Rat Snap Trap, 1 Rat Size Trap - Reusable - Effectively Kill Rats - Ideal for Home and Farm Use

After trying so many other solutions to try to get rid of backyard rats that were eating my wicker furniture, this trap worked amazingly the very first time. Very easy to set, very easy to set the bait (you twist off the holder on the bottom and twist it back in), and very easy to set the trap (just stepped on it with my foot and it was done). This morning I found it dispatched to very large outdoor rats, and both were struck on the head so it would have been a very fast event for them (don't want needless suffering). And it was extremely easy to release the dead rats from the trap afterwards. Will be easy to re-use the traps. They are super sturdy.

Tomcat Rat Trap is perfect trap for small or big size Rat, since I bought this have caught 4 rats, it works amazing and I will recommend this trap. Best part is it is reusable and made from good quality plastic. Easy to use and trap rats.

Works like a charm. No muss, no fuss. Best thing to use is a piece of Slim Jims crammed into the little “detachable” pot. You can smear some of the grease on the trap itself, too, to make it really attractive. Two guys from two different pest control companies told me to do that (one is company I’ve used for a while). Rats took up residence in my garage just before we had a freeze here in FL. High living! Many of my potted plants were in there…gave them lots to eat. Chewed up bags of organic fertilizers, plastic bags, stryofoam…you name it. Had everything they needed. Chewed through bottom seal of garage door to get in. But now I’m catching them with three (3) traps per night. Eight caught so far. I won’t re-use traps…ick factor for me. (What can I say…I’m a female. The fact that I can bring myself to dispose of them is a big deal for me). Thankfully Amazon offers them for half of what they are at local Ace Hardware. One adult fought like heck, wouldn’t die, even with head stuck in trap. Nasty. They are horrible creatures that get into all kinds of stuff, and contaminate everything in sight. Just gross and very unhealthy to deal with. I put the trapped ones in a plastic painters’ pail and closed the lid tightly, setting it outside before throwing it out with the trash. Yeah, some money spent on traps and pails…but a whole lot less than using extermination service to catch them. Still need to have them “bomb” garage, though…if the nightmare ever ends!

We've been dealing with an outdoor infestation of Norway rats on our property, stemming from a formerly-abandoned building next door being renovated. I'm an ecologist, it's summer, and our yard is very natural, so it's sort of like rat paradise right now. They're noisy, out during the day, digging up plants, and are even not really afraid of people. I was hoping they'd sort themselves out, but unfortunately their population was clearly growing and I couldn't risk them damaging the house. I did a ton of research on traps, and ended up settling on these. These traps aren't perfect, but I would say this is probably about as good as a rat trap will be. I bought 4 traps, which have killed a little over 20 rats in about a month and half of usage, and the majority of those rats were killed quickly and painlessly with a blow to the head or neck. When they work as intended, clean-up is very easy, you just open a trash bag, hold the trap over it, and unclasp. Rat populations will move out of an environment when they perceive that the level of danger outweighs the opportunities for resources, and I do think, to some extent, that's been happening for the environment of my yard since I placed the traps, which is another benefit they have outside of the direct killing. The vibe outside has definitely shifted from 24/7 rat frat party to more like an empty parking garage in a sketchy neighborhood. The traps thankfully have not killed anything other than Norway rats (though I suspect that may be more to do with the modifications I made to the traps), which I was very worried about as we have a lot of native wildlife coming in and out of our yard that I did not want to harm. As I mentioned before, the traps on their own are not perfect. The biggest problem for me is that, while most of the rats that interact with the traps are killed cleanly as described above, I would say a good 1 in 6 rats get trapped with a variety of injuries that are quite bad, but not immediately fatal, and therefore must be manually dispatched. For the most part, this seems to be rats getting clamped somewhere on their midsection or rats jerking backwards when the trap snaps and getting hit hard enough in the head by the trap flying up that they get a serious concussion or traumatic brain injury. It's also pretty easy to lose the traps unless you've protected them in some way or are using them in a highly controlled environment. I've been playing around a bit, and there are a few tips and tricks I've figured out over the last month and a half that makes using these traps a better experience: 1. If you're trapping rats outside, definitely get some sort of cover or cage for your traps, with an opening large enough for a rat to get in and out (In and out, not just in, is important. They tend to avoid going anywhere where they can't identify a quick exit). I put a cheap milk crate from the hardware store flipped upside down and weighed down with rocks over each trap, and those have worked really well. Not only does that prevent most other wildlife from triggering the traps, it also keeps the trap, and the rat, contained. The milk crates I got had 4 handle holes in them, I taped up all but 1 hole to reduce access for non-rats and make the rats feel less exposed while entering the crate. The traps often flip up into the air when they're triggered, so a container will prevent it from flipping somewhere where it will be lost. The crate also prevents scavenging animals (like raccoons, foxes, opossums, etc.) from being able to carry the trap away if they try to take the dead rat. If the trap didn't successfully kill a rat, the crate will prevent the rat from running off with the trap attached and/or keep the rat contained until you come to deal with it. 2. If you have a lot of rats to trap or are trapping long term, change your bait every 3-5 days, and change the locations of your traps every 2 weeks. If you use the same bait over and over again in the same spot, the rats will begin to associate those foods and location with danger (especially if a trap trapped, but failed to kill, a rat, as that rat will give off fear pheromones that last even after its gone, which warns other rats away from that area). I rotate between 5 or so different baits and 3 different locations for each trap, and so far that's worked okay for me. Tomcat also makes a bait gel you can put on food to apply pheromones that are supposed to attract rats, but having done that for the past week or so, I don't think it makes much of a difference. 3. Not all the traps are created equal. I got two "bad" traps in my order, one came without a bait cup (which is mostly fine, it just makes baiting the trap slightly more annoying) and the other wasn't very sensitive at all and allowed rats to just take the bait without penalty, unless they put their full weight on the trap, something they were unlikely to do. It seems other reviewers have had this issue with some of their traps. I placed a rubber band around the back section of the trigger pad, as another reviewer recommended, and the trap is more responsive now. I'll update this review if I think of anything else that might be useful. I feel very passionately about humane trapping that will have the smallest negative ecological effect possible. Hopefully, if you read this far, you do too and my tips were useful to you. Good luck!

