Rodent damage

[Sutty]

Theres a channel on yotube which reviews mouse and rat traps. The simplest and most effective one he's ever seen, and it works multiple times as it's self resetting, is called the dunk the mouse / rat trap.



Fairly simple to build rather than buy, the only decision you need to make is will it be a trap and kill (fill it with water) or a trap and release (something soft for them to land on, but not too hard that they can jump out again) and what bait to use. Peanut butter as mentioned before is a favorite.

Bear in mind that a few years ago someone got a hefty fine and a criminal record for drowning a squirrel in a trap - it was deemed animal cruelty.

 

[Erichalfbee]

Bear in mind that a few years ago someone got a hefty fine and a criminal record for drowning a squirrel in a trap - it was deemed animal cruelty.

So are traps like this legal?

 

[Sutty]

So are traps like this legal?

Probably not - at least when an animal drowns in it.
Note the accent in the video, perhaps lawful in America?

 

[pargyle]

Probably not - at least when an animal drowns in it.
Note the accent in the video, perhaps lawful in America?

Probably legal for humans in America !!

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Probably not - at least when an animal drowns in it.
Note the accent in the video, perhaps lawful in America?

they seem happy with slaughtering schoolkids so I can't see them getting too upset about a few rats

 

[user 20297]

Theres a channel on yotube which reviews mouse and rat traps. The simplest and most effective one he's ever seen, and it works multiple times as it's self resetting, is called the dunk the mouse / rat trap.



Fairly simple to build rather than buy, the only decision you need to make is will it be a trap and kill (fill it with water) or a trap and release (something soft for them to land on, but not too hard that they can jump out again) and what bait to use. Peanut butter as mentioned before is a favorite.

Amazing and ingenious. It seems unpleasant, but so is using poison or any other kind of lethal trap. At least there is no risk of secondary poisoning of non-target species.

 

[Sutty]

Here's a link to a more humane resetting rat/mouse trap. They work well. Set them up so the dispatched rodent falls away and doesn't block access for the next victim.
And don't stick your finger in there!! Though poking with a stick does make you realise how instant the kill will be!

https://goodnaturetraps.co.uk/shop/...hLb809wQFyuDj_8yK8BIKK9XjJGsnUD8aArqXEALw_wcB

 

[Erichalfbee]

Amazing and ingenious.

Used on witches too

 

[user 20297]

Used on witches too

Anyone who can balance in the air on a broomstick could easily defeat this method; they couldn't have been real witches.

 

[Erichalfbee]

Witches don’t exist. They were just victims of misogyny

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Witches don’t exist. They were just victims of misogyny

even male witches?

 

[user 20297]

Witches don’t exist. They were just victims of misogyny

The real ones no longer exist because they didn't drown and therefore had to be killed in other ways; that's not misogyny, it's science.

even male witches?

@Erichalfbee said "they", so that covers them howsoever they identified.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

@Erichalfbee said "they", so that covers them howsoever they identified.

but they would have been the victims of misandry if that were the case

 

[Erichalfbee]

The real ones no longer exist because they didn't drown and therefore had to be killed in other ways; that's not misogyny, it's science.


@Erichalfbee said "they", so that covers them howsoever they identified.

So witch hunters were scientists?

 

[user 20297]

So witch hunters were scientists?

Were they?

The truth is here....



and here...

 

[JamezF]

Probably not - at least when an animal drowns in it.

So put poison in the bottom rather than water?

James

 

[user 20297]

but they would have been the victims of misandry if that were the case

Serves them right for dressing up as witches.

 

[Sutty]

So put poison in the bottom rather than water?

James

Use a better trap, or live trap and dispatch in a better way.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

do as the RSPCA recommend - but them in a sack and beat them to a pulp with a piece of 4x2 (wood that is - not a firearm cleaning cloth)

 

[Sutty]

Full the container with gas?
Argon works well from my experience as it's odourless, non-irritant, and heavier than air.
Most people won't have a cylinder lying around though!