On Wed, 20 Jul 2016 13:18:29 -0400, Poquito Loco
wrote:

On Wed, 20 Jul 2016 12:59:08 -0400, wrote:

On Wed, 20 Jul 2016 12:31:06 -0400, Poquito Loco
wrote:

On Tue, 19 Jul 2016 17:55:13 -0400 (EDT), justan wrote:

One got into the storage compartment of my camper. Aftter seeing
evidence I set a trap baited with peanut butter. Got the sucker
within 12 hrs. Had no evidence thereafter. One rat can do a lot
of damage if given enough time.

Do you use the crunchy or the creamy? My rodents seem to prefer the creamy, Jif of course.

You are supposed to smear the peanut butter on bacon that is firmly
attached to the trap trigger. They can lick off peanut butter without
tripping the trap but once they get a taste of that bacon, they want
it.
I gave up on the Victor rat traps and went with glue traps or my live
trap. I either shoot them or drop the trap in a trash can full of
water. You can't leave them in there too long or they will chew
through that 1/2" hardware cloth.

I have yet to see the peanut butter removed without the trap being sprung. I'm using one of these:
http://tinyurl.com/hjl9sab

I have a small one like that one that I made years ago. It works
pretty well but since it is 1/2" hardware cloth, a rat can eat through
it if they have enough time. The only time it happened, I had looked
at the rat in the trap, decided he wasn't going anywhere and went back
to sleep. Usually they are calmly waiting until they see you coming.

I had one of the larger raccoon size Havahearts when I was trying to
get the cats and a raccoon tore a hole in it trying to get pups out,

BTW I guess I am feeling benevolent today. Mr Ed cornered a cat in the
pipe rack behind my shed and I haven't shot him ... yet.