Have a problem in my garage. Caught a couple with my conventional traps but now the traps are being sprung and nothing caught. Actually have had a couple mouse traps disappear---assume a rat setting it off and running away with trap, but don't know.

What is the best traps to get rid of these guys?

I like the electrocution traps. Looks like a little mail box. Put peanut butter in the middle, they go in and get fried.

Order one of the 5 gallon bucket trap door lids on Amazon. I caught/killed like 5 rats in my attic with one all in a day or two. Made for a nasty rat soup but it knocked out my rat problem.

As mentioned by water turkey, get the rat zapper traps. Have several of them and they work like a charm.

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buddybee said:

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As mentioned by water turkey, get the rat zapper traps. Have several of them and they work like a charm.

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I killed 7 kitten-sized rats in 7 nights with one. Wiped them out.

Agree with all above
+ Tomcat Glue Boards, even the cheaper strips
+ Great Stuff BIG GAP filler

the pros use poison but then comes the rot smells if in attic

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tgivaughn said:

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Agree with all above
+ Tomcat Glue Boards, even the cheaper strips
+ Great Stuff BIG GAP filler

the pros use poison but then comes the rot smells if in attic

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If you mean the Great Stuff to stop the rats getting in, stuff copper wool in there, too. They dislike it and they will chew through Great Stuff.

you just need to anchor your traps. screw them down into some wood. for really big rats, put two of them neck and neck with the business ends facing each other, like this

A24 may be overkill but it's the same technology they use to knock down the invasive stoat population in New Zealand.


Or just do it the old fashioned way.

Another +1 for electronic traps. I live near a creek and have problems with my outdoor cabinets and bushes and such.

Electronic traps are basically100% hit rate. They would get wary of the different snap traps, or it might catch a leg or whatever. Poison didn't seem to knock them back.

Only real problem I had with the electronic traps was the ants would find the bait and then I'd have to rebait between rat visits.

Thanks-ordered some electronic and some of the new, more traditional spring type with teeth.

Gonna get the Bas&$rds!!

I have mice/rat problems everytime a neighbors field near my house gets cleared/mowed. I've done poison and sticky traps.

i also drive small nails sticking upward on the business end of the spring traps

Here's a DIY that gets quite a few. You can put water in the bucket so you don't have to deal with relocating!

Do it the American way

Looks safe

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P.H. Dexippus said:

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A24 may be overkill but it's the same technology they use to knock down the invasive stoat population in New Zealand.


Or just do it the old fashioned way.

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Mrs Frisby will just make more...

Sticky traps are the best

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Chase said:

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IslandAg76 said:

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Have a problem in my garage. Caught a couple with my conventional traps but now the traps are being sprung and nothing caught. Actually have had a couple mouse traps disappear---assume a rat setting it off and running away with trap, but don't know.

What is the best traps to get rid of these guys?

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I've had great luck with these

Tomcat Rat Snap Trap- Pack of 4
https://a.co/d/08IxZzy

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These traps work amazingly well with peanut butter in the cup; we used them for a couple of years at my old office until the building owner finally filled gaping holes in the exterior which were allowing all kinds of critters to enter.

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hijakeroo123 said:

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Chase said:

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IslandAg76 said:

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Have a problem in my garage. Caught a couple with my conventional traps but now the traps are being sprung and nothing caught. Actually have had a couple mouse traps disappear---assume a rat setting it off and running away with trap, but don't know.

What is the best traps to get rid of these guys?

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I've had great luck with these

Tomcat Rat Snap Trap- Pack of 4
https://a.co/d/08IxZzy

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These traps work amazingly well with peanut butter in the cup; we used them for a couple of years at my old office until the building owner finally filled gaping holes in the exterior which were allowing all kinds of critters to enter.

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Yep, peanut butter is what we used.