rat trap hat for squirrels
By David on 03/14/2012
I purchased 4 of these to catch rats that have started to appear in the yard. I set the trap which is easy to use, and was curious how well they wouils work. It took about 4 hours, and SNAP. I go look outside and there is a squirrel rolling around with the trap stuck on his head. Not Good, he was able to get free, and I was trying to decide what to do, when 2 more snapped and this time the traps were stuck on the squirrels heads and the squirrels ran up the tree with traps on their heads. traps gone. Tie them down.
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18 of 26 people found this review helpful
Not very durable but works ok until the plastic breaks
By Kma on 06/16/2012
Great design which is effective, but after one or two snaps, the plastic breaks. I thought this type of plastic composite material would be weather proof and virtually indestructable compared to the old fashioned wooden traps. I was wrong and about $30 for the 4 traps and 2 of the smaller T rex traps I found these arent a good long term solution. I still have functioning wooden traps from the 1970s that still work fine. These plastic traps are about as disposable as you can get. Sure they might catch up to 4-5 rats before they break, but I was expecting years and years of use before the spring would wear out or the metal rust.
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12 of 13 people found this review helpful
disappointed
By Fred on 09/12/2011
T-Rex Rat Trap
By Jerry on 02/20/2013
They work fine for small to medium rats, but the first large rat encountered, destroyed the trap. There does not seem to be enough "meat" around the shaft where the spring is to hold much of a strain. That is the area that broke, rendering the trap useless, and it was thrown in the trash.
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8 of 9 people found this review helpful
dont work
By Jim on 03/15/2016
I caught 8 rats with this trap, but only 4 were dead. Of the 4 alive, 2 were caught only by their arms and I released them. The other 2 were caught by their heads, the trap was clamped on their necks, and they still were running around (luckily I tied the trap to a stake). I drowned those 2 rats in a bucket of water. This trap does not have enough spring force and I think it is inhumane, plus it is no fun to deal with a half dead rat.
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5 of 5 people found this review helpful
Inhumane
By Tammy on 04/13/2016
It didn't work
By Bernie on 05/22/2012
Things run off
By Rose on 07/01/2016
So, we set this, tied it down as others recommended. The T Rex chomps down on the critter, and they are able to pull themselves free because the critters use the tie down as traction to keep pulling themselves out. Not good.
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3 of 3 people found this review helpful
Need stronger spring
By Rick on 11/17/2017
I am disappointed with the T-Rex Rat Trap. I baited mine with cheese and put it in a bait box that is made for it and that I also purchased on DoMyOwn. After a couple days the trap was sprung, and there was ample evidence it had been visited. I found dirt from outside the trap, and some small scratch marks inside the bait box. Evidently the trap was not strong enough to kill or for that matter even hold its victim. Its either that or I have super rats. Not likely. My regular old fashion (old platform and metal trap parts) rat trap got a kill.
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2 of 2 people found this review helpful
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