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December 30, 2005

Step 3: Putting Bait on the Trap

Here Allen is coating the trap with the bait. That little triangular hole on the "professional" trap is for bait. I have to apologize for not knowing the technical terms for the parts of a rat trap -- maybe someone more knowledgeable can help me if they see this entry.

The copper style traps don't have the hole, and if you have problems with the rat eating the bait off and not setting the trap you can try coating some gauze with peanut butter and wrapping that around the trigger thingy. The idea is that the rat will have to tug at the gauze in order to get at the bait and this will set the trap off. I found that made the difference with my first rat experience. Plus, it makes it more like a medical procedure.

Here's some nice peanut butter and oatmeal in a trap:

Next -- the baited trap.

Posted by mary at December 30, 2005 9:44 PM

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