Rodent Traps
There is a variety of devices to choose from when trapping
rats or mice.
The three main groups of rat and mouse traps are live
traps ,snap traps and glue traps.
Rodenticides
are also used to kill rats and to kill mice.
There are several advantages for using traps:
1. Safer than potential hazardous poison baits
2. Quick, immediate results
3. Easy disposal of dead rodents avoiding odor problems that will
occur if rodenticides kill rodents in inaccessible areas.
Types of traps:
I can't seem to get a handle on trapping rats.
They seem to come back. Do you have any tips ?
You may need more : Rat traps than you
think is warranted.
Rats are often shy of new objects and placing
unset traps in a new location for a week or two will
increase the opportunities of catching.
This will acclimate the rats to the traps,
once acclimated, set enough traps to
kill the a large percentage of the population
before the rodents become "trap shy."
This is called mass trapping,
trapping them at a higher rate than they can
repopulate and become shy of the trap.
There may be a need to have as many as 2-3 dozen
rat traps set in place in a commercial establishment,
in an infested trash room for example.
By having these traps baited with a Provoke Rat Attractant or peanut butter unset,
a large population would be use to
feeding on around the traps.
When the traps are then simultaneously set
after a while of this "feeding",
a large kill can be obtained.
The most important rule for the effective use of traps is good trap placement location based on thorough inspections to determine the high-activity areas of rodents.
Spacing traps evenly every 10 feet may appear visually as “thorough coverage and protection” of the room. However, such placements make little sense if the majority of mouse activity is actually located in only a small corner of the room behind clutter.
The most common trapping mistake is using of too few traps. For only a couple of mice, a dozen traps are not too many. For severe mouse infestations, traps should be placed close together in double sets in areas of high activity. About 1 inch of space should separate the two traps. These double sets help capture those rodents that attempt to jump over traps, a very common occurrence.
- The spring on the
rat
snap trap is very strong,(it could break a finger) so keep it out of
reach of your pets and small children. An alternate solution would be
using the Trapper T Snap Traps with a protective bait station. The T
Rex traps are designed to fit perfectly in the protecta bait stations.
- Human or dead-rodent odors on traps do not cause a reduction
in trapping the population, but the odors of the natural predators,
such as dogs or cats can cause an aversion to the traps.
Do not touch pets, prior to handling the traps.
- Avoid handling dead rodents with bare hands to prevent contact
with ectoparasites or diseased animals.
- Avoid storing glue traps in vehicles during warm weather
without placing them in a cooler.
UV Rodent Tracker Light to help detect presence of rodent urine for easier inspection.
