DIY rat trap

The fight against rodents has been conducted since time immemorial. People are forced to show ingenuity, come up with new rat traps, traps, build special structures. The finished device can be bought. But some of them are so simple that they are easy to craft on their own, saving a ton of money. Others have a promising look, but are expensive. Do-it-yourself rat trap is made from improvised means or specially purchased materials.

Rat traps at no cost

When you see a rodent, you should not immediately run to the nearest stores for poison for ratstraps, traps. It is worth trying to make a trap for the rat at home from improvised means. A photo of the rat traps is described below.

Bucket. You will need an old unnecessary bucket without holes. Pour water, not reaching the edges by 10 cm. Add salt, mix thoroughly. The top is covered with straw, husk from grain, dry leaves. The layer must be dense so that no water is visible. A fragrant bait is placed in the center. You can donate a piece of cheese, sausage. A plank in the form of a bridge is put to the bucket. The rodent trap is ready. The rat smells good of food. Hasten to taste the treats. Rises along the bridge, falls into the water.

Bottle. It takes 10 minutes to make a rat trap out of plastic bottles without spending a single penny. The fantasy of man has no limits. Therefore, rat traps made of plastic containers have several options.

• To catch a rat in the house or outside, you will need a 3 liter bottle. The neck is cut off, the edges are generously lubricated with sunflower oil. At the bottom put the bait. Install the device in an inclined position near the shelves, steps. When the rat sees the food, he hurries to get to it. Will fall into the trap. It is necessary to quickly lift the container, fix it in a horizontal position. The main difficulty lies in waiting for the moment. It is necessary to control the process in order to manage to turn the trap over.
• In a bottle with a capacity of 1.5, 2 liters, the neck and bottom are cut off. It turns out a cylinder. Put on the axis - stick. Use a sticky bait, which should be fixed on the walls of the bottle in place of the sticker. The wand is put on a bucket. It turns out a kind of bridge. The rat climbs into the bottle, begins to pull the bait, the stick does not stand up, the pest falls into the bucket.
• Rat trap for the biggest rats prepared from a bottle with a capacity of 5-10 liters. Cut off the neck, turn over, insert inside. A bottle of plastic turns into a kind of watering can. The neck is fixed with tape. At the bottom put a bait with a strong aroma. Cheese, smoked meat, sausage, crackers with bacon, chips are great. The rat makes his way through the neck to food, cannot get back. It is advisable to set the trap in an inclined position. On the stairs, near the shelves.
• You can put a loop on rats. It is made of a thin cable that is easy to tighten. Suspended or fixed at floor level. The loop should "stand." The device is installed in places where rats like to run. The animal falls into the loop, the head passes, the shoulders get stuck.The rat is trying to move forward, the loop is being tightened.

Flower pot. Use a large capacity tank. Turn upside down. Lay a board on one side with an edge. In the center lay the bait. The rat, the mouse creeps under the pot, begins to make movements, touches the tablet, it is trapped. To prevent undermining, the device is installed on plywood.

On a note!

Homemade traps with more serious designs are made with special skills and free time. Who wants to show skill, test their abilities, do-it-yourself rat traps are prepared according to simple schemes. Are put in the house or in the open air.

Sophisticated Homemade Rat Traps

To make a structure for catching rodents, you will need planks, nails, screws, scissors, a hammer and other carpentry equipment. What are the traps, you can see on the market, on the Internet. Build a similar one with your own efforts.

1. Mechanical trap - Zürner's rat trap. Initially, a box should be brought down without a bottom on one side. Separately, the sloping roof is knocked down, 2 windows are cut through from opposite sides. A bridge is mounted on the sides of the box with hinges. On the one hand, it touches the window, on the other - the second half of the bridge. In the center, it is not fixed. In the convex part of the roof, a bait is mounted so that the rat sees it well, but it is difficult to get it. A mousetrap for rats operates as follows. The rodent smells the bait, crawls through the window, steps on the bridge. Moving closer to the center, falls into a box, the bridge takes its original position. It is possible to catch several pests in such a trap at once.
2. Metal mesh rat trap. You will need a mesh with a small mesh. Rectangles should be cut from it for the manufacture of a box measuring 60 * 30 * 20 cm. The walls are fixed with steel wire. The lid is made on one side on a spring. It should shut down from the bottom up. Connect the end of the door to the cord, thread it into the cells on the opposite side of the cage, attach the hook to the bait at the end. To lure the rat inward, lay any food with a strong smell. When you try to remove food, the cord is instantly released, the door slams.
3. Homemade trap. You will need a springy mechanism with a frame. Fix it on a wooden plank. The frame is pulled, fixed with an arrow, which is inserted into the loop. It works on the principle of a conventional mousetrap, but is large. When the animal tries to pull the bait, an arrow pops out of the loop, the mechanism latches. The rat is injured or dies. You can make a rat trap with a purchase mechanism or make a spring yourself from a wire, a long nail.
4. Electro rat trap. The design is in great demand. Since you do not have to puzzle over how to kill a rodent. Making an electric trap is quite simple. Initially, you need to determine the size. For large rats, a box of 20 * 50 * 30 cm is prepared. They are built from a metal mesh so that the bait can be seen from all sides. Zunner trap door with a sliding mechanism. The feature is the bottom of the structure. The size of the cells knock down wooden blocks. On the opposite side of the entrance lead to the wiring bars. Prepare a plate of aluminum or tin, it is laid on top of the bars. On one side are attached springs. A bait is suspended above the electric trap mechanism. The meaning is as follows. The rat crawls through the door, advances to the bait, steps on the springs, the tin surface falls on the bare wires, a circuit occurs. The electronic mechanism is triggered.

A home-made rat trap is no worse than a purchased one. It remains to determine the bait, which plays an important role.

Engaging maneuver

The best bait for rats is meat. A predatory animal does not particularly lean on cereals, flour, grain.Nibbles inedible materials in a hopeless position. Rats do not tolerate hunger. For a day they need to eat up to 50 g of food. For this reason, rodents sharpen wood, plastic, polystyrene, concrete, bricks, fabric.

To lure a rat into a trap, you need fragrant products that smell for several meters. For these purposes, use:

• cheese;
• fish
• meat;
• crisps;
• sausage;
• ham;
• fresh bread;
• sunflower seeds;
• beer;
• fat.

On a note!

Instead of food, ready-made poisonous baits are laid out. They contain fragrances that lure pests into a trap, and rat poison.

There are many ways to catch a rat in a rat trap. The question remains what to do with the caught animal.

Rat Disposal Options

Rodents are caught with one purpose in order to get rid of them completely. Nobody is going to release the animals, but not everyone is ready to kill with blood, screaming.

To get rid of the rodent, the animal is killed with a stick, a brick, a heavy object. You can use a more humane way. The rat is placed in a bottle. In another container, quench soda with acetic acid, the mixture is placed in a jar with a rodent. From the release of carbon dioxide, the animal will block its breathing, it will lose consciousness, will die painlessly from suffocation.

Traps, traps on rats are used in cases where you can not or do not want to use poison. You can buy a ready-made device, but it’s more interesting to do it yourself.