RAT QUERY

[micky 3,325]

Do Rats  ever bury  Traps that have been set to catch them  ?

[EDDIE B 3,166]

I've seen rats digging under traps to get at bait. Maybe that's what was going on, and pushed soil onto the trap in the process

[Ken's Deputy 4,459]

Micky; They will do. Just as they'll kick a bait box full of shit. Crafty little fukkers.

 

Edited December 14, 2020 by Ken's Deputy
Edited to chuck a pic in. We all know Micky loves pix :D

[micky 3,325]

I  dug holes 6 inches deep in this compost and placed 3 older type traps in them then shaped the compost around them leaving a 3 inch slope down to the PLATE , when i arrived this AM  the Traps were all covered over and unfired , i have now levelled the compost and changed the BAIT  and TRAPS , we shall see .

[micky 3,325]

Old Mrs  Rat  as had a tidy up

[Ken's Deputy 4,459]

They've got your fukking number now, Micky!

[Arry 21,727]

I find the same Micky. carefully exposed the tunnel set some Victor and Nippers and they buried the lot. Think its the older wiser ones. Threw some wax block down the hole that sorted the bugger out. They alway seem to turn up this time of the year when it goes wet, must give my compost heap a check.

Cheers Arry

[Torquemada 288]

Jaws is easy to set and is a good trap...

[hambone 950]

I've had this problem now and again in the past with fenn mk4 in plywood tunnels, think I've solved it by putting wooden angle (ramps) either side of the trap instead of scraping a hole in the ground to seat the trap.

[Ken's Deputy 4,459]

1 hour ago, Torquemada said:

Jaws is easy to set and is a good trap...

Nice to see you're still about, Spaniard

Do those things break the neck then? Only stuff I'd ever handled that looked like that, I'd put my finger in without hesitation. But, matey there certainly looks like he went out like a light.

[Torquemada 288]

The decent ones do. I've recently taken delivery of Black Cat traps. They are capable of seriously maiming a human hand.

 

But if you are predominantly using traps, I think you need to mix the type up, as ratty does get to recognise them.

Edited December 15, 2020 by Torquemada

[Ken's Deputy 4,459]

Seen the reports on Black Cats. Plastic version of an old, American design. I wouldn't have put my fingers in one of those things, either!

I have some trail cam footage here of ratty demonstrating what the much vaunted 'neophobia' actually looks like!

Doesn't exactly teach us anything - and was deliberately set up to demonstrate the failure. Amusing as all hell though.

I'm afraid this computer's failing me, as we speak. Sent for a new one, today. But, until that arrives, I can't access shit

[budharley 945]

There’s a video knocking about on YouTube of a rat using a stick to set off traps . 

Edited December 15, 2020 by budharley

[Ken's Deputy 4,459]

Wow! That's some next level shit, Bud! I'd love to see that!

[DIDO.1 22,691]

Black cats are a new level in catching rats. I've got em on trail cams staying 12" from snap traps then steaming into black cats. Traps are once again becoming my first option in a lot of jobs simply because of the bc's