Rodent Traps and Rodent Trapping

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Rodent Trapping Advantages

1. Safer than potential hazardous poison rodent baits
2. Trapping will provice quick and immediate results for rodent control. Trapping effectively will reduce the population quickly.
3. Easy disposal of dead rodents avoiding odor problems that will occur if rodenticides kill rodents in inaccessible areas.

Rodent Trapping Disadvantages

Trapping may be less cost effective than using rodent baits. Traps are more expensive and require more effort.

Trapping one or two rodents is not enough in rodent control. It is important to kill out the entire population, before they have a chance to increase.

In order for trapping to be successful, it is important to reduce the available food and water supply for the rodents.

Rodent Trapping

Mice Trapping : You may need more traps than you think is needed. When trapping mice, use about 6 traps for one or two mice. For more information on trapping mice go to : Trapping Mice

Rat Trapping : Same rule applies to trapping rats. Also, rats are extra cautious and can be difficult to trap. Read Trapping Rats for more information

Types of Rodent Traps

Snap Traps: Snap traps are the most popular for rodent control for both rats and mice. Place the traps where the rodents are traveling.

See Trapping Rats for details of trapping "tricky" rats. See Trapping Mice for details of placements of mice traps

We recommend these safer to set snap traps : Mini Rex Mouse Trap and T Rex Rat Trap. These traps are easier and safer to set than the type that you would get at a hardware store.

Glue Traps: Glue traps have a sticky substance on either cardboard or paper. They are placed directly in the pathway of the rodent's runway. Glue traps are less costly than snap traps, but can be an inhumane way of trapping a rodent.