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So /an/, I have a rat problem I think. It looked too big to be a mouse but anyway I went out and bought 4 of these. I loaded them with peanut butter but I'm not sure how much to put on them.

I was wondering how much you would recommend to put on them, or another bait, and what to do if it doesn't work
>> Bitter Anon !!WJLRQ1cwCyZ
I don't know but you should make sure you put them where the retards can't get to them.
>> Anonymous
sasafras
>> Anonymous
Shit. If you rent, call your landlord. If you own, hire an exterminator. There's more than one.
>> Anonymous
>>150152
bash reference?
>> Bitter Anon !!WJLRQ1cwCyZ
>>150173
Indeed.
>> Anonymous
>>150166
own, exterminator wants $75 to come put a trap, and if he catches something another $75 to remove it
>> Anonymous
You don't need much peanut butter, but the trick is to work it up underneath the little "tab" on the trip lever on the trap. If you just put it on top then the rodents can often eat the bait without springing the trap. Make sure it's smeared on there in such a way that they have to work at it to eat it.

Also, always place mousetraps or rat traps against a wall. Rodents rarely wander into the middle of a room unless there is something specific they want. They travel along the edge of the walls where the wall meets the floor.

If you really do have rats, then the exact trap pictured in OP is too small to kill them. If you have rats, you need a rat trap.

Have you seen their droppings? The dropping size is an easy giveaway as to what you've got. Mouse droppings are about the size of sesame seeds. Rat droppings are much larger, like a tic-tac.
>> Anonymous
>>150257
I put them all out. I actually bought 4 of the larger one the rat ones. I'll try to put a better job smearing them under the trap thing.

I went in the garage today and found one of the traps missing. Basically a Rat got hit, but he was a big sucker and didn't die instantly so he struggled and took it with him a decent clip. I'm not sure if he was the only one living in the garage
>> Anonymous
honey, and fruity cereals are also good.
Try to put the traps against the walls as already stated, but also behind something like a couch is best or wherever else you think they are active.

I've actually caught a rat in about 2 minutes this way. Set the trap with honey and froot loops behind my desk, went to get another trap, and came back to rat with bulging eyes adn a twitching leg.
>> Anonymous
>>150148
THRUST VICTORING OWNS THE SKIES
>> Anonymous
Depends...

A better and permanent solution would be to get a cat. If the rats seem big, get a bigger cat.

None of the households I've ever lived in with a cat have had mice or rats. And when the cat died, they suddenly set up shop.
>> Anonymous
IT'S A TRAP
>> Anonymous
buttsecks
>> Anonymous
>>150966

haha, immense failure
>> #fortune Anonymous
Just dont step on them.
>> Anonymous
I heard chocolate works well on those traps.
>> Anonymous
Fuck you.
>> Anonymous
Op here

Well I've had the traps out for two days now. After that initial horrible death, nothing else seems to have turned up. I don't think the peanut butter has been eaten either. How much longer should I leave them out?
>> Anonymous
>>151064


If you have the traps in a good spot, usually you will catch the rodent(s) pretty quickly. If it's been a few days and you haven't caught anything, then it's time to try moving the traps and/or a different bait substance.

Remember that rodents travel along corners (wall meets floor) and behind furniture or between boxes, etc. Also look for droppings as to a good sign where to place the traps.

Another thing you might try is the glue-board traps. They are more effective in my opinion than the spring type. The downside is that the glue traps aren't lethal, so you either have to "do the deed" yourself, or the rodent dies a horrible death from starvation.
>> Anonymous
>>150874
Listen to this man, i've had cats in my house all my life and is unusual to see rats or mice, if we see one isn't long before cat catchs it and regularly eat it.
>> Anonymous
Clean your house.
>> Anonymous
My cat brings mice INSIDE the house. Then she plays with them until they die of shock or the dog sees them. The dog is a lot better mouse killer than the cat.
>> Anonymous
>>151187
Cat's (that's for Male cats) are lazier than female cats. They usually play with their prey but after a while they leave it there.
>> Anonymous
>>151163
those glue traps suck. seeing a rat stuck on it squirming is gross, and one time i found only rat feet. yes, the rat chewed off it's feet and ran off on stumps leaving little bloody stump prints.
>> Anonymous
>>151401
Dear God I can hardly believe that. Never bought glue traps, but once found a rat in a mouse trap - the wire had partially penetrated the skull and it was still alive. I felt terrible and killed it with a rock. :(
Only used rat traps since then.
Crushed dog kibble was an effective bait.
>> Anonymous
>>151401

Sure, seeing a stuck rat is gross. But that means the trap WORKED. The whole point of the trap is to catch a rodent. Glue traps, while gross, are much more effective at capturing rodents than the spring traps. Rats and mice can often times eat the bait off of a spring trap without setting it off. Escapes from glue traps are nearly impossible.

