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December 30, 2005

Step 1a: Glue Traps -- the Coward's (Ineffective) Way Out

The other option is glue traps. I don't recommend them because they are ineffective (according to what I've read and have been told) and cruel. A glue trap kills the rodent through causes including thirst, exposure, or exhaustion, according to Mr. Allen. He further conjured up the image of a human in a similar situation -- glued to the floor, unable to escape, struggling desperately to free himself -- well, it's all just too horrible. Also, according to what I've read in random internet accounts, actual rats don't get stuck -- they just leave little gluey footprints everywhere. Mr. Allen said he recommends them primarily for little old ladies who really can't be expected to handle a trap, and that's legitimate, I guess -- so, if you're a little old lady reading this, and you don't have any boots, you're excused from my moral judgement. However, I don't have any advice on how to use these because I haven't taken them out of their packaging.

I have to admit, though, this is awesome packaging. A couple of things to note:

• 1) Snakes??

• 2) That is one angry rat

• 3) Note that the trap itself is 5" x 10" -- that's a BIG angry rat!
  

OK -- with the lesser methods out of the way, I'm going to illustrate two different ways to set two different kinds of rat traps.

First, the butterknife method using the "professional" style trap with a plastic bait thingy.

Second, the boot method using the regular copper bait type trap (so do some scrolling if you have a trap that doesn't look like the ones in the first several pictures).

Ready?? Here we go!! ...

Posted by mary at December 30, 2005 9:46 PM

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