Posted By: Traps R Us
getting schooled by attic squirrels - HELP!!! - 11/01/17 02:14 PM
going after some squirrels in the attic of an older home in WI, they are running amok in the attic and also up and down inside the walls, easy access for them as the walls are open at the top to the attic.
First I tried a rather conventional set up with a few rat traps and some cages of different sizes. Peanut butter, sunflower seeds, and black walnuts as bait. In the first 3 days, I got completely cleaned out!!! Almost every trap was sprung, every rat trap was licked clean. Cages flipped over, it was a nightmare!
What just happened?
Now trying to go after them with a little bit of outside the box trapping. Setting some 110 with silicone pucks, with peanut butter and sunflower seeds, one wire trigger with a black walnut fixed to it. And also a make shift positive set made from a colony trap over one of the main holes.
What do you think - Any critique?
First I tried a rather conventional set up with a few rat traps and some cages of different sizes. Peanut butter, sunflower seeds, and black walnuts as bait. In the first 3 days, I got completely cleaned out!!! Almost every trap was sprung, every rat trap was licked clean. Cages flipped over, it was a nightmare!
What just happened?
Now trying to go after them with a little bit of outside the box trapping. Setting some 110 with silicone pucks, with peanut butter and sunflower seeds, one wire trigger with a black walnut fixed to it. And also a make shift positive set made from a colony trap over one of the main holes.
What do you think - Any critique?