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Offline Maria Regina

Re: Building better rat traps to stop typhus and plagues
« Reply #5 on: July 25, 2019, 06:16:10 PM »
This one is not for the faint of heart. Water + electric shock.

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Offline A new name

Re: Building better rat traps to stop typhus and plagues
« Reply #6 on: July 25, 2019, 06:23:17 PM »
I have made and used the roller bucket trap having chicken feed around my barn and it worked great. Rats are very intelligent though and after a few of them bite it the others will learn to avoid it.
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Offline Maria Regina

Re: Building better rat traps to stop typhus and plagues
« Reply #7 on: July 25, 2019, 06:39:26 PM »


These are rats, not mice. That was quite a catch.
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Offline Seraphina

Re: Building better rat traps to stop typhus and plagues
« Reply #8 on: July 25, 2019, 06:49:20 PM »
Quote from: Maria Regina on July 25, 2019, 06:04:21 PM
This trap is a little expensive at $200.00. However, it works if you live in a rat-infested area where you need to trap seven to 100 rats per night.

The down side is: how do you dispose of all those rats? No solution was given.


Two methods of extermination :--
1)  Attach weights to the cage and submerse it in water for half an hour.
2) Place cage in an enclosed box or bag.  Attached to car exhaust pipe.
Dump out dead rats and dispose of by burial or incineration.  
It's a nasty job, but somebody has to do it!
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Offline Maria Regina

Re: Building better rat traps to stop typhus and plagues
« Reply #9 on: July 25, 2019, 07:29:15 PM »
Quote from: A new name on July 25, 2019, 06:23:17 PM
I have made and used the roller bucket trap having chicken feed around my barn and it worked great. Rats are very intelligent though and after a few of them bite it the others will learn to avoid it.
Some trappers suggest disabling the trap periodically, like every week, and letting the rats feed without trapping them for a week.
One week trapping and one week feeding ... repeat

Others suggest making or buying a different trap and feeding them for several days before enabling the trap.
This keeps them off guard and stimulates them to investigate. Setting several traps in different places can fake them out.

Have you tried this?
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