cage trap

[seanygonzo 0]

Hello all!!

 

Have recently bought ( a couple of months ago) a humane cage rabbit trap for pest control round the farm. Have placed it at the botom of a barley field wheare i know there is a lot of bunnies (decimated crops), but it seems that the buggers are refusing to climb inside!!

 

Have baited with carrots split into three, and then grated, have also tried cereals and bread (just caught hedgehogs).

 

Also have tried camaflauging it, not camoflauging it, and spraying it with mud to remove glare and scent!!

 

does anyone have any idea whats going on?? (thought it may be that im using wrong baits for this time of year??)

 

 

thank you in advance for any ideas or advice!!

 

cheers,- sean.

[wingnut 27]

Hello all!!

 

Have recently bought ( a couple of months ago) a humane cage rabbit trap for pest control round the farm. Have placed it at the botom of a barley field wheare i know there is a lot of bunnies (decimated crops), but it seems that the buggers are refusing to climb inside!!

 

Have baited with carrots split into three, and then grated, have also tried cereals and bread (just caught hedgehogs).

 

Also have tried camaflauging it, not camoflauging it, and spraying it with mud to remove glare and scent!!

 

does anyone have any idea whats going on?? (thought it may be that im using wrong baits for this time of year??)

 

 

thank you in advance for any ideas or advice!!

 

cheers,- sean.

 

Hi i'm no expert and people on here can correct me as i dont really use cage traps for rabbits but what i have been told about these traps is to put them on a run were the rabbits are regulary stationary grazing and were a large pile of the rabbit droppings can be seen and also putting two cages back to back so the rabbit either way it runs on its usual run enters your trap, and also i was told if the one cage catches swap it with the cage that is on the back of it as the rabbit is likely to have urinated and faeced whilst in the cage and other rabbits will think this is normal and then end up in your traps. But i think the bait you are using is correct carrot sticks. hope this helps and if any one reads this can tell me if i'm wrong or on the right lines should i decide to use this trapping method.

[seanygonzo 0]

Hello all!!

 

Have recently bought ( a couple of months ago) a humane cage rabbit trap for pest control round the farm. Have placed it at the botom of a barley field wheare i know there is a lot of bunnies (decimated crops), but it seems that the buggers are refusing to climb inside!!

 

Have baited with carrots split into three, and then grated, have also tried cereals and bread (just caught hedgehogs).

 

Also have tried camaflauging it, not camoflauging it, and spraying it with mud to remove glare and scent!!

 

does anyone have any idea whats going on?? (thought it may be that im using wrong baits for this time of year??)

 

 

thank you in advance for any ideas or advice!!

 

cheers,- sean.

 

Hi i'm no expert and people on here can correct me as i dont really use cage traps for rabbits but what i have been told about these traps is to put them on a run were the rabbits are regulary stationary grazing and were a large pile of the rabbit droppings can be seen and also putting two cages back to back so the rabbit either way it runs on its usual run enters your trap, and also i was told if the one cage catches swap it with the cage that is on the back of it as the rabbit is likely to have urinated and faeced whilst in the cage and other rabbits will think this is normal and then end up in your traps. But i think the bait you are using is correct carrot sticks. hope this helps and if any one reads this can tell me if i'm wrong or on the right lines should i decide to use this trapping method.

 

 

cool, will try to modofy according to this!!

 

cheers wingnut!

[nod 285]

Hello all!!

 

Have recently bought ( a couple of months ago) a humane cage rabbit trap for pest control round the farm. Have placed it at the botom of a barley field wheare i know there is a lot of bunnies (decimated crops), but it seems that the buggers are refusing to climb inside!!

 

Have baited with carrots split into three, and then grated, have also tried cereals and bread (just caught hedgehogs).

 

Also have tried camaflauging it, not camoflauging it, and spraying it with mud to remove glare and scent!!

 

does anyone have any idea whats going on?? (thought it may be that im using wrong baits for this time of year??)

 

 

thank you in advance for any ideas or advice!!

 

cheers,- sean.

 

Hi i'm no expert and people on here can correct me as i dont really use cage traps for rabbits but what i have been told about these traps is to put them on a run were the rabbits are regulary stationary grazing and were a large pile of the rabbit droppings can be seen and also putting two cages back to back so the rabbit either way it runs on its usual run enters your trap, and also i was told if the one cage catches swap it with the cage that is on the back of it as the rabbit is likely to have urinated and faeced whilst in the cage and other rabbits will think this is normal and then end up in your traps. But i think the bait you are using is correct carrot sticks. hope this helps and if any one reads this can tell me if i'm wrong or on the right lines should i decide to use this trapping method.

 

 

cool, will try to modofy according to this!!

 

cheers wingnut!

 

place the trap just off the run, bit of carrot on the run bit of carrot just in the trap 2-3 bits of carrot behind the foot plate

[comanche 3,038]

Try fennel as bait

[ratattack 111]

Try using a gun, cages are very hit or miss.

[danny dolman 4]

i generally set rat and rabbit traps and sometimes it just takes a while for them to get used to the trap.... a better way to kill tthe rabbits is to snare them

[Wanna be farmer 0]

You should use masses of rabbit live catch cage traps. You should set them near hedge rows, fifteen foot apart and the entrances all facing the same way. Baited with carrot.

[seanygonzo 0]

cheers everybody!!

 

really appreciate the advice!!

 

sean.

[Wanna be farmer 0]

Hello all!!

 

Have recently bought ( a couple of months ago) a humane cage rabbit trap for pest control round the farm. Have placed it at the botom of a barley field wheare i know there is a lot of bunnies (decimated crops), but it seems that the buggers are refusing to climb inside!!

 

Have baited with carrots split into three, and then grated, have also tried cereals and bread (just caught hedgehogs).

 

Also have tried camaflauging it, not camoflauging it, and spraying it with mud to remove glare and scent!!

 

does anyone have any idea whats going on?? (thought it may be that im using wrong baits for this time of year??)

 

 

thank you in advance for any ideas or advice!!

 

cheers,- sean.

 

Hi i'm no expert and people on here can correct me as i dont really use cage traps for rabbits but what i have been told about these traps is to put them on a run were the rabbits are regulary stationary grazing and were a large pile of the rabbit droppings can be seen and also putting two cages back to back so the rabbit either way it runs on its usual run enters your trap, and also i was told if the one cage catches swap it with the cage that is on the back of it as the rabbit is likely to have urinated and faeced whilst in the cage and other rabbits will think this is normal and then end up in your traps. But i think the bait you are using is correct carrot sticks. hope this helps and if any one reads this can tell me if i'm wrong or on the right lines should i decide to use this trapping method.

 

 

cool, will try to modofy according to this!!

 

cheers wingnut!

I wouldn't bother facing them back to back. Most keepers would reccomened setting a long line of traps 15 foot apart with ALL of the entrances facing the same way.