Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Sylvester017]

Cage trap Tx ~ buff & white leghorns, silkies, ameraucanas in 2013 nostalgia

 

[Sylvester017]

Not sure drowning is such a quick death.
I put my snap traps in boxes so they cannot approach them from the side and it will always break the neck. It also prevents cat paws and chicken feet from being in danger.

We set out the cage traps at night after roost & it's been successful catching rodents ~ & drowning in deep water IS fast compared to watching a squirming dying rodent squeezed in a snap trap or watching one w/just a trapped foot trying to drag itself out of the spring mechanism. There's no possible escape in a closed cage trap & no super long suffering in a water plunge. But to each his own as we found what works best for us after dark when the chickens, sparrows, & lizards aren't active to get hurt. The $19 we spent on the cage was cheaper than the cost of all the accumulatively expensive total of glue & spring traps we spent in the past!

 

[Preston Bowslaugh]

I love the name!

Great name

 

[Preston Bowslaugh]

Cage trap Tx ~ buff & white leghorns, silkies, ameraucanas in 2013 nostalgia
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Beautiful

 

[featherhead007]

Not sure drowning is such a quick death.
I put my snap traps in boxes so they cannot approach them from the side and it will always break the neck. It also prevents cat paws and chicken feet from being in danger.

Even if it’s the middle of the night, I put the traps in the toilet until the morning. Dead mice

 

[Sylvester017]

Even if it’s the middle of the night, I put the traps in the toilet until the morning. Dead mice

I've heard people have had rats in their toilets before ~ do they swim thru the sewer pipes into the bowl or are they in the house seeking a drink of water like puppies do? Who knows? Supposedly there's a sachet product that can be left around an area that the odor repels mice/rats but not sure if that's a scam?

Tx ~ my profile avatar pic ~ "Taffy" blue wheaten Ameraucana

 

[Logar]

according to this, , it says up to 2 miles....but it also states 'for mice AND rats', and I believe rats tend to travel farther. That said...if you train your chickens to hone their inner velociraptor - then they won't come back because it will not be 'an inviting place'




Note: The article emphasizes they travel that distance if they know they can find food and shelter.

I only gave it as he had to have been there for at least 12 hours given the pile of poop behind him. If he does come back he will either be a snack for the chickens or will get caught in a snap trap (assuming it isn't stupid and gets stuck in the glue trap again

 

[featherhead007]

I've heard people have had rats in their toilets before ~ do they swim thru the sewer pipes into the bowl or are they in the house seeking a drink of water like puppies do? Who knows? Supposedly there's a sachet product that can be left around an area that the odor repels mice/rats but not sure if that's a scam?

Tx ~ my profile avatar pic ~ "Taffy" blue wheaten Ameraucana
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I don’t think I’d survive for an hour or two if I was stuck to a sticky trap, trying to escape from it for two days. I would not have the energy to do so!

 

[Sylvester017]

Has anyone on here noticed @Preston Bowslaugh just joined BYC?!

 

[featherhead007]

I’m training my big rooster buddy to be an emotional support rooster.