Preventative measures pay off

[john b 38]

I was reminded today about the benefits of having a few traps about the place, set in a safe and discreet manner. And of the importance of checking them.

 

My neighbour has a large area of decking at the end of his garden, not properly sealed off at the edges and a perfect location for nesting rats. The latest infestation was dealt with during the summer but I have a few MK4s about the place in boxes - ideal for keeping the dog and the kids out of it.

 

Looks like there was a new tenant taking a look. I just hope he was the advance party and not a new resident.

 

It also looks like I need to swap that Fenn out for a bit of TLC - it's been a wet summer and permanent sets can get into a pretty bad condition.

 

 

[scothunter 12,609]

still doing the job though john

[cumbrianrabbiter 0]

Cracking Job John Well Done

 

Regards Gaz

[kenny14 656]

Well done John. I use a similar set up to you, with traps in boxes set permanently, I find that this generally gets any visitors before they have chance to 'set up home'.

[theobenmike 0]

Well done John, another one bites the dust It's getting to that time of year when rats start to move out of the hedgerows and closer to home, especially when the maize is off the fields and the temperature drops. Was that fenn baited John or just set in a run through tunnel?

[john b 38]

That's a difficult one to answer Mike. It was originally set up as a baited trap but that was some time ago - I think between them the mice, the slugs and the ants will have had the bait away long since.

 

However it was never placed as a run-through (as you'll see in the pic below) and has the 'under and over' baffles that mean it doesn't look like a run-through from ground level. I stopped using run-throughs some time ago in this location because we had a lot of hedgehogs, some of which seemed very determined.

 

I think there may have been some vestiges of the bait scent still there and having been in place for so long it had just become part of the terrain to be explored.

 

 

 

[PeakOil 352]

Good work, reminds me I must get the traps re set in the garage ASAP to head off the annual autumn / winter invasion.

[heart of wales 19]

I use a similar set up with a run through John and was worried about hedgehogs ,particularly on a new place I have been doing will change now to the up and over design thanks

[Rey27 83]

well in john!