Rat and mouse traps

[5030]

Buddy just lost his new Diesel King Ranch to an engine fire cause by either ground squirrels or mice building a nest over the turbo charger that ignited as he was driving down the road. Total loss, burned to the ground before the fire department arrived.

 

[goeduck]

^^^^ This thread and that post is reminding me to refresh the peanut butter in my 3 bucket traps.

 

[teejk]

For rat spring traps I used ground beef in a small piece of cheesecloth tied to the trigger.

 

[rangerfredbob]

This reminds me, my trap board has two mice on it that were caught last night... I just set it by the front door next to the firewood rack, no bait necessary...

On another note, I attached a picture if a giant pocket gopher I caught last sunday... for scale that is a 16oz beverage can next to it...

The other picture is why I despise voles, I have many areas that look like that around there, it is extremely annoying. I think I need to make several of my trap boards, bait them and put them around active areas and put a rubbermaid tub over it so they feel safe and just keep doing that for MONTHS since that area probably indicates thousands of the bastages...

 

[Alien]

^^^^ This thread and that post is reminding me to refresh the peanut butter in my 3 bucket traps.

I re-freshed my cage trap last night with peanut butter but I didn't expect this...

It is a brown tree python. venomous. Obviously likes peanut butter and not happy about being caught at all.
It was in my barn.

 

[pmsmechanic]

It is a brown tree python. venomous. Obviously likes peanut butter and not happy about being caught at all.
It was in my barn.

Do they like mice?

 

[Alien]

Yes they love them and it did have a bulge in its' belly so I suspect that is why it entered the trap. I drove him away about 6 klm and let it go.

 

[rangerfredbob]

I'm pretty sure the list of venomous lifeforms in my area is:

Mosquitoes
Yellow Jackets
Paper Wasps
Honey Bees
Bumble Bees

And I like it that way... mosquitoes aren't avoidable, yellow jackets are sometimes avoidable and the rest leave you alone if you don't bug them depending on the situation... just have garder snakes and I think red racer? similar just different colors...

 

[goeduck]

I'm pretty sure the list of venomous lifeforms in my area is:

Mosquitoes
Yellow Jackets
Paper Wasps
Honey Bees
Bumble Bees

And I like it that way... mosquitoes aren't avoidable, yellow jackets are sometimes avoidable and the rest leave you alone if you don't bug them depending on the situation... just have garder snakes and I think red racer? similar just different colors...

We sure do not have the critters many do to worry about and I am not complaining. Although we do have murder hornets on the way thanks to the Canadians and their international transport connection. :muttering: :muttering: :muttering:

 

[5030]

Just primed up my 6 Victor wood base traps with Skippy. I'm sure I'll be catching some tonight.