Tomcat Rat Snap Trap- Pack of 4

We had an invasion of large Norway rats. These things were terrifying. I bought a bunch of these traps, baited them with dog food, and in four days caught 37 rats. You could hear these traps snapping day and night. I'm not exaggerating. When my pest control guy could finally come out to take care of the problem professionally, he was astonished at the sheer number of rodents. He also disposed of their remains. These traps kill the rodent quickly and humanely, far preferable to glue traps

I've had an infestation of chipmunks who were living under my wood deck & burrowing under the slab my house sits on. I won't use poison & I hated the wooden snap traps - they're difficult/dangerous to set & rather than try to empty them, I would just throw them out with the dead rodent still in it which got expensive. These traps have been a game changer! I fill the bait cups with a little peanut butter, set them outside, & let them do their work. And let me tell you they do work! I have gotten 30 chipmunks in the past month (I was shocked there were that many, so there's a cautionary tale for you all) & 3 rats that I didn't even know had been around. No need to clean the traps after a kill - I just wear nitrile gloves when handling the traps so I don't get my scent on them. Rodent disposal is as easy as opening the trap like a chip clip & letting the dead rodent fall into the trash. Then just re-bait as needed and set the trap back up. If you're on the fence about buying these traps, don't be. This is money better spent than on anything else you'll try.

I have a townhouse in Arizona. Our neighbors were hoarders, drug dealers, and drug users. Their living conditions were conducive to housing a large amount of roof rats. I had lived next door to them for a year and never once saw a rat. Then they got foreclosed on and as the new owner cleaned up the house, the rats scattered to my part of the townhouse.I called an exterminator and noticed that they were using these snap traps in my attic. Their advice was to use gloves when handling the traps as the rats may be repelled by human scent. I ordered a pack of 4 from Amazon and some gloves.Roof rats are most likely to come out at night. Since my neighbors had holes in their roof, rat exclusion steps weren't really do-able until they sealed their side. I go outside around dusk and note where the activity is. Then I move my traps to the places they were. I didn't have a ton of success round the back tree, but once they moved to the front where my grills were, I put traps on the grill shelves and along the floor by where the activity was. I've been averaging like 4 KIA a day in the heavy days and I can rest assured that I will kill them even though I see them around the area. Peanut Butter has been working great. Note that I have had my traps licked clean quite a few times. Another user mentioned to dab some on the sensor closest to the metal spring in the back of the trap. That is probably great advice.Sometimes these traps miss the kill and snag a back leg instead. They can carry these traps at surprising distances, so you may want to consider tying them down to something. You will have to kill them by hitting them over the head.Long story short, I've caught more rats in these traps with peanut butter than my exterminator. Like WAY more. Great product, but you should do some research on killing rats and rat exclusion. They are very smart creatures, but not smart enough to get caught if you're willing to put the time in. Best of luck.

This trap is very easy to set up and safer than old style snap traps. The bait cup is easy to fill, simply unscrew from bottom, load with bait and screw back on. I also sprinkled some bait (seeds or pieces of bacon) UNDER the trigger and spread a bit of peanut butter or Nutella on the back part of the trigger. This will make the rat go deeper into the trap. Little trick I learned from other reviews is to hold the trap open manually and push down on the trigger a bit. Gently push down in the trigger until it moves down a bit but before it snaps. Make sure u are holding it open so it doesn’t get you as it will definitely hurt. This will make the trigger extra sensitive and it will take very little pressure to go off.I had several traps set, finally after almost two weeks of skirting this trap and ignoring it, the smartest rat was caught. For almost two weeks I’d watch this rat on my camera ignore the traps. This thing was smart. I guess he just grew comfortable seeing it around and perhaps hungry enough and came to it. I had different types of baits on the different traps (bacon, peanut butter, sunflower seeds, etc) The trap that finally caught it was baited with a small marshmallow I soaked in vanilla extract with bacon bits sprinkled under the trigger. Also, on the back of the trigger, towards the center, I smeared a bit of Nutella.Update: I have caught 6 rats in 3 weeks. I have no more rat activity at the usual locations for over 10 days now so I think I got them all. These traps work great.