Lend of a rat trap cage?

biko

Anyone has one I could use for a few days/week? Neither Woodies nor B&Q stock any cages, just small spring traps.

Tried mouse traps and then some diy traps but the focker is the too big for normal live traps (bucket traps), body about the size of my hand and counting the tail he's a monster...

Will try a figure 4 deadfall trap but I'd rather catch him alive and release out in Connemara far away from people.

BhoscaCapall

biko wrote: »

Will try a figure 4 deadfall trap

Looks pretty inhumane to me pal. Bah gawd King.

snubbleste

I've never seen a rat trap cage.
Borrow a hungry cat?

moy83

Ive got one if you want to pick it up . Im in corcullen but i'll be working in salthill and knocknacarra during the week if you like i can bring it there either

biko

moy83 wrote: »

Ive got one if you want to pick it up . Im in corcullen but i'll be working in salthill and knocknacarra during the week if you like i can bring it there either

Sound, if you can bring it tomorrow I'll PM you and you can drop it off or I can pick it up in Salthill.

sgthighway

Get one if you catch him.

biko

No worries, once the little bugger is caught I'll put up some snaps.

Starie1975

biko wrote: »

Will try a figure 4 deadfall trap but I'd rather catch him alive and release out in Connemara far away from people.

What, is there no one left in Conamara? I was away for the two week shut down but I didn't think everyone left home, better make a few calls.

death1234567

biko wrote: »

I'd rather catch him alive and release out in Connemara far away from people.

Just kill it. They're vermin and its not like their population is under threat. Why release him to terrorise someone else?

paddyandy

Somebody said years ago that the Rat has a real place on the chain in that he disposes of dead matter and what would happen if the poor despised and much maligned critter disappeared ? Also where can i get movin' smileys like those a few posts ago ? THANKS .

BhoscaCapall

paddyandy wrote: »

Somebody said years ago that the Rat has a real place on the chain in that he disposes of dead matter and what would happen if the poor despised and much maligned critter disappeared?

Meh, people always say stuff like this about disgusting animals and insects.

Ooooh but slugs help aerate the soil. Feck off, kill them all with fire and salt.

It's natural selection at work. If these creatures wanted to survive they would
a) Be smarter
and
b) Not be creeps

confuseddotcom

Awww jaysus, please tell me you can put a spoiler over the picture or something! :eek::eek: There's some other Thread somewhere with loadsa pics of hamsters/mice in it and I keep forgetting what it is and end up looking at them! Yucky.


/yuckkkk

paddyandy

BhoscaCapall wrote: »

Meh, people always say stuff like this about disgusting animals and insects.

Ooooh but slugs help aerate the soil. Feck off, kill them all with fire and salt.

It's natural selection at work. If these creatures wanted to survive they would
a) Be smarter
and
b) Not be creeps

Rats are legendary survivors ....there is one near everybody who lives at ground level .There are some great stories about them and Rat's milk is the nearest to human milk and is a reason why they are favoured in experiments .I love them myself..ones in pet shops but my cat would'nt agree i believe so i never got one .

cianof

Without meaning to be captain obvious, wear thick gloves and put newspaper under cage.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leptospirosis

biko

Ok got one thanks to the trap kindly lent by moy83 and have snaps as promised.

Set up was some oats on the trap door and peanut butter inside a cut Pringles can, rat must fully enter trap to get to it.

After a few nights he got brave enough to enter trap and got caught.
However, even approaching the cage got him really riled up (understandably) and so there was no way I'd put him in my car. The trap has a gravity door and I could not be certain he wouldn't be able to get out while driving (disaster for sure).
So I decided to end it and dispose of him.

Trap set up in garden. No rat in this pic.

Dead (don't click if you don't want to see a dead rat!)

fishy fishy

pretty big alright.

keep an eye out for his "family"

you know you are never more than 6 ft from a rat.