That's what I was thinking when I read the OP. I always thought the risk is that other animals might find the bait trap and ingest it.

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Git yerself one of these. This is my boy Cooper, he hates mieces to pieces

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I'm not sure how valid this is when there are so many locked in with this thing.
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Ruber snake
 

I had a good customer that had a rodent problem in his garage. He kept his kibble dog food there. He started looking for rat poop and tracked their entry to a damaged end on his garage door weatherstrip.

So, he put a big dimestore rubber snake just inside the door by the entry point - end of rodent intrusion

:-)

^Brilliant! Keep the wife out of the garage too

Dried apricots also work well...and not as messy as pb if you don't get any hits and wanna reuse the trap.

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We go this, first night we got 7. the crows love them when we throw them in the street

How's it do the deed? Does it whack em in the head like a hammer or ...?