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budd wrote:trap now set using tuna as bait, hopefully we'll soon see a dead Rat!!!

Ahh decking ! The Ideal harbourage of all things Rodent !

Good luck with the trapping Budd.

Keep us posted.

budd wrote:trap now set using tuna as bait, hopefully we'll soon see a dead Rat!!!

I thought the cat liked Tuna.......so if you feed the tuna to the rat the cat might get interested?

MacV2 wrote: Ahh decking ! The Ideal harbourage of all things Rodent !

so it seems, you don't realise by putting down decking having bird and rabbit food in the garage plus ribbit bedding and newspapers etc is providing the perfect habitat for rats and mice.

AMCQ46 wrote:

budd wrote:trap now set using tuna as bait, hopefully we'll soon see a dead Rat!!!

I thought the cat liked Tuna.......so if you feed the tuna to the rat the cat might get interested?

LOL maybe, thing I am going to have watch is the cat trying to get the tuna off the trap if that trap goes off the cat may end up decapitated, it's more like a bear trap than rat trap it's got a proper spring on it !!! I chose tuna because it's a bit smelly and I thought it would appeal to the average rat, at the time I didn't think about the cat going after the tuna, I may have to reconsider the bait.

budd wrote:

AMCQ46 wrote:


I thought the cat liked Tuna.......so if you feed the tuna to the rat the cat might get interested?

LOL maybe, thing I am going to have watch is the cat trying to get the tuna off the trap if that trap goes off the cat may end up decapitated, it's more like a bear trap than rat trap it's got a proper spring on it !!! I chose tuna because it's a bit smelly and I thought it would appeal to the average rat, at the time I didn't think about the cat going after the tuna, I may have to reconsider the bait.

Put the trap somewhere where the cat cant get at it, problem solved. (Just a thought but why not put it on the bird table, you know they are going there as that's where they are finding food. Put it up there at night, less chance of trapping a bird...)

Check your trap every morning !

Don't expect instant results, rats have very poor eye sight & suffer from 'Neophobia' which is a fear of new things in their environment, they may just avoid it for a few days.

As previously recommended try peanut butter that has a nice smell for them to find.

Oh & don't pin your hopes on one trap...The more you put down the more chance you have of catching them.

MacV2 wrote:

budd wrote:

AMCQ46 wrote:


I thought the cat liked Tuna.......so if you feed the tuna to the rat the cat might get interested?

LOL maybe, thing I am going to have watch is the cat trying to get the tuna off the trap if that trap goes off the cat may end up decapitated, it's more like a bear trap than rat trap it's got a proper spring on it !!! I chose tuna because it's a bit smelly and I thought it would appeal to the average rat, at the time I didn't think about the cat going after the tuna, I may have to reconsider the bait.

Put the trap somewhere where the cat cant get at it, problem solved. (Just a thought but why not put it on the bird table, you know they are going there as that's where they are finding food. Put it up there at night, less chance of trapping a bird...)

Check your trap every morning !

Don't expect instant results, rats have very poor eye sight & suffer from 'Neophobia' which is a fear of new things in their environment, they may just avoid it for a few days.

As previously recommended try peanut butter that has a nice smell for them to find.

Oh & don't pin your hopes on one trap...The more you put down the more chance you have of catching them.

great minds think a like trap is indeed on the bird table, I am a bit concerned about birds however there wouldn't much left of a sparrow or even a pigeon if one was unfortunate enough to trigger the trap, a chaffinch nearly copped it earlier but so for no casualties and also no sign of any rats since I put the trap out although the kids have been out there rat hunting for it so they’re probably keeping its head down for the moment.
I think I’ll leave the trap on the bird till I go to bed then move it to near where they’ve been emerging from the hole in the decking, otherwise I’m pretty sure it’ll kill some unfortunate bird as they tend to start feeding at dawn and I’m getting up a 6 just to move the bloody trap.
BTW the rats seem very confident they let me get quite close before legging it earlier, if I’d have had an air rifle they would have been easy meat, if I don’t have any success with the traps over the next couple of days I may have to borrow an air rifle, I’ll have to ask around see if anyone as access to one people don’t seem to have them anymore, when I was a kid everybody had one, I used to have lovely .22 back in the day, if I still had it now the rats would be in big trouble!!!

