JFABNRGR said:

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Ag83 said:

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Are you putting the peanut butter on top of the lever or the bottom? If on top, try putting it on the bottom. Or affix a piece of cheese to the tab on top so he has to tug at it.

Better option may be an electronic trap. I've zapped many a rat with one.

Disclaimer to the above - I am in huge battle of perseverance and wit with a rat in my attic right now. Been at war for at least a week and a half. He is extremely trap shy but I have managed to get him (last night finally) to start licking at the peanut butter on the lever on the snap trap and taking the cheese off of it. I have not set the trap yet, but if he continues to get more comfortable at it, I hope to get him. He will absolutely not go into my electronic trap for some reason.

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When u go to set the trap use gloves to avoid getting ur smells on it. Might add some grass around it.

I spent a month fighting one. Never did get him, he either died or moved on. Those big ones are witty *******s.

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