Traps for rats

The rat is a rodent, who has long chosen a man’s dwelling due to the abundance of food in it. During the year, the animal eats about 10 kg of various products, spoils much more. For strong teeth, the pest is not only wood and plastic, they easily cope with electrical wiring and even concrete.In addition, the mammal is very dangerous, because the rat suffers various infections and parasitic worms. Therefore, people use all sorts of methods of struggle: not only chemicals and ultrasonic repeller, but also traps for rats and mice. It is about them that will be discussed in this article.

Before you begin to destroy the dangerous "lodger" you need to find out how the animal penetrates the apartment.

Ways of penetration

Favorite habitat wild rats are landfills where the animal finds food for itself. With the arrival of cold weather, unsanitary conditions of rodents move into the basement. People get into housing through the ventilation and sewer systems. To penetrate the apartment located on the first floor they can through open doors or windows.

Given the high fertility of rats, any well-kept housing becomes a breeding ground for rodents in a fairly short time. Therefore, finding characteristic traces of the presence of pests in the form of spoiled products, tattered bags or rat droppings, it is necessary to urgently begin to fight with them.

On a note!

During the month, one rat is able to breed about two dozen rat pups.

Mechanical means of dealing with rats come in the form of traps and traps.

Traps

Rat trap

The rat trap is one of the well-known devices that a man has invented for rodent control. Such devices may differ in design, but the common among them is the bait inside each device. It is her rat who wants to get hold of, thereby affecting a certain part of the mechanism. As a result, the device is activated, injuring the rodent.

Electric traps

The electric trap is an innovative power supply device. It is a small house or box, inside which is an aromatic bait. The triggering mechanism of the device is energy-dependent: a rat that has gotten inside is killed by an electrical discharge, but for humans it is not dangerous. Electronic trap is used to kill both small and large rodents.

Thus, the Rat Killer electric trap for rats is in great demand, the cost of which varies between 3,000 rubles.The device can work both from the power supply network, and from batteries.

Victor Rat Trap is a no less effective electrical device, the discharge of which affects the parasite for two minutes. Therefore, the rodent cannot simply remain alive. ABOUT catching a rat red indicator light. The device is used for catching rats and mice. They can easily catch the entire rat population.

Glue traps

Fighting rats

These traps against rats are smeared with special non-drying glue from rodents devices in which the rodent treat is located. Popular is Glue Clean House. They set traps for rodents in the places of their greatest accumulation.

The downside of glue devices is that you have to free the glued pests yourself. If this is done while the rat is still alive, then after release it should be put somewhere. If you wait until the animal dies naturally, then rat squeak will bring great discomfort to households. This design has a trap Barrier Lodge, the inner surface of which is covered with special glue.

Mousetrap

On the market you can find different mousetraps for rats. They are wooden, plastic and steel. The devices are characterized by a long service life, as well as the ability not to touch the caught pest. However, it is important to pay attention to the dimensions of the device, since too small a mousetrap will not cause particular harm to the rat.

An example of such a device is the Super Cat Rat-Trap. Inside the plastic trap a bait is placed, reacting to which the parasite sneaks inside. The mechanism automatically triggers and closes. It will not be difficult to remove the dead pest: you just need to shake it out.

Important!

It is not recommended to use contaminated rat traps in the house. Put a trap on a rat only after it is treated with a solution of baking soda and thoroughly dried.

Rat trap for rats is another type of mousetrap that is in great demand among consumers. This is a kind of cage trap, equipped with a tin door. In the middle of it lies a bait, the smell of which beckons a rodent. When an animal tries to pick up a treat, the trap closes with a metal spring.As a result, the animal is locked inside.

Homemade traps

Homemade devices

It is possible to make traps for rodents at home, using their skill and ingenuity.

Plastic bottle trap

A large plastic bottle (volume 5-6 l) will provide a good service in catching a rodent. It is enough to pour a little vegetable oil into it and turn it over so that it is distributed over all its walls. Place the bait on the bottom of the tank. For catching rats, it is preferable to use animal products, but mice like vegetable food.

The trap is placed near the table. In order to avoid tipping, strengthen the plastic container with improvised objects. After that, the edge of the table is connected to the neck of the bottle with a cardboard strip, which will serve as a path for the animal. The fragrant smell of the bait will attract a mouse or a rat, after which it will fall into the tank. But the animal will not be able to get out of it because of the slippery walls.

Water trap

For the construction of this trap will need a normal bucket filled with a third of water. On the surface of the liquid should be installed disposable plastic saucer with a treat.The inner surface of the bucket is oiled with vegetable oil. Operating principle rat traps with their own hands similar to the previous version. Only in this case, an exhausted pest simply drowns.

Adhesive Trap

Another effective rat trap that does not require special expenses is a trap on a sticky basis. For its manufacture it is necessary to apply a layer of glue on a wide cardboard strip, and put a treat for a rodent in the middle. Having decided to treat them, the animal will be mired in a sticky mass.

Flower Pot Trap

Catch rodents can be another simple and very reliable way. A large flower pot is turned upside down and, on one side, a ruler or a coin is set with an edge on it. At the opposite end of the substrate lay a treat for the parasite. The rat who has gathered to eat the rat will surely hook the planted ruler, as a result of which it will lose balance, and the animal will fall into a trap.

On a note!

When choosing such a device, it should be borne in mind that the trap for industrial rats is more reliable and efficient than a makeshift device.

The most highly effective method of dealing with rats and mice is the use of ultrasonic repellents. Such devices produce sound signals that deter rodents. They are completely harmless to humans and pets, and also do not affect the operation of household electrical appliances. The use of devices eliminates the death of animals in hard to reach places.