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

Typically, I don't write reviews unless it's awful or amazing. This rat trap was amazing. I had been messing with a classic wooden rat trap for weeks with no luck. Rat would eat everything and not set it off or set it off and eat everything with no luck. After setting this out for one night, the was caught and dead in the morning. It happened extremely fast and was real easy to set up. It claps on the rats head for what seems to be a quick death and was easy to dispose of afterwards. I am buying another one now in cae I have more. Can't recommend this over the classic wooden trap.

Works like a charm. No muss, no fuss. Rats took up residence in my garage just before we had a freeze here in FL. High living! Many of my plants were in there…gave them lots to eat. Everything they needed. But now I’m catching them with two traps per night. Four so far. I won’t re-use them…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. I put them in large plastic painters’ pail and closed the lid. Out they go. Yeah, some money spent on traps and pails…but a whole lot less than using extermination service. Still need to have them “bomb” garage, though.

This rat trap worked much better than I expected. It was easy to set up, sturdy, and felt well-made compared to others I’ve tried. Within a short time, it successfully did its job, which gave me peace of mind. I also appreciate that it’s reusable and simple to clean. Overall, it’s an effective and reliable solution for dealing with a rodent problem.

Opened the package and placed the bait consisting of peanut butter and one dog kibble. Super easy and safe to handle vs the other snap traps. Placed it as recommended and the the rat was trapped within 15min. Super impressed on the functionality and safety of this item. Will definitely purchase it again if needing another one 👍🏼

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!

Ok so we need to talk about rodent control. This small and affordable contraption is Amazing! The only thing I recommend with this is to tie a string to something strong if you don't want your trap to run off!😂True story.

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!

This is excellent so far. It was extremely easy to bait and set. The first night I put it out, it caught a big rat. I emptied it and put it out the night after that and woke up in the morning to see another rat. I just set it out again tonight and will see if it snag another one by tomorrow morning. I have had a lot of failures or hit or misses with other traps (some way more expensive and complicated). This is how I expect a product to work. Thanks to whoever designed this thing. Maybe now my kids can get their screened in patio to play on again with rats eating multiple holes in the screen to come poop and pee all over the patio!!