Rat traps

[Doing it for the kids]

Anyone used these traps before. Not cheap though.

I looked at this last yr, several on here tried them and the general feedback was don't bother, rats aren't curious enough for it to work on.

 

[tomlad]

My counter has shown 7 over a month or so
No bodies under it as i would expect so i presume its killed rats

Aldi had gas cylinders in for something else i think will fit about £5 pack of 4

 

[Doing it for the kids]

I thought the idea of them was instant kill?

Sounds like 7 misses to me?

 

[homefarm]

I thought the idea of them was instant kill?

Sounds like 7 misses to me?

Not sure. We have had a guy with night vision and air gun. He uses peanut butter the rats come warily to sniff the the new thing.
He shoots them dead then it lies there for couple of minutes before it is dragged away by other rats. After about 10/15 minutes another rat comes to sniff, pow, and same thing happens again
Shot 13 but no bodies

 

[tomlad]

I have no doubt at all if something triggers the a24 its gonna die
No way id want a finger in there
I think. Mines killed 7 things . Its on a island .

Ive shot prob hundreds with my rapid 7 over the years
If ive bodies on a island at night they won't be there by morning
The other rats must drag them off
I think mice are a bit carnivore too.

The reson i bought it was the idea it ressets for multiple kills ,which it does .

 

[Doing it for the kids]

Fair enough. Wish they would just kill each other without out input!

 

[Christoph1945]

For mice I used an electronic trap and that was a nice clean kill but then one had to remove the little mousy corpse from the trap when the light indicated that it had been activated. More expensive than little nippers but deadly to mice.

I think that you can get them for rats as well but I don't think that they are weather proof. The traps, not the rats!