You clever Rat you

[kash2001]

I'm now catching a lot of mice on peanut butter which is to be expected, but not one rat is touching it at the mo. Its almost as if they let the mouse get trapped and eat afterwards. I had expected the to luncheon on the dead mice but they leave them and go over them to eat the remains of the food.

Eventually the mice will disappear but its annoying how the rats just sit there and either watch the mice get caught or sit within the arch of the trap and not get caught even if it were to go off.

Got more traps coming of different variety hopefully it may catch them more regularly.

Ive got 8 traps down in about 1 1/2 yards in the hope of statistically catching at least one rat, buy the end of this I'll have enough mice to make a sleeping bag, and I dont mind the mice so much, its the rats I cant tolerate.

I'll try the plastic bottle top idea to see if the fat rats think thats worth looking at but theyll have to go soon.

[bighit]

i forgot i had seen this on youtube ( not the actual one as it shows dead stuff )

http://www.vintagetraps.co.uk/shop/v...hoker-lucifer/
It has metal wire nooses through the holes . And string that holds the spring down. you put the bait in and they have to cut/nibble the string to get to the bait . they nibble the string and and the noose flys up and executes them.

search youtube for 427 Year Old Style Spring Mouse Trap In Action or lucifer trap.

You could make one to suit Rats id Guess