Fenn Traps for rats ??

[mark stotesbury]

Hi
Has any one made use or uses fenn traps to catch rats ? We have a huge rat problem on a farm and looking to get a few fenn traps , they need to be honey badger proof so would need to be unbaited set in narrow concrete pipes .Have been using normal traps and cage traps but the ratels/badgers make short work of a steel cage with a live rat inside they also carry away or chew up the normal traps .

 

[Damascus]

Yes, fenn traps are very effective set in a pipe, you need the number 4, fenn trap and place the pipe along the wall of the building.

 

[British Red]

I've used fenns in natural or constructed tunnels. Mk IV is fine, no need for the big boys. If the problem is as bad as you say, I doubt Fenns alone will solve it though.

 

[mark stotesbury]

The wildlife do help and the dogs hammer the population but its never enough . Having a badger dig up everything to catch rats is also a no no !! Poison is out of the question due to the owls , the best solution in our younger days was to shoot and catch a heap of puff adders in summer and release them into the sheds before we left the farm to go back home but now having kids and all their cousins running around on the farm during the school holidays and panicky moms insisting that every shed be inspected and every snake be collected we don't do that anymore , its amazing how little kids can find snakes what's more amazing is how p####d off mothers can get with fathers when the kids rush in to gleefully tell the mom that their new pet named Fat Albert just ate a rat and "dad said we can watch as long as we don't go too close" .......

 

[sunndog]

Yep, no4 fenn will do you right up mate....although getting rats out of a fenn trap (and then re-setting it) isnt my favorite thing to do
Know anyone who would like a bit of shooting?

 

[British Red]

Can you deny the rats food? Pouring concrete floors etc can help. Terriers are good and good poison discipline should make secondary poisoning unlikely.

 

[forrestdweller]

could you set your traps above ground where the badgers cannot climb to them?!

 

[Robson Valley]

The carbon monoxide from car exhaust, piped under some grain bins was magic for my grandfather's farm.

 

[woof]

The carbon monoxide from car exhaust, piped under some grain bins was magic for my grandfather's farm.

Lot of people have given a new life to old chainsaws, converting them so they discharge their exhaust fumes down rat holes, I wouldn't know how to do it though.

Rob

 

[pontyboy]

Lot of people have given a new life to old chainsaws, converting them so they discharge their exhaust fumes down rat holes, I wouldn't know how to do it though.

Rob

Have someone weld a little stub to the exhaust at the manifold and secure a rubber pipe to it.Great fun for the dogs,really enjoyed myself and a great feeling of satisfaction putting a huge dent in the rat colony.

 

[mark stotesbury]

not possible , watch this clip too see how great these buggers can be also a mates youngster that is a real rat catcher .
http://www.google.co.za/url?sa=t&rc...NuW6pFSCNB4zbFmvv9ejw1A&bvm=bv.87920726,d.d24.
http://www.google.co.za/url?sa=t&rc...epeUJtg8Nz-zXZ0ZtEaanJQ&bvm=bv.87920726,d.d24

could you set your traps above ground where the badgers cannot climb to them?!

 

[Robson Valley]

Grandpa had a section of decommisioned fire hose = that canvas stuff. Soaked it.
Backed his car up to each granary, hosed the foundation for a AM or PM.
Any junk hose or pipe, say 2", would be fine. If you cooked it, find another.