.

I've tried peanut butter, didn't even touch the traps. When I did that powder mixture, I caught one in 5 hours. After that they wouldn't go near it. So I switched bait. I also witched the bait because we were worried about ants.

Really Like your wire trick!
These traps are not cheap and I had a couple of those buggers take the trap with them, made me mad. Will use your wire trick this winter.

BTW, They just LOVE dog treats, those small soft liver ones! It fits right in the little hole in the trap.

The paddle part of the trap is so big that even though they can get the treat right out easily....their little body never makes it out alive! :B