Rats in garden...

[p1doc]

Turn7 said:

Rats will cannibalise their dead.

and recycling trap lol quite big trap so wonder where it is as other traps with dead rats were still there when found-bizarre

[FMOB]

p1doc said:

Turn7 said:

Rats will cannibalise their dead.

and recycling trap lol quite big trap so wonder where it is as other traps with dead rats were still there when found-bizarre

You need to use a wire to attach the trap to something solid, if the rat is partially trapped you can find it and deal with it rather than let it suffer.

[p1doc]

will start to do this
thanks

[otolith]

Did the chickens have access to the dead rat? They'll certainly eat mice.

[p1doc]

otolith said:

Did the chickens have access to the dead rat? They'll certainly eat mice.

no chickens in run after fox attack years ago

[Promised Land]

FMOB said:

You need to use a wire to attach the trap to something solid, if the rat is partially trapped you can find it and deal with it rather than let it suffer.

This is why Fenn traps come with a chain attached, I stick a caribiner clip on the end and clip it inside the box.

I’ve caught rats before with their guts all removed, a rat with think nothing of eating a dead mate, it’s just survival for them.