Tomcat Rat Snap Trap (8 Pack)

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

I really haven't had a problem with the traps except that they don't last long if I mymake a suggestion you mite want to use a steel clamp so that at the price you are charging that you might be able to sell more than what you are known. Because after it snaps one good time, the clamp breaks and it is no longer any use. So I decided to let you know before going online to find how many other people are having the same problem.

What a bunch of silly comments. To expect every critter to be instantly trapped and killed is not realistic. Designing something that would do that would likely be dangerous to humans as well. I bought this for chipmunks. In two days it caught six as well as two shrews. All with only batting the trap once. The bigger the critter the less likely it is to kill them in my experience. I set the trap outside where I can easily see it and go finish the job if the trap doesnt kill it. I have even watched several chipmunks get trapped. Occasionally a timid chipmunk manages to back away in time to avoid capture. Squirrels will set it off as well. I would say this trap has a good capture rate and am very satisfied.

My furnace guy noticed rat droppings in my partially dirt basement in Atlanta and he said I had better get rid of them or they would chew up the wiring in the furnace. Great success the first time I used them, they adore peanut butter. I have used them a few times since, always with great success. I keep the floor swept and when I see droppings, I set a trap! Very easy to bait and set. I'm not cheap but the thought of cleaning one of them following decapitation is too gross for this city girl, so I drop the whole thing in a paper bag and let the city give them a proper burial.

These traps are remarkable in their efficiency. Every time one has been triggered it has caught the culprit, there have been zero instances of failure to catch. It almost makes me wish I had more vermin in my yard to eradicate as the results are so pleasing.

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.

My store doesn't carry my old brand anymore. Decided to try this brand. Back trigger supports broke on first arming. Poor design flaw, will not be purchasing more.

I tried a regular mouse trap for a couple nights without any luck. The traps were always sprung, food gone but no catch. Whatever it was had dug a small hole under my fence to get into my garden. The hole seemed a little big for a mouse so I figured it was a rat or some other slightly larger rodent coming in from a bayou behind my home. (I had found a small dead rat in my garden earlier in the year.) So I tried a technique I found online by stringing a revolving tin can smeared with peanut butter on a wire and attaching it to either side of a 5 gal paint bucket. I also added 4" of water in the bottom of the bucket It was supposed to lure the rat into reaching over the lip of the bucket then falling into it. Whatever it is, it was able to get all the peanut butter off without falling in. So now I tried the Tomcat Rat Snap Trap. When I went out this morning (I purchased two traps), both were spring but no rat. One trap was tipped on it's side in about the same location, the other was about 12" away which was also spring but no rat and the food was gone in both. Blahhhh. I will try again tonight but am disappointed.