As for the stump incident, I don't belive you. I don't think it happened. Animals chewing their own feet off is a tale dating back to the fur trapper's leg traps--like those "bear traps" you see in cartoons. It does happen with those traps. But a glue trap is totally different. A rodent that gets stuck in a glue trap gets stuck by its fur. If only their feet were stuck then the animal doesn't even need to chew them off. They could just pull them off (it's not that sticky). The FUR getting stuck is what really gets them.
>> Anonymous
>>151414
I want you to press your hands and feet into a glue trap and try to get them off.

They are sticky, fuckstain.
Animals are desperate to survive and will do whatever they can to get free.
>> Anonymous
be nice to th e thing and go to the dollar store and buy a really cheap glue trap. that's what i always do, because they're too stupid to realize they can slide off the really cheap ones and you can just pick it up and take it outside, turn the paper vertically and the rat/mouse will slide right off.
>> Anonymous
>>151456

151414 here. I have touched glue traps many times, and sure they are sticky, but it takes very little effort to unstick a small object such as a fingertip (or even smaller--a mouse foot) from one. A mouse has a much higher strength-to-surface area ratio than a human does. It has no difficulty unsticking a paw.

The first thing that happens when ANY animal gets caught in something is to pull away from it and struggle. A mouse that only has a foot on the trap can simply pull its foot away. I have seen this happen with my own eyes on numerous occaisions. However, what normally happens that the rodent walks onto the trap and then becomes stuck on its body fur. Use your brain and think about it: If a rodent got instantly stuck with just one foot, then how could one ever walk all the way onto a trap? The second its first paw hit the glue it couldn't travel any farther becasue it couldn't pick its foot back up again.

Anyway, if a rodent walks onto the trap, they become stuck by the fur on their body and limbs. The glue now has a much higher surface area to bond onto, and now the rodent doesn't have enough purchase to pull itself free.
>> Anonymous
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OP here, well it seems like it was only one rat, the other traps haven't been touched but who's to say?

I used 4 of this trap specifically and placed it along the walls in the garage where I've seen it chew up boxes or plastic bottles. He really liked chewing on antifreeze and detergent bottles. The Trap that killed him though was the one near his droppings pile.

I originally was planning on going with glue traps but the lady at Home Depot said they would chew off their own legs. On google I saw a picture of a glue trap left with just hair on it because the thing struggled free. You'd need to get the appropriate size glue trap for the thing to be most effective.
>> Anonymous
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Despite what the victor packaging claimed, the rat did not die instantly. The rat was able to struggle for a good 5 feet or so leaving a trail of blood.

Attached is said picture of hairy glue trap
>> Anonymous
>>151472

That's a really crappy glue trap. The good ones have a shallow tray with a thick layer of glue in it. It's almost like a gel.
>> Anonymous
>>151471

Glue traps are a painful, drawn out way for the rodents to die, and isn't even effective anwyay.

Don't do this.
>> Anonymous
>>151483

Glue traps are a painful, awesome way for the rodents to die, and is very entertaining.
>> AHHH Anonymous
DO NOT USE ELECTRIC TRAPS.

I had one and the mouse fucking BLEW UP. There were mice pieces ALL OVER MY KITCHEN.
>> Anonymous
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Good luck
>> Anonymous
>>151547
Awesome. Where can I buy them?
>> Anonymous
just get a cat
>> Viet Bong
>>151547
!!!!!!
I'm gonna buy one of these, some feeder mice, and some popcorn to much whilst I watch the show.
>> Anonymous
the best thing to use is a snickers bar.. just put about the size of a peanut.. not the peanut in the shell.. on the trap and then set it.. if you have baseboards those fuckers love to run on top of them and miss the traps.. but if you put it in a corner you are more likely to catch them.. good luck..
>> Anonymous
That time would be better spent developing a brain.
>> Anonymous
>>151561
Sorry, that previous entry was for you, baby einstein.
>> Anonymous
>>151547
I hope you've recorded it. Post it on YouTube!
>> Anonymous
>>151606
DEVELOPING BRAINS? HAS SCIENCE DONE THIS?