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Sylvester Stallone in Demolition Man. Pretty daring considering he didn’t understand the three seashells.
I thought it would be worth updating this thread, as it's the season.... for rats to come into the loft.
We ended up with two of these D style heavy duty spring traps, I think the large ones.
fortproducts.co.uk
They are quite powerful but I find them easy to set. Bait is placed on the prong so the rat lifts it and the trap is sprung. I've caught several rats on them and they have all been very large and instant kills. Traps can be left unset and baited to get critters used to them.
The only downside is the odd mouse or vole gets caught and the spring hits the body rather than the head. Still the kills are instant but I'd rather have head or neck kills.
Obviously only site somewhere where pets or other animals are not at risk, ours are used in our loft or protected with a wire cage.
We ended up with two of these D style heavy duty spring traps, I think the large ones.
Roshield 2x Large Heavy Duty Rat Control Trap - Powerful Instant Killer Rodent Trap Solution for Treatment of Rats within Buildings - Fort Products
HIGH STRENGTH RAT CONTROL - Do not confuse this product with other rat trap alternatives; this trap will kill all sizes of pest rats from small to large, and the powerful spring will result in a humane and fast kill with no suffering. UNIQUE MULTI-KILL TRAP - Most traps work…
fortproducts.co.uk
They are quite powerful but I find them easy to set. Bait is placed on the prong so the rat lifts it and the trap is sprung. I've caught several rats on them and they have all been very large and instant kills. Traps can be left unset and baited to get critters used to them.
The only downside is the odd mouse or vole gets caught and the spring hits the body rather than the head. Still the kills are instant but I'd rather have head or neck kills.
Obviously only site somewhere where pets or other animals are not at risk, ours are used in our loft or protected with a wire cage.
FYI, several of the makes of bait stations for rat poison now include a specific slot to traps inside the plastic "box" these can be sited in most areas and over good protection to Non Target Species.
The last rat I caught with one of these didn’t get the head for some reason but did hold onto it. Was a tricky situation to deal with!
Blimey - the picture with the hands in gives a good sense of scale! A bit of a beast!!!I thought it would be worth updating this thread, as it's the season.... for rats to come into the loft.
We ended up with two of these D style heavy duty spring traps, I think the large ones.
Roshield 2x Large Heavy Duty Rat Control Trap - Powerful Instant Killer Rodent Trap Solution for Treatment of Rats within Buildings - Fort Products
HIGH STRENGTH RAT CONTROL - Do not confuse this product with other rat trap alternatives; this trap will kill all sizes of pest rats from small to large, and the powerful spring will result in a humane and fast kill with no suffering. UNIQUE MULTI-KILL TRAP - Most traps work…
They are quite powerful but I find them easy to set. Bait is placed on the prong so the rat lifts it and the trap is sprung. I've caught several rats on them and they have all been very large and instant kills. Traps can be left unset and baited to get critters used to them.
The only downside is the odd mouse or vole gets caught and the spring hits the body rather than the head. Still the kills are instant but I'd rather have head or neck kills.
Obviously only site somewhere where pets or other animals are not at risk, ours are used in our loft or protected with a wire cage.
There's a rat trap version of the squirrel trap I'm currently trying out. The great thing about it is it's self reloading - it can kill 24 rats with one CO2 canister. It means that it can potentially kill a number of rats in the same evening.
Of course, one could argue, you can buy quite a few spring traps for the money
goodnaturetraps.co.uk
I don't use poisons.
Of course, one could argue, you can buy quite a few spring traps for the money
Humane Rat Traps | The A24 Rat Trap | Goodnature Traps UK
A24 Rat Traps are humane and automatically reset 24 times, reducing the number of visits required to keep them working indoors or outside
goodnaturetraps.co.uk
I don't use poisons.
Yes, it's much bigger than the normal snap rat traps. But we do seem to get big rats so the traps seem ideal.
Thankfully we don't get many so these traps are ideal for us.
I get them here in the winter. they tunnel under the tent. I catch them in those cage traps that trigger the door shut and big rat traps which just kills them. I use peanut butter as the bait. They cant resist it or you could get a cat. x
Have you ever set a Fenn trap? It cured my constipation the first time!
No. 4 Fenn Trap by British Red, on Flickr
Is there something that can be put into a nest to exterminate the occupants?
I have a nest under the shed, and it looks like just one entry/exit, and I can't use poison as my dogs are likely to get to it. The nest entrance can be cordoned off.
I'd thought of flooding and bunging it.
I have a nest under the shed, and it looks like just one entry/exit, and I can't use poison as my dogs are likely to get to it. The nest entrance can be cordoned off.
I'd thought of flooding and bunging it.
@British Red I keep a couple of Fenns around the place, they need to be treated with respect! Effective though, although the triggers on mine seem to be a bit heavy.
Most trap triggers benefit from a little tuning I find. A little fettling with a riffler file should get them where you want them.
There are specific tools to block an entrance and offer poison (I can show you pictures of one). Modern poisons (cholicalciferol) do not risk secondary poisoning but you do have to be licensed to use them. Flooding will just have rats bolting in all directions & returning when the water subsides. Gassing is possible but again is a job for a professional
We are still required, by law, to use 'humane' approved methods; I'm not sure if CO or CO2 fall into that category (I can't see why not personally). However, for example, drowning is not considered humane.
