Rat Trap Surprise!

[lurchers 2,598]

rats are classed as nervivours mate which means they dont like new objects and could take a couple of weeks to get used to them.we tery peanut butter,chocolate or prawn cocktail crisps as the stronger the smell the more tempting it is

[Hunter4ever 0]

Really? Hmm... I'll try someemore smelly stuff, see if I can get more sardine stuff, and peanut butter

 

That will be mine eventually.

[ferreter.al 22]

all this talk of penut butter,[bANNED TEXT] breakfast time,like everyone else says give it what its use to....atb catchin the little ba*tard.

[Hunter4ever 0]

I gave it something new because there is corn everywhere in our garden, so why would it go for the stuff in our trap? That'd only attract birds.

[Matt 160]

rats are classed as nervivours mate which means they dont like new objects and could take a couple of weeks to get used to them.we tery peanut butter,chocolate or prawn cocktail crisps as the stronger the smell the more tempting it is

 

I'm not quite sure what 'nervivours' means, but I suspect that you are referring to the fact that rats are neophobic.

 

Neophobia means that they have a fear of any new object, or change in their immediate environment. They will actively avoid anything new, especially a cage trap. To have any chance of success, you need to allow them to get used to it first, and make it dark and inviting. You also need to offer them a good reason to go into the cage.

 

You will have more chance of catching rats in kill traps, as they tend to be 'passive' i.e. you are not asking the rat to do anything out of the ordinary. Invest in a couple of Fenn MkIV traps and build some tunnels out of natural materials found in the immeadiate vacinity.