Tomcat 0361710 Rat Snap Trap

I live in a semi-rural area and have a problem with rats getting in the roof (and gnawing on electrical wiring) and under the house. Hitherto I've used bait stations, which certainly kills the rats, but they die in the roof or in the sub-floor and create a stink for a couple of weeks. After reviewing a couple of cheaper and similar design traps I settled on Tomcat — and they work a treat. I caught this specimen on the second night, adjacent to a hole where they were getting under the house. I'm happy to recommend Tomcat Rat Snap traps — a quality product that works.

Había puesto trampas para que se quedara pagada y logró despegarse y nunca volvió a pisarlas. Y puse esta y el primer día cayó la maldita. Le puse mantequilla de maní y un poco de peperoni.

I’m not sure that you can make a better snap trap than this. It’s rugged. It’s remarkably simple to sad without any worry of stamping your finger. But most importantly, it just works well. I received a new set of traps and set one in the middle of the afternoon, and to my surprise within 15 minutes I had my first rat. I don’t even usually see the rats active during the day. I reset the trap and before the sun had set I already had my second rat. After the sunset, I had another and I continually reset the trap until I went to bed. In less than 24 hours, I had killed seven rats. Peanut butter is a great bait for this trap. One other point comparison between these and the traditional wooden spring traps. Rats often figure out how to steal bait off wood traps by approaching from another angle or using sticks to trip the mechanism. These traps require the rat to approach from the front. Also the set mechanism is much simpler on these traps and as I said above don’t put your fingers at risk of damage.

I have used snap traps of various types for years with limited success. I have heard that rats can actually eat the bait on some without tripping the mechanism and also know what a trap looks like and actually can trigger the trap without getting caught. I can verify that as absolutely true as I use an infra red wildlife camera to see the routes the rats take and have seen rats "teasing" the trap. having seen the reviews I decided to try the Tomcat trap. In the first 3 nights I caught 4 rats. Unbelievably two rats were killed at the same time. Since then it has proved effective with more kills. I like the removeable bait holder as it can be cleaned easily and recharged. Also I think the matt plastic and more shell like construction makes it less conspicuous. Whatever it is proving to be a great product and worth spending that bit more on. Peanut butter is also the best bait I've used so far. I was told Nutella is good but that never worked very well. I tend to smear some peanut butter on things in the area of the trap which seems to also help entice the rats onto the trap. Thoroughly recommended !

The trap is large enough for rats, however, it is not sensitive enough. I thought this would be a faster and more humane way to kill the rats living in my garage compared to traditional baits which make them sick over a longer period of time. I added peanut butter to attract the rats (it worked) but each time I checked there was less peanut butter but the trap hadn't been triggered. After about a month, a rat eventually triggered the trap but only got caught by its back legs. Poor thing was screaming in pain for nearly 15 minutes while I rushed home to help. I thought it could be a once off so I reset the trap again. Two days later, it was triggered by another rat and again only caught it by the back legs. I was home so the rat was only screaming in pain for 1-2 minutes this time but that was still too long and a sound I never want to head again. I absolutely REFUSE to use this trap again. This experience was traumatic for everyone involved and a completely unethical way to control a rat infestation. If I wasn't relatively close by, the rats would have been in huge amounts of pain for hours/days until they eventually starved or died from shock. This product needs to be urgently redesigned if it continues to be sold.