Primitive but effective mousetrap

[k0ua]

The Paiute deadfall.

 

[Ed of all trades]

Looks effective. Ed

 

[teejk]

That don't look like any mouse I have ever seen! Rat???

 

[dirtydan]

Not primitive but I got my first rat last night with my own idea. I have seen these rat zappers and thought I would like to have one but did not feel like putting out the money for one. I thought to myself that an electric fence jolt should do one in. Mounted some scrap aluminum on a board and a second piece on top of that separated by a small piece of wood. Then I just put some grain on it and connected it to the electric fencer with some wire with alligator clips from an old battery charger so it is easy to disconnect. Went out this morning to let the chickens out and heard the loud popping. It had fried away some of his head so I guess it works. Now will be interesting if it works again. I have heard they learn quick and hard sometimes to get them to do it twice. On another note there was a dead rat laying there from some homemade bait the neighbor lady gave me. Made from peanut butter, oatmeal ( for binder ) and some crushed oyster shell pills. I have never heard of them but she said they sell them in the vitamin section. I guess what kills them in the calcium in the oyster shell. They supposedly can not digest calcium and die from liver damage. Also there is nothing about this that is harmful to other animals, no poison involved. There is nothing about this that alarms other rats to not eat it. I am going am to town this afternoon and try to find these pills. Don't know if just crushing oyster shell itself in to it works or not. Hoping this will let me get my rat problem under control without using poison.Don't want my dogs eating a poisoned rat.

 

[reb]

... Made from peanut butter, oatmeal ( for binder ) and some crushed oyster shell pills. I have never heard of them but she said they sell them in the vitamin section. I guess what kills them in the calcium in the oyster shell. They supposedly can not digest calcium and die from liver damage. Also there is nothing about this that is harmful to other animals, no poison involved. There is nothing about this that alarms other rats to not eat it. I am going am to town this afternoon and try to find these pills. Don't know if just crushing oyster shell itself in to it works or not. Hoping this will let me get my rat problem under control without using poison.Don't want my dogs eating a poisoned rat.

Let us know how it works. That might be good for gophers, too.

 

[BoneheadNW]

This has successfully worked for me for both rats and mice. No poison, just peanut butter and water.
Bonehead

 

[k0ua]

This has successfully worked for me for both rats and mice. No poison, just peanut butter and water.
Bonehead

I am sure those work well, but you do not have the benifit of those cute little mouse pancakes that the deadfall makes.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

Very clever. The sticky pads work also, but I didn't like them. I caught a lot of June bugs, one mouse and a little blue-tailed lizard. I managed to free the lizard...minus his tail...but don't use the stick pads any more because of the collateral damage. Besides, the neighbor's feral cats keep the mouse population to a negligible level.

 

[kenmac]

This has successfully worked for me for both rats and mice. No poison, just peanut butter and water.
Bonehead

I thought water boarding was outlawed LOL

 

[k0ua]

Very clever. The sticky pads work also, but I didn't like them. I caught a lot of June bugs, one mouse and a little blue-tailed lizard. I managed to free the lizard...minus his tail...but don't use the stick pads any more because of the collateral damage. Besides, the neighbor's feral cats keep the mouse population to a negligible level.

yep, I haven't seen a mouse anywhere around the house in years.. but we have kitties. Once in a while one will sneak into the garage, but it's life expectancy is hours at best.

 

[aczlan]

Another one that is cheap and not poisonous is a mix of flour, sugar and baking soda. About 1/3 of each.
Works better than bait blocks and its cheaper too.

Aaron Z

 

[oldpilgrim]

This has successfully worked for me for both rats and mice. No poison, just peanut butter and water.
Bonehead

if you don''t put enough water in it, the little buggers will jump right out. I found that out for myself.

 

[dirtydan]

Could not find any of those pills here in our small town but will be going to Des Moines next week so will look in some bigger stores there. If not will try just straight oyster shell ground fine and see what that does. Put some more grain for bait on my electric zapper but forgot to plug the fencer back in and was at a meeting last night so have not tested the zapper again but they did eat all the grain from it with rat hair from the dead one still there. So that is encouraging. I will make some of the buckets with the peanut butter and water soon. Maybe with all of these I can get rid of some of them. Have set out some traps but I only get mice in the rat traps.

 

[joefromga]

The problem with poison is the rats go hide somewhere to die and that's usually in your walls or attic.

 

[k0ua]

The problem with poison is the rats go hide somewhere to die and that's usually in your walls or attic.

AND with the Paiute deadfall method, you can have delicious little rat pancakes for breakfast!:licking:

 

[teejk]

The problem with poison is the rats go hide somewhere to die and that's usually in your walls or attic.

Years ago my dad built a new supermarket near where the old town dump was. Years later they started an assisted living facility across the street and all of sudden we had rats in the store (not a good thing for a food establishment...would see them in the trash building munching on lettuce...we named them Boris and Natasha). Called in the exterminator that baited with hamburger and poison...they died behind the walls and "stunk" (not a good thing for a food establishment). Spent a lot of time on the ladder pouring chlorine bleach down wall cavities.

 

[joefromga]

Victor traps work well. I have found that the peanut butter doesn't work as well as American cheese slices. They love it.

The electric trap works but I think they are more afraid of going inside them. I've only caught a few that way.

The spin into bucket is really good for mice but a rat can jump out of a 5 gal bucket.

Cats work but they come with their own problems.

 

[MossRoad]

Best mouse trap I've found so far is the Eaton Jawz 409 mouse trap.

JT Eaton 409 Jawz Mouse Trap

I can only imagine that their Eaton Jaws 410 rat trap is just as good.

JT Eaton 410 Jawz Rat Trap

But, as k0ua mentions, no furry little pancakes. :laughing:

 

[k0ua]

Best mouse trap I've found so far is the Eaton Jawz 409 mouse trap.

JT Eaton 409 Jawz Mouse Trap

I can only imagine that their Eaton Jaws 410 rat trap is just as good.

JT Eaton 410 Jawz Rat Trap

But, as k0ua mentions, no furry little pancakes. :laughing:

That looks like a serious mousetrap, but I just love the looks of the pancakes.