I have tried using just peanut butter before, but the rats we had would just
lick it out of the little cup on the trap without springing it, or ignore
it. The best thing we found was lunch meat held on to the bait paddle with
a rubber band or tied on with dental floss. They tug at it to pull it off
and that sets springs the trap. Peanut butter with dog kibble embedded also
works good if they like the peanut butter.
I found that the back side of a shovel swung good and hard does a nice job
of dissipating a rat that is still alive in a trap.
Rich Ball
'76 Midget
Everett, Wa
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Duquette" <robertduquette@sympatico.ca>
To: "Spridgets" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2010 5:39 AM
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] gone
>I had peanut butter in that one.
>
> I still didn't find the trap. I did find some mouse tracks, if you know
> what
> I mean. So, hopefully it is just a mouse. I put another trap in the same
> place. Maybe the mouse is making snowshoes for itself.
> Rodents really freak me out when they get close to my cars.
>
> From: tequila.brad@gmail.com
>
> I had one in my shed (I'm an hour south of bjshov8) and it tripped my rat
> trap
> three times. The last time, it barely snagged it's snout, and it was still
> alive when I went out that morning. I had to get a powerful pellet gun to
> kill
> it. It was easily 7" long, nose to rectum.
>
> The best thing for baiting your trap, peanut butter. It will get down in
> that
> little curl, and the rodents love it so much, they will lick and lick,
> trying
> to get the last morsel, until they trip it.
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 5:35 PM, Robert Duquette
> <robertduquette@sympatico.ca>
> wrote:
>
> If you're trying to scare me, it's working ...
>
>
>
> I'm hoping that it just gave some big push and the trap landed somewhere
>
> amongst my clutter ...
>
>
>
> RD
>
>
>
>>
>
>> Yes. What he said. Get a rat trap and be careful where your thumb is.
>
>> ...bill in corvallis
>
>> ===========================
> >
>
>> It's not gone. One of your big rat visitors took it home as a trophy.
>
>>
>
>> Rich Ball
>
>> '76 Midget
>
>> Everett, WA
>
>> ============================================
>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>
>> From: "Robert Duquette" <robertduquette@sympatico.ca>
>
>> To: "Healeys" <healeys@autox.team.net>; "Spridgets"
>
>> <spridgets@autox.team.net>
>
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2010 3:01 PM
>
>> Subject: [Spridgets] gone
>
>>
>
>>
>
>> > Another thing disappeared in my garage.
>
>> >
>
>> > I put a mousetrap on a shelf a few days ago. I glance at it when I go
>> > in
>
>> > the
>
>> > garage. It's gone.
>
>> >
>
>> > Robert Duquette
>
>> > Ottawa ON Canada
>
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