Procter Bros Ltd Pest-Stop Little Nipper Single Rat Trap (Boxed)

Unfortunately , living near open fields always brings the risk of unwanted visitors when it comes to the colder months . These are basic but sturdy and work ! Not a humane trap apart from hopefully catching them in the right place and being quick to deal their blow ! but you have to deal with them as best you can and we do not like using poison in the gardens. We've had other versions in the past , plus the newer plasic versions but these are much better. Good strong action . Very basic build but a build that works . Please ensure that you place them in a hidden location so that domestic pets , or children cannot reach them . I have given them 4 out of 5 only because as yet they havent caught anything but am confident that they will work when required .

These 'old fashioned' traps are far better than modern plastic ones. To start with the spring is much stronger and will kill large rats where newer models do not. However when I loaded a blob of peanut butter on the bait plate I found the trap was far too sensitive and released with the slightest movement. So in order to correct this I made a slight alteration to the holding wire (which goes through the hole on the bait plate) by bending the wire slightly upwards at the end using a pair of pliers. The traps now work really well and do not release too early. Bye bye rats!

Difficult to set if your peanut butter is very oily like the organic ones sometimes are, had to keep wiping the thing. In the loft, we had rat pellets and eaten flour with rat holes in the bags and flour mess. We had put food up there as we bulk buy. We had also heard rats and gnawing from the loft and in other areas of the house, especially by next doors party wall. After hearing particularly loud gnawing from downstairs!!!, we pulled the loft ladder down and stuck two traps in the appropriate region of the loft. Less than an hour later, I heard rapid thumping from the loft for about a minute and after another hour, I heard the same kind of thumping from the loft again. ~A day later and I have still not opened the door to the loft as I think the trap and mangled rat may fall out on me. When the old man comes back, in a few days, he can do that job. He suggested I hold up an umbrella over him whilst he opens the rat loft. I will update AND relate the size of the rat(s) which SOUNDED HUGE.

I've been seeing rats in my garden for quite a while and more recently - young rats. I took delivery yesterday and baited 2 traps with peanut butter which was recommended as a favourite bait. I knew where they were coming into my garden so placed them by the hole they were using to come from next door. I was careful to place them so that birds could not be trapped. BINGO! Two traps, two rats. Now re-set to try for more.I read previous comments about being wary of losing fingers when setting them and yes, you do have to be careful because the spring is very strong and could easily trap you!Delighted with these traps. Money well spent.

Firstly do not set them up when you first get them. Leave them unset but do bait them with peanut butter or chocolate or both. If you leave them unset for a night or two the rats will become accustomed to them and once familiar with them that is when you set them with the spring. You may need to bend the bait plate slightly to stop the trap going off too easily, if it goes off too easily it will go off if a rat just pushes the trap without actually going near the bait. If you do all that be assured ratty will be no more but at least he will have had a good feast before the inevitable happened!