Put this trap out the first evening after it arrived. Put peanut butter in the bait cup. The next morning there was a deceased rat in the trap. Can’t do better than that. This trap is very easy to use. You remove the bait cup from the bottom and fill it with bait (in my case peanut butter). It only holds a small amount so very economical. After replacing the bait cup you simply push down on the top lever and it locks in place automatically (kind of like a clothes pin action). Then set the trap out and you are done. Highly recommended!

My condo unit is right by a community dumpster, which unfortunately means rats find themselves on my screened-in patio. I was worried they’d find their way inside my home, especially when I could see they were chewing into an exterior wall. Humane traps didn’t work. Since getting this, I’ve found two big males dead in the trap. Not gonna lie: finding, picking up, and disposing of a stiff rat with a smashed face is traumatizing. I’m relieved they died quickly, but it’s still something that bothers me a great deal. A+ for effectiveness. Wish I didn’t have to see the carcass.

First of all, this trap is very reliable in that it can be used over and over and over again. Much better than the wooden snap trap, but only after you modify it! There are three issues with these traps. 1) The trigger point is too close to the opening, meaning every now and then you have a LIVE rat with its hand stuck in the trap. 2) It's not heavy enough, so the trap can be dragged around by the rat easily, providing an escape. 3) The spring is not strong enough to for a quick death, giving the rat time to wiggle its way out (which they've done on several occasions. I've made some modifications to address these short-comings. It's still not 100%, but close! The first and easiest thing to do is make sure you place the bait further back on the trap. Believe me, having to kill a rat with its hand stuck on the trap because they triggered it too early is not fun. The next modification was to drill screws in 3 spots on the front of the trap. That way the chances of the rat getting impaled by the screw and dying instantly is higher and if it doesn't die instantly, it can't wiggle its way out. The important thing is to use small screws and don't go down too far otherwise you'll have to unscrew the rat from the trap lol and that's gross. I go down until I see the screws aligned with the jaws and that makes it easy for the rat to drop out of the trap by just holding it up using gravity. The final and probably most important modification: I built a wooden box around the trap and left a small opening in front that goes into the trap. This is great for several reasons. One is that other animals or birds can't get caught by it anymore. Two is that it no longer looks like a trap, so the rat is less suspicious. Three is that I can place this outdoors and rain won't get in and so I don't have re-bait it. Four is that the rat can't move the trap around and try to escape, it's stuck. I've caught many rats this way now with traps that are about a year old!

Let me just say, this trap has been great. Easy to set and to discard of the rodent. I have caught adults and young ones with this trap.

I live in a semi-rural area and have a problem with rats getting in the roof (and gnawing on electrical wiring) and under the house. Hitherto I've used bait stations, which certainly kills the rats, but they die in the roof or in the sub-floor and create a stink for a couple of weeks. After reviewing a couple of cheaper and similar design traps I settled on Tomcat — and they work a treat. I caught this specimen on the second night, adjacent to a hole where they were getting under the house. I'm happy to recommend Tomcat Rat Snap traps — a quality product that works.

Excelente producto funciona de maravilla, cebo recomendado c crema de cacahuate

I have used snap traps of various types for years with limited success. I have heard that rats can actually eat the bait on some without tripping the mechanism and also know what a trap looks like and actually can trigger the trap without getting caught. I can verify that as absolutely true as I use an infra red wildlife camera to see the routes the rats take and have seen rats "teasing" the trap. having seen the reviews I decided to try the Tomcat trap. In the first 3 nights I caught 4 rats. Unbelievably two rats were killed at the same time. Since then it has proved effective with more kills. I like the removeable bait holder as it can be cleaned easily and recharged. Also I think the matt plastic and more shell like construction makes it less conspicuous. Whatever it is proving to be a great product and worth spending that bit more on. Peanut butter is also the best bait I've used so far. I was told Nutella is good but that never worked very well. I tend to smear some peanut butter on things in the area of the trap which seems to also help entice the rats onto the trap. Thoroughly recommended !

Nunca había visto una trampa como esta, pero la verdad es muy efectiva, tuve la visita de dos ratas en mi casa, una la puede matar por cuenta propia, pero la otra era más escurridiza, le dí veneno y una trampa de pegamento pero ninguna funciono (supongo que fueron de mala calidad ) si qué o dacia qué más comprar para matarla hasta que me encontré con esta trampa y me convenció por las reseñas, la compre y en dos días cayo, yo use de cebo un poco de atún ya qué tiene un olor fuerte.

Very powerful trap, snaps necks and kills quickly. Although less so if they get their legs caught, then you have to fetch the spade.