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Since I don't have Byron's rat patrol here I'm putting these babies out tonight in my garage.
I tried one of those zapper boxes and it didn't do squat. They just ate the PB. I was however able to get some great pics with my trail camera and discovered I have FOUR rats! Originally I thought it was only two. I screwed these down on a piece of plywood which will hopefully make it easier to clean up and keep them from dragging the traps away. These traps were only $2 ea. at HD. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1584064629.JPG |
I tie nylon string to the trap triggers Then smear the peanut butter into the string. When they chew/pull on the string it gets them every time.
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I wanted to try these right out of the box first before deploying any guerilla tactics. I won't post dead rat pics - but will verbally post results. |
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Rats! All I got was one tail. All traps but one were sprung and all peanut butter gone. Crafty little devils. Tonight we move up to level two.....
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I found a guy who was using a hot glue gun and gluing dry kibble to the trap trigger. I thought that would be easier than the monofilament so took my glue gun down to the garage and began looking at bait choices. I was going to use some dry cat food when I saw a few slim jims in my mini-fridge that I keep for snacks. I decided those would work as good or better than the kibble and when I looked at the trap trigger I noticed the little prongs each one has, so I ended up just snagging a piece of the slim jim onto each prong so there would be some serious tugging involved by any rat trying to forage. So I didn't use the glue gun. We'll see what happens. I'm only at level 2 right now....lol. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1584144166.JPG |
Spotted this guy on my way home from work. Didn't seem to mind me one bit.
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Trying a new style rat trap out tonight......
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Lowes Valspar2000 really did not want to open after a couple years.
Fast-drying and hard but 2-3 coat coverage. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1584382674.jpg A little water on top, tin foil basket almost touching the paint, and transferred it to a new can later. The plastic cans don't seem to have this problem. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1584382685.jpg |
Half a dozen doves one day.
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1584383051.jpg A dozen Cardinals another day. Critters were hungry. Went through two big bags. Made a mess. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1584383061.jpg |
The black bellied whistling ducks are back and trying to establish who gets to use the nesting boxes I set up in the back yard.
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It's all good, I've had dogs and cats over the year. They are all great to have around. |
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