Thread: What little pesties did you bowl over today?

Originally Posted by Black Rabbit

How much for the fur in NZ?

Dunno, gifted this one to the Taxidermist down the road, rare to get them not flattened!

Originally Posted by Mintie

Dunno, gifted this one to the Taxidermist down the road, rare to get them not flattened!

IF you come cross the snow white ones, it `s good idea to keep fur.

3 hedgehogs and a possum in the cage trap in front of the cottage this week. Trying to keep the quail babies alive.

No cats yet, but I know there are some around.. what bait are people using for cats?

Originally Posted by StrikerNZ

3 hedgehogs and a possum in the cage trap in front of the cottage this week. Trying to keep the quail babies alive.

No cats yet, but I know there are some around.. what bait are people using for cats?

Could try a baby quail?

Originally Posted by Joe_90

Could try a baby quail?

I was saving them for the Sunday roast..

Originally Posted by StrikerNZ

3 hedgehogs and a possum in the cage trap in front of the cottage this week. Trying to keep the quail babies alive.

No cats yet, but I know there are some around.. what bait are people using for cats?

Fresh rabbit.

Originally Posted by Shearer

Fresh rabbit.

Yep fresh rabbit for sure. Even better if its hanging so it moves in the breeze.

If its a tricky cat. Cover the cage with a old sack or tarp to make it look like more of a tunnel than a cage.

In my experience that helps

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Fresh rabbit for me but replace every evening this time of the year.

I have had success with tying the bait to the back of the cage so your target can maybe get a bit of a taste from the outside but it cant have a meal. I would also place rabbit bits around the cage and a trail of bits inside the cage taking the target to the big bit it already has had a go at ? at the end of the cage. I remember seeing a Cam Speedy video of a tiger hitting the rim of a size 1 trap and feeling the cold steel and holey hell did it lift its back foot off that trap quickly.. I also think tying the bait makes it hard for the target to get the bait off the back wall easily and if it has touched the treadle and not liked the feel of it , I feel the focus will be on the big hunk of meat and not the treadle ? Concentrating on getting the meat and it hits the treadle firmly and then its in for the bad news. I also make sure the steel mesh floor of the trap is covered with surrounding floor litter but not so it interferes with treadle operation.

All good info, thanks fellas. Had been using the sack over the top periodically, so will stick with that.

Another hedgepig in there this morning.