TOMCAT Rat Snap Rat Trap

I've caught many a rats and mice with this style trap. Dog food and/or peanut butter works great!

Tried everything Poison, Sticky glue, old school conventional snaps, electric zap traps nothing worked for me this DID First Night First try well worth the money I honestly would have paid more if I knew it would have solved my problem in one night would recommend.

This rat trap WORKS! I suggest adding peanut butter, or part of a banana on the bait section. It snaps on the neck/head. It usually is instant death or about 1-5 mins for the rat to die. This is actually more humane than those sticky traps ...which can mess up rodents legs. Some sticky traps' glue isn't strong enough for rats unless you get the large sticky traps from a pest control service. But, then you have to be concerned with how to exterminate the rodent after it is stuck on the sticky trap. I have removed mice and a rat from stickies and allowed them to go back into a wooded area, but you have to be too careful so you aren't bitten. It just is too upsetting to use sticky traps. The snap trap is superior.

We finally caught that sneaky rat. Tried so many things before we bought this...I can see why it easily gets 4 to 5 stars. My husband even took it to work and it caught their rat in 2 days!

Purchased three of these this afternoon for ground squirrels. Placed one under car, one in front of shed, and one under travel trailer. Within an hour, dead ground squirrel under car. SO easy to use. Just a little dot of peanut butter in cup. Very Happy.

Rats in the garden. Poison: not for me, because so many other critters feed on them. I definitely prefer the Tomcat to the older style spring traps. Easier to bait and clean, safer to set. Also, the rats can't nudge/jostle it into snapping out of the kill zone. However, because the trap is small and light, it was no problem for a red-tailed hawk to carry off the whole package. It only happened once so far- the cost of doing business I guess.

The traps we ordered work better than anything else we've ever used. Well-made, easy to use, easy cleanup

Worked well on a rat that was bypassing the bait poison. Powerful enough to complete the job properly. Easy to load bait and set trap.

It didn't take long for the trap to catch a rat who was inside my house but I had a repeat of the same problem I've had at least three other times, and maybe four. The trap did not kill the rat and I could hear it dragging the trap around my kitchen, banging into things. When I finally got up to investigate, I discovered that only the rat's snout was caught, so I grabbed the rat by the tail, went out to my deck and set the trap down, then opened it — at which point, the rat ran out like a shot! Rats are supposedly pretty smart so I'm guessing that one won't be back. But then I discovered the problem: the bait cup was gone. Because I've asked before, I know they don't sell replacement bait cups, so I will have to buy a new trap. It's getting to the point where these are single-use traps because bait cups get lost through no fault of my own. They just don't stay put! But these traps generally work well, so I don't know what to do. 🤔 That's why my rating is three stars. I guess I'd recommend that after you fill and reinstall the bait cup, you tape it in place with a bit of duct tape. That's what I'm going to try after I buy another trap, which will be my very last one because this is ridiculous. Why not sell replacement bait cups or find a way to attach them to the trap that goes beyond turning them? Maybe some sort of tiny pin, clip, and/or chain arrangement? Am I the only one having this problem?

Traps could use a stronger spring. Had instances where the rodent drug the trap around and eventually got free. Short string to tie off the trap to structure would be beneficial as the trap with rodent was found some distance away.