Thread: Easy DIY mouse/rat traps

WTF. Does this guy live in a sewer? Or is he the mayor and of rat town?

probably just using stunt rats

Originally Posted by kiwijames

WTF. Does this guy live in a sewer? Or is he the mayor and of rat town?

Nah probably on Stewart island... Had a mast event and then plague of rats last winter. There are some really simple ideas out there but you now Ed one that resorts itself, record at Mt beein he Eyre mountains was 67 dead mice in the bucket of water, then the buggers just jumped off their mates bodies

old tin bucket...the old kero tins were perfect,/4 fill with water....or just 100mm from top, add a cupfull of hot fat. leave sitting out beside the woodshed,chookhouse,varanda etc mouse or rat jumps in for a feed and cant get out so drowns, worst that happens is kids play in the yucky water or the Mrs pooch drinks it. kills the rats and mice very well

Originally Posted by LOC

probably just using stunt rats

Awesome

classic, might look into this idea of an IED/thunder bolt rat trap.... my Iraqi mate told me about how well they work. Rat be gone, real fast.

Simple but effective!

Originally Posted by Mauser308

Small rats. Very small rats. The bastards we have range between that size and the size of a cat (I think they are water rats). When I used to work on the wharf I saw one the size of a medium dog, the tail at the body was the diameter of my wrist...

Dang... Seen a photo of a 44Gallon drum with a nose out one side and tail. Out the other!

Great Stuff Tommy, I needed a good laugh feeling like shit with the Flu. I will have to give the traps a try.
Regards Buzz.

Yous all a lot of &%%%#@#$$% OLS,
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Originally Posted by Mauser308

Small rats. Very small rats. The bastards we have range between that size and the size of a cat (I think they are water rats). When I used to work on the wharf I saw one the size of a medium dog, the tail at the body was the diameter of my wrist...

Thats possibly an Australian Furred Tree rat.....(AKA possum)

I saw a mate make one with a bucket of water, a piece of stick and an old wine bottle. The wine bottle is taped to the bucket so that the side of the bottle is on the edge fof the bucket and the neck is over the centre of the bucket. The stick runs from the bottom of the bottle to the ground. Then the handle is taped so it sits with the top of the handle is a few inches above the neck of the wine bottle. Tape the bait to the handle. Critter walks up stick out onto the neck of the bottle. When it stretches up to reach the bait it slips on the glass like a greased glass diving board and when it is unable to get any traction on the glass, it falls into the water and drowns. Similar idea to the Fat and water one above but without the fat.

Effectively self reloading.

The plastic bottle one was a twitchy little fucker..! Maybe the guy making the video had been using that one for felching and it was a little nervous about what it was getting itself into..!