LuckOrJudgement 437 Posted October 10, 2018 Report Share Posted October 10, 2018 Been experimenting with a different trap presentation on a difficult job. Lots of pets and children there so rodenticides are out and they have vetoed fenn mk4s. I knocked this box together. It can be fixed along a fence line or along a wall etc With a Victor vertically inside. A length of shock-leader is tied to the kill bar and threaded through a hole in the top lid. When the trap is sprung this will disappear, for at-a-glance monitoring. Only caught little uns so far, but it's early days. 7 Quote Link to post
Deker 3,450 Posted October 10, 2018 Report Share Posted October 10, 2018 3 hours ago, LuckOrJudgement said: Been experimenting with a different trap presentation on a difficult job. Lots of pets and children there so rodenticides are out and they have vetoed fenn mk4s. I knocked this box together. It can be fixed along a fence line or along a wall etc With a Victor vertically inside. A length of shock-leader is tied to the kill bar and threaded through a hole in the top lid. When the trap is sprung this will disappear, for at-a-glance monitoring. Only caught little uns so far, but it's early days. I hear this all the time, why???? Loads of jobs have children and pets, what wrong with species specific tamper proof boxes for either traps or baits? I admire the ingenuity but I have never found the need. Cheers Quote Link to post
tilimangro 1,013 Posted October 10, 2018 Report Share Posted October 10, 2018 What bait are you using struggling with rats of late Rodenticide is a last resort for me and I always make that clear Quote Link to post
LuckOrJudgement 437 Posted October 10, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2018 I agree with you, but the customer is king and in this particular instance, I have to go with what they want. Blame it on SpringWatch. Anyway I'm headed there again tonight to administer a little lead poisoning under the cover of darkness Quote Link to post
Deker 3,450 Posted October 10, 2018 Report Share Posted October 10, 2018 47 minutes ago, tilimangro said: What bait are you using struggling with rats of late Rodenticide is a last resort for me and I always make that clear What method are you struggling with? Quote Link to post
tilimangro 1,013 Posted October 10, 2018 Report Share Posted October 10, 2018 2 minutes ago, Deker said: What method are you struggling with? Snap traps tried various standard baits they just aren’t interested Went to glue boards on the last two jobs Quote Link to post
Deker 3,450 Posted October 10, 2018 Report Share Posted October 10, 2018 8 minutes ago, tilimangro said: Snap traps tried various standard baits they just aren’t interested Went to glue boards on the last two jobs I think Glue boards have a place but they are usually pretty much my last resort. Rats can take time to get used to anything new, not sure what to suggest if you don't want to use rodenticides! 2 Quote Link to post
tilimangro 1,013 Posted October 10, 2018 Report Share Posted October 10, 2018 9 minutes ago, Deker said: I think Glue boards have a place but they are usually pretty much my last resort. Rats can take time to get used to anything new, not sure what to suggest if you don't want to use rodenticides! Last two jobs have been a night mare lady with dementia who wouldn’t stop leaving food everywhere old lady who poured jeyes fluid down all rat holes and everywhere blocked up holes and tinkered with everything I did pulling my hair out with it tbh Quote Link to post
LuckOrJudgement 437 Posted October 10, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2018 1 hour ago, tilimangro said: Last two jobs have been a night mare lady with dementia who wouldn’t stop leaving food everywhere old lady who poured jeyes fluid down all rat holes and everywhere blocked up holes and tinkered with everything I did pulling my hair out with it tbh I've been revving up peanut butter with coconut oil for a bit of added sex appeal. Also the reason I went for a vertical snap trap - just to change things about. You can buy frozen baby rats from pet food outlets (people feed their snakes with them) and I've always fancied giving them a go - rats being cannibalistic. Just a theory, but maybe worth a try. When I size up rat jobs I ask myself two questions: Is the person likely to pay the bill, and is anything I do likely to make a difference. If the answer to either of those questions is no, I walk. 1 Quote Link to post
DIDO.1 20,796 Posted October 10, 2018 Report Share Posted October 10, 2018 11 hours ago, LuckOrJudgement said: I agree with you, but the customer is king and in this particular instance, I have to go with what they want. Blame it on SpringWatch. Anyway I'm headed there again tonight to administer a little lead poisoning under the cover of darkness My customers aren't Kings, most of mine are lucky if I turn up I'm thinking of selling up if anyone wants a pest control business 1 Quote Link to post
Deker 3,450 Posted October 11, 2018 Report Share Posted October 11, 2018 22 hours ago, tilimangro said: Last two jobs have been a night mare lady with dementia who wouldn’t stop leaving food everywhere old lady who poured jeyes fluid down all rat holes and everywhere blocked up holes and tinkered with everything I did pulling my hair out with it tbh Yeah, customers are a pain, couple of years back I had an old woman called me on a Fri, said I'd be over on Monday for inspection/treatment, usual long chat about what to do in the meantime. She phoned again first thing Mon saying her son had been over and filled all the holes etc and what should she do now...I asked what her son did for a living, ......oh he's in IT..... I told her to get her IT son to do the job as he obviously knew more about Pest Control than me! I can bend quite a bit to accommodate clients but if they start tinkering/telling me how to do the job I'm gone! Quote Link to post
LuckOrJudgement 437 Posted October 11, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2018 This trap was rebaited yesterday midday. Sometime between then and now, this one was caught. All that remained of the top half of his body was a flap of skin and fur, an ear and half a paw. His mates had eaten the rest. Quote Link to post
mackem 23,661 Posted November 7, 2018 Report Share Posted November 7, 2018 Saw these traps beside more conventional Victor rat traps in a store yesterday futuristic pest control. Quote Link to post
mackem 23,661 Posted November 7, 2018 Report Share Posted November 7, 2018 12 minutes ago, W. Katchum said: Much was that mate? $99 I think?Canadian is around $1.65 to sterling at the moment. Quote Link to post
mackem 23,661 Posted November 24, 2018 Report Share Posted November 24, 2018 Just saw this in a trap,Nepalese rat. Quote Link to post
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