The bet rat traps?
Discussion
We had a single rat, I think
It took ages to off it,
I tried rat size traps with bread and peanut butter on, the birds were setting them off
Tried cage type traps same bait, you'd hear them being dragged down the garden, in the morning they'd be empty
Found a mouse skull in one once.
The thing that worked was a cage trap behind a paving slab, with poison and a whole egg in it , left it a few days as rats know that the Parth etc has changed and won't use it, a few days later it had died.
One reason for the poison in the cage was because we had a dog we didn't want him to play with the dead rodent
It took ages to off it,
I tried rat size traps with bread and peanut butter on, the birds were setting them off
Tried cage type traps same bait, you'd hear them being dragged down the garden, in the morning they'd be empty
Found a mouse skull in one once.
The thing that worked was a cage trap behind a paving slab, with poison and a whole egg in it , left it a few days as rats know that the Parth etc has changed and won't use it, a few days later it had died.
One reason for the poison in the cage was because we had a dog we didn't want him to play with the dead rodent
We use the Roshield rat boxes, which can take a trap and also some poison. Simple and effective. Loose poison is easier to refill, but if the rats are taking it away, there is a metal rod inside to hold the chunks secure.
It's helpful having both trap and poison together, in case you have more than one (and you always do).
I like the *idea* of the electric / compressed gas ones, but reports are varied on how good they are over the longer term (reliability, and the rats learning about them). If I could pay £xxx and get rid of all rats forever, I would, but until then a good number of ~£7 boxes-with-traps will have to do. Buying in packs is cheaper.
It's helpful having both trap and poison together, in case you have more than one (and you always do).
I like the *idea* of the electric / compressed gas ones, but reports are varied on how good they are over the longer term (reliability, and the rats learning about them). If I could pay £xxx and get rid of all rats forever, I would, but until then a good number of ~£7 boxes-with-traps will have to do. Buying in packs is cheaper.
DOC150 is the only trap you need, fixed inside a box with a baffle before the trap to slow the prey down, then the trap and importantly the bait beyond it so the prey has to cross the treadle plate to get to it.
I have one DOC150 and a dozen Fenn mark 4’s, I’d gladly swap all the Fenn mark 4’s for one DOC150.
Greys and rats are killed instantly in the DOC150.
If you know the rat run it takes you can use a Fenn mark 4 in a box and kill it without any bait, I’ve done this quite a few times by placing the trap just below the soil surface so it triggers the treadle when it walks through, it needs a box over it though as all traps do by law.
Crunchy peanut butter mixed with bird seed draws them in.
A bit off thread, but i worked at a press work company nearly 50 years ago that made bits for the fenn trap. I see they are still going round the corner from where we made the bits - a bit of product longevity there!
PS - I have a horsey friend who has rats, but also a terrier that's fairly effective.
PS - I have a horsey friend who has rats, but also a terrier that's fairly effective.
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