Tomcat Rat Snap Trap, 1 Rat Size Trap - Reusable - Effectively Kill Rats - Ideal for Home and Farm Use

So, I did not want to kill the rats in my attic and crawl space...but it had to come to that. Im a big animal lover too. So, at first, I ordered 3 different cages from Amazon, returned 2. I bought a Ratinator from a feed store. It was 64.00 dollars. The dude raved it would catch a lot of rats at once. It did not work for me. It comes with a container u set cage in and drown them. Now thats cruel! Well caught 1 at a time and than 2 at one time, so a total of 4. Then rats got cage shy they call it. I also caught 4 with another small cage which I think rats started just setting it off because set lever was on top of cage. So after catching only 8 rats and releasing them, in a matter of 3 weeks, I finally couldnt deal with the scratching in the walls. And the mess they're making by knocking down insulation in crawl space. It was "a time to kill." So these traps are the best! Dont buy the wooden ones. I at first couldnt set traps myself, I felt bad. I paid my neighbor to do it. Well he didnt come to check and reset when he said would, so I said to myself grow some balls (im a female) and do it yourself. I went into crawl space and i saw exactly what I didnt want to see. A rats leg caught in the wooden trap with ants eating the leg and he was still alive. Dammmit! I yelled for my other neighbor, who was a little bit tipsy, and it took him 3 shots with his pellet gun to put the poor thing out of his misery. I was freaking out a little. Anyway, no more wooden traps! U have to put bait on the trap so the trap can kill the rat fast and humane as possible. I think he just set trap in pathway. So I threw the wooden ones away and got these Snap Traps. These are fantastic. I set 4 in my crawl space one evening and came back the next evening with 3 perfect fast kills. One trap no go but i think it was the location. So i got my neighbor to get rid of the dead rats. He just threw rats up in a field where theyd be eaten by coyotes or other animals. I cleaned the traps and reset them. Use PEANUT BUTTER. The traps are easy to use but watch your fingers and pay attention to the trap on how u hold it. Treat it like rattlesnake. I set 4 up in my attic so ill look at them after work. The rats got in through an opening by the a.c. that I closed off 1 month ago and thats when the scratching in walls started. I should of set kill traps than but couldnt do it. I really tried to catch and set free as many as possible but I cant have my home damaged. So buy these traps. You wont be dissapointed. Oh! A service wanted 355.00 to inspect my home for holes, patch work not included. And 75.00 each time they came out to collect traps and reset. They would have needed to come out 3 times a week. They use these type of Snap Traps. I may need to get a service to thoroughly check for holes but not for no dam 355.00. And I guess we are suppose to be killing the rats. So the ones i released were heading to my neighbors, I think, because he was killing a lot of rats lately. He has a chicken coop. BUY THESE FOR A QUICK HUMANE KILL.

This is how it all started. My wife has a good heart, she picked up a nestling from a parking lot. We later learned that it’s not a good idea to pick them up, but she wanted to give the poor animal a chance in life. She gave him a place to sleep and feed him everyday until one morning she didn’t hear him as usual. We kept the bird in our outdoor and meshed covered porch. She saw blood and feather spread around. I went outside to find out the poor bird was eaten, we suspected an iguana, never a rat. It didn’t cross my mind, “I haven’t seen a rat in all these years living here” I thought. We live in a community that has a good sized natural environment close to us, so maybe it was rats.It wasn’t until a after couple of weeks later that I found out. I was alone at home, it was 3 am and i heard a strange sound. It was the rats eating the bird food we left in the porch. Now we know these need to be in containers and not left outside in the open. I also discovered that there were two of them. I’m not afraid of the beasts but also know I should not get too close to them. I gave them a good scare and they ran away. They have now eaten a bird and food from us. I knew now that I should prepare because they will come back for more.Next day, I got the message that my traps will arrive a day later even though I was told they will arrive today. So, I left work early enough to clean the mess and then head to Home Depot to buy these. When I returned it was about to get dark so I read again the reviews that had tips on using dog food and peanut butter. I smeared peanut butter in the triggering plate too. I also pushed the plate just a little bit because they have a small dead zone before triggering. I put these traps in the places they run around, close to walls. I also used a couple of glue traps just in case. It was around 7 pm. Then I went to my things. I knew they will come back.I went to bed around 10 pm and at 11:30pm I heard some snapping sound and then the animal started moving around, struggling with the trap, I could here a sort of cry with a plastic sound, similar to a plastic toy hitting around with the floor. These kept going for about 2-3 minutes and then it all got quiet. I then went to take a look, and saw one dead rat with his head trapped, it died by suffocation. But saw the other rat too, it quickly hid when he saw me and I knew it was scared. I also saw that the other trap was still there close to him and not triggered yet. So I went back to sleep. 2-3 hours later, I then woke up again to another snapping sound but this time no struggle was heard. I knew then that my vengeance was complete. I woke up next day to see them both dead close to each other, they had it coming. I think the worst part was to get rid of their bodies.In the end, these traps work. Just follow the tips I did which I got from other reviewers. They are amazing, they will get the job done.

I've tried different catch & release traps, but the rats living in my attic were way too smart to trigger them. I checked into ultrasonic rodent repelling systems, but none of them have been scientifically proven to work. I didn't want to kill them (I used to have rats as pets), but they had to go. Poison is out because the rat goes somewhere else to die, and may rot and attract insects and generate decay odors. Glue traps were out because they are unimaginably cruel to the animal, forcing a slow and miserable death by dehydration and starvation.So, a snap trap was the only other solution. The old wood and spring traps have been around for nearly 200 years and are fairly inexpensive, but it is difficult to remove the dead rat without touching it, meaning the trap often gets tossed out with the dead rat. I wanted a snap trap that was easy to use, and easy to reuse.There are lots of bad snap traps, and many mouse traps that are listed as also working for rats, but they don't. Only the Tomcat brand came up in my searches as being universally recommended, so I bought six of them. I've been catching a rat each day since I got them. When the trap is triggered, the jaws come down with great force, and their serrated edges ensure a quick death with minimal suffering.This trap is the real thing. It works well and is very easy to use.One more thing: Be sure to get "natural" peanut butter, the stuff with some separated oil on top that needs to be stirred before each use. I had first tried some national brand homogenized stuff that had so many additives and sugar that the rats actually avoided it. Natural unsalted peanut butter works amazingly well.