Thread: Rodent baits and their effect on native fauna

I have resorted to using traps now and am having quite a bit of success with them.
I bought 7 of these at the big green shed

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Originally Posted by trout1105

I have resorted to using traps now and am having quite a bit of success with them.
I bought 7 of these at the big green shed

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For rats or mice?

I have heaps of issues catching mice,but the rats are easy,particularly the younger ones.
The larger older rats are also difficult to catch.The young ones will often go into a trap with no bait.

I generally use break back traps for mice,and Elliotte traps for rats.We inherited a box of Elliotte traps from my father,he used them for catching rats for research.
Outside i have to be careful as we have lots of hungry possums around,so rat break back traps are not really the go outside.

I will get some corn and give that a try.
The little buggers are now shunning the new traps.

We have used a stubbie, cable tied up so it points slightly downwards into a tall bucket.
Then shove some cooked bacon rind into the end of the stubbie.

Seems to work well,during the mouse plague,we caught hundreds of them using this method.

One of these perhaps

We use one of those kitchen rubbish bins with the swing top lid. Bit of peanut butter on the lid, rat climbs on top, and falls on in

Originally Posted by scarry

We have used a stubbie, cable tied up so it points slightly downwards into a tall bucket.
Then shove some cooked bacon rind into the end of the stubbie.

Seems to work well,during the mouse plague,we caught hundreds of them using this method.

Was going to post about a version of the same thing, except using longnecks. The old 26 fluid oz type or whatever they are now.

The neck shape makes it deadly.

DL