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    Quote Originally Posted by kukuwai View Post
    Sorry about that @sore head stoat but all going well I am hoping to get a few more of those snaps the day after tomorrow, ill make sure i post up some pictures

    I 100% Agree that post above was an excellent read @time out, however most of you posts are !!

    Hopefully that abductor muscle comes right soon and you can unleash the freezer full of rabbit on your park



    Great to hear from you guys, its an awesome thread this one so we must keep up with the posts on it !!

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    Put out a few ink cards last week with my youngest. He heard about them at school and was super keen to try them in our wetland so i got some.

    We used different bait for them all, some saw more traffic than others it was a very interesting exercise





    We replaced them with fresh cards today

    Heaps of rats and one more weasel tail in the freezer from today's round !!

    GN possum paste (deployed last week) was a winner on the rats @time out

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    Interesting prints on the ink cards @kukuwai – great for the kids to suss out what predators are around – what is the one with the big feet?
    But it’s only when they put their foot on the trap plate that matters – then the kids will get excited
    We always use the small GN possum paste tubes – they are so easy to manage and squeeze out a little lure in the trap cup – we use in excess of a hundred each year
    Of all the products that GN manufacture – possum paste is one of the best – but they won’t print – For Possums and Rats on the tube – they keep promoting the chocolate stuff as Rat lure
    When the Rat lure first came out – they sent me a box of tubes to try out – our kill rate went from about twenty a week to just a couple a week – so we reverted to possum paste and got the good numbers again
    Rats are back on peanut butter around my street line and seem to be enjoying it – I got mother rat and seven young ones in one box – probably the whole family - one each day
    My wife is still holding the place together at the Park – she is also doing the east block now as my Mate has got covid and is out of action.

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    @time out We are pretty sure its a hedgehog with the big feet. Some good resources online showing all different types of print and what they belong too.

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    Geeze this guy gave me a fright...



    5 rats, 3 mice and 2 hedgepigs made up the rest

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    OK, advice on catching a cunning rat or mouse in my garage.

    I’ve got a box/cage trap set and used sultanas with a smear of peanut butter for bait on the hook.
    Also have a couple of ‘lead-in sultanas on the ground outside the trap entrance.

    Those sultanas kept disappearing so I threaded more sultanas on a piece of thread and attached the thread to the hook so that the bait on the hook doesn’t have to be pulled by the rat but pulling the sultanas on the thread will trip the trap. (Has worked in the past)

    Still no luck so I also set a mouse trap nearby.

    This morning again neither trap was tripped but the ‘lead-in’ sultanas were gone.

    Anybody got an extra cunning idea on how to catch the little bastids?
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    My guess it is a mouse.

    Go and buy a quality USA made Victor wooden base mouse trap [accept no other especially if its going inside], put a bit of peanut butter to the treadle, bad news for Mickey mouse will be the result.

    https://www.victorpest.com/victor-ea...-trap-bm032-24

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    Quote Originally Posted by sore head stoat View Post
    My guess it is a mouse.

    Go and buy a quality USA made Victor wooden base mouse trap [accept no other especially if its going inside], put a bit of peanut butter to the treadle, bad news for Mickey mouse will be the result.

    https://www.victorpest.com/victor-ea...-trap-bm032-24
    The thing is SHS, the mouse trap is baited with a sultana and the cage trap with a peanut smeared sultana yet while the ‘lead-in’ sultanas outside the cage trap get taken the two traps (which are only a foot away) are left alone.

    Would blood from the last rat I killed in the cage trap scare off the rat/mouse?
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    This is interesting. Time out where are you, just sent him a text he should be along shortly lol...

    I have a person around the road and she has rats in with her rabbit , she sees them on a motion camera, they are clearly trap shy, she gets the odd rat every now and then which I suspect is a new rat into the area or a juvenile ? If it is a rat it may be wary of the trap after seeing his mate get the bad news ? I dont know about the blood scaring off another rat. I would change the location of the trap by 5m and change the bait to nutella or some chocolate based lure, mix it up a bit.

    I would also put peanut butter on your mouse trap.

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    I have seen several situations lately where three rats are seen in broad daylight around houses and people ask for help – I have put three boxes where the rats were seen – but in a week or so no luck – I suspect they have local food – perhaps local fruit trees and are not interested in trap bait – avocado, feijoa, citrus etc make great rat food
    I have a few traps around the street tracks and two boxes get something most days – blood and bodies lying nearby don’t worry the new victims – if it’s a family they just keep coming
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    Seems to be lots of mice around at present – I know mouse traps are good – but I keep using the trusty old victor pro – mostly single kills, but occasional double and treble kills – the fluid is Rentokill ant kill gel – great stuff https://www.mitre10.co.nz/shop/rento...200ml/p/141801
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    I watched this mouse walk all over a new Victor Pro in a kitchen a year or so back – it wasn’t until he climbed over the front of the foot plate that he tripped it – a good example of how they need to enter a trap front on – or in the case of a trap on a ramp – it keeps them in line with the trap and even trips up the big buggars
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    Round the street I am using peanut butter with the occasional change to possum paste or blue stuff – a change is often a killer
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    How did you get on Finnwolf ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by sore head stoat View Post
    How did you get on Finnwolf ?
    @sore head stoat Update: yesterday I put two more lead-in sultanas on front of the cage trap plus threw two small bits of bread into the trap, this morning one of the lead-in sultanas was gone as well as the two bits of bread.
    The grey plastic mousetrap was untouched.

    Thinking of using bread as bait in the cage trap.
    (Haven’t bought a Victor trap yet.)
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    Try this.
    https://youtu.be/f49Kd5Ql_2E


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    Bit of toffey lolly hard for the rats and mice to get off the trigger plate.They cant resist it.

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    @sore head stoat : Success! Just checked the cage trap and there’s a mouse in it, as you suggested I move the trap plus smeared peanut butter on the sultana on the hook.
    I noticed the cunning bugger (or it’s mate) had somehow removed the sultana I had squashed into the bait plate of the plastic mousetrap, first time I’ve had that happen.
    Time to dispose of the mouse and rebait and reset the traps!
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