Trying to get tomorrow off work and still don't have an answer !!
Seriously how fecking hard is it to say yes or no :-(

budd wrote:

MacV2 wrote:
Put the trap somewhere where the cat cant get at it, problem solved. (Just a thought but why not put it on the bird table, you know they are going there as that's where they are finding food. Put it up there at night, less chance of trapping a bird...)

Check your trap every morning !

Don't expect instant results, rats have very poor eye sight & suffer from 'Neophobia' which is a fear of new things in their environment, they may just avoid it for a few days.

As previously recommended try peanut butter that has a nice smell for them to find.

Oh & don't pin your hopes on one trap...The more you put down the more chance you have of catching them.

great minds think a like trap is indeed on the bird table, I am a bit concerned about birds however there wouldn't much left of a sparrow or even a pigeon if one was unfortunate enough to trigger the trap, a chaffinch nearly copped it earlier but so for no casualties and also no sign of any rats since I put the trap out although the kids have been out there rat hunting for it so they’re probably keeping its head down for the moment.
I think I’ll leave the trap on the bird till I go to bed then move it to near where they’ve been emerging from the hole in the decking, otherwise I’m pretty sure it’ll kill some unfortunate bird as they tend to start feeding at dawn and I’m getting up a 6 just to move the bloody trap.
BTW the rats seem very confident they let me get quite close before legging it earlier, if I’d have had an air rifle they would have been easy meat, if I don’t have any success with the traps over the next couple of days I may have to borrow an air rifle, I’ll have to ask around see if anyone as access to one people don’t seem to have them anymore, when I was a kid everybody had one, I used to have lovely .22 back in the day, if I still had it now the rats would be in big trouble!!!

Smaller birds should be ok as they are not heavy enough to set the trap off...I wouldn't worry a pigeons...Rats with wings the bloody things ! However if they are nicking the bait...

Personally I would put the trap on the bird table in the evening/dusk then move it down to the entrance hole before bed time.

If you can get close then just throw a brick at them once stunned you can easily bludgeon them with a stout stick/metal bar...





So I gets this call to deal with some rats in a palladin bin... When I got there the caretaker showed me the bin said ''there you go'' & shat himself when I suggested we just tip it over...So I asked him if he had a bit of wood long enough to reach the bottom of the bin. He came back with a broom handle...& ran away. I spent about 10-15 mins stirring the rubbish round & jabbing at the rats. Mum & her 5 kids I believe. Got em all bar the one who hung on to the stick & got flicked about 20 foot in the air, landed & run off... Meanwhile the big brave caretaker was watching all this from the 2nd floor landing...He didn't want his broomstick back, still got it in the MacCave, it was fine once I cleaned off the blood & the bin juice...

I hope that's a Halal rat stick Mav

Pete.l

I took the trap off the bird table earlier when the kids were about I was a bit worried it might traumatise them if a pigeon or similar got unlucky, anyway kids have gone out now so trap is going back on the table and I’m off to the pub hopefully roland rat will fancy a bit of supper when I’m out.

Pete.L wrote:I hope that's a Halal rat stick Mav

Pete.l

Is it baldrocks...I was as humane as I could be...but I think it left the caretaker traumatised...


BTW whose Mav ?

Mav? Who rote that?

Some ilterate to$$er doh!

Pete.L wrote:Mav? Who rote that?

Some ilterate to$$er doh!

FFF...

I would have just poured some petrol in the bin and set it alight.

(:-})

cybercarl wrote:I would have just poured some petrol in the bin and set it alight.

(:-})

Not exactly humane & within health & safety protocols...