Rat Trap

Rat droppings in my attic. Put a TomCat Rat Trap. Third time Lucky. One miss one escape with head in side of trap. Third time it put head in front of trap. Took 2 months to get this little bugger. One more to go. Peanut butter and TomCat Bait.

[@Willowflat16]

If you position your traps so that rats can't access them from the sides, your odds of getting them will increase. The treadle isn't as sensitive on the sides, and the gap between the lure cup and the side of the trap is smaller than at the front. The trap is more powerful at the front, so it's more likely to be a clean kill.
Change your baits frequently to keep rats interested. Jam a piece of dried fruit or beef jerky into the bait cup, so that it's hard for rats to remove with their paws or teeth. Mayo is something that they really like.
A good trick is to put some bait on top of the flat piece of the treadle behind where the bait cup is and leave the cup empty. In order to reach the bait, rats have to take greater risks to reach it. Using peanut butter or Nutella as a glue, stick a peanut M&M on top of it. Before you do this, give the rats a sample M&M near the trap. They won't be able to resist getting another one.
I hope this ups your kills.

[@Willowflat16]

@@Sandra-bq1ii Yes, I have plenty of experience trapping mice and small rats. It can be difficult to tell mice and small rats apart, so using mousetraps is a good way to reduce the number of rats that reach adulthood.
Are you trying to trap wild mice, because you live in the country? That will affect my advice. I trap around my house and buildings, and in forests and grasslands.

[@greggrimsley5337]

Rat to family, "Chewy didn't come home last night."

[@YhwhKhaiMostHigh]

haha

[@ZergRadio]

That rat is such an actor, 1st it plays dead when the jaws came down, then it decided to behave like George Floyd, I can't breath........

[@johanna6050]

Mr. Rat struggling to overcome the room temperature challenge. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@martinrogers2719]

What do you call a one eyed rat ?? a Pi rat!!!!

[@wilrobles5392]

Very nice.

[@f18superhornetcer78]

its still alive , they never gone

[@Ballin-4-life222]

IS THAT THE BITE OF 87??!!!!!!!!!

[@fishin4salmon]

Thought it was going to get away a third time. Can tell this is the same rat by the one glowing eye.

[@williampetersen6214]

U know rats love sunflower seeds I caught 3 in 1 night with my tomcat rat trap

[@anonamust8697]

Let’s face it.
You got crushed.

[@CriticalThinker08]

use sesame oil or walnut or almond, they're getting wise to the peanut butter i think

[@just-a-fella3212]

cheese & vegemite

[@plove9136]

​@just-a-fella3212 they're a lot smarter than i ever thought possible. Don't underestimate them, they repopulate faster than anything.

[@vincei4252]

Took the attic temperature challenge and won.

[@came2fastOops]

Did it dead?

[@fishin4salmon]

Oh Ya

[@randomrazr]

how did they get up in ur attic

[@plove9136]

Either from a sewer/air pipe sticking out of roof, or a small hole entrance in the exterior of house. They can chew through almost anything except steal & concrete. & they have to chew because their teeth grow like crazy. Wood is like a pretzel to them. They can chew threw plastic drain pipes np. & some of them are extremely intelligent. Flipping traps then eating bait.

[@xPussyWhistlex]

Is it still alive when it flops around or are those just post death spasms?

[@redarrowhead2]

it's alive

[@davidledford3522]

The trap strangled it

[@davidledford3522]

One eyed rat

[@glendathegoodwitch6987]

I feel sad and glad at the same time. I happen to have a nasty invader (or two) that I’m dealing with now whose similar fate I wish upon him.

[@randomrazr]

did it work