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Live Animal Trapping

When trapping a live animal you need to think about a few things prior to setting the trap.  The following information will help you to select the appropriate trap, bait and placement of the trap.  First you need to know what kind of animal you are trapping.  This is very important because you will need to select the bait to use, you don’t want to trap your neighbors cat…. maybe you have seen the animal, or you just see the damage its causing.  If your lawn is being torn up in small patches you may have a Raccoon looking for grubs.  It could be an Opossum eating your dogs food, or a Skunk living under your house and leaving a foul odor, but then you may hear noises in your wall or ceiling at night, you may have a Rat… So selecting the correct trap is essential, a rat can squeeze through the bars of a raccoon trap and a Skunk trap is too small for an Opossum.  OK, now if you have a Raccoon and you know that for sure your best bet is to examine the yard and figure out where it’s coming from, in other words where is it entering your property and where is it going, then place a large Raccoon live animal trap in it’s path, bait it with bread and strawberry preserves or marshmallows, if you are sure there are no cats or dogs in the area to get caught in the trap then use cat food in a can, use the fish flavor the stinkier the better.  If you are going after an opossum you can use the same size trap as you would for a raccoon or the next size trap down, use meat baits if possible but a banana will work too, if you need to make sure you don’ want to catch the cat.  When it comes to skunks you need to be careful, they will spray you, and trust me that is not fun, the smell when first sprayed smells like a very strong concentrated garlic smell then as it dissipates it begins to smell like rotten eggs and its hard to get the smell out of your clothes and off your skin.  So, if you have a regular cage trap you need to wrap it in a tarp, leaving the ends exposed as not to suffocate the animal, just wrap the sides so you can safely walk up to trap and take it away, bait the trap with cat food…. if it’s a rat in your attic then go to your local hardware store, they will have small live animal traps.  Always follow local laws as to catch and release…. go to Havaheart.com to find the trap you need, or if you have any questions feel free to contact us at www.ratbustersusa.com good hunting and remember be kind to the animal, it’s not its fault, it’s just doing what it needs to live…. Try and keep the trap out of direct sunlight, we don’t want the animal to bake in the sun all day.

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