OWLTRA Rat and Mouse Traps

This rat trap is a game changer. We have now caught 5 large rats and several mice in our shed. We live on acreage and I wanted something humane that wasn’t going to also harm any other wildlife. Easy to setup and the batteries last. We haven’t had to change them yet. Highly recommend this if you are looking for a humane way to keep rodents under control.

After many failure attempts to catch a very smart big rat roaming around the house, I finally got him with this electric shock trap.

I really apreciate this new, more advanced electric rat trap! It's my second time to buy a trap that electricutes, and this one has all kinds of improvements over the last one (which was an early model from a different brand). I LOVE that this one can be plugged into an electric cord/outlet! Well, with a USB adapter. I was a little annoyed at that, but I had an adapter of USB to normal electrical connection on hand so I was fine, but some people may not have this and then you're fully reliant on batteries.It's June 7, and I put my trap out on May 30. Have killed 3 adults, 1 young adult and 2 smaller ones. Very happy with this result as they were getting out of control after a wet spring.I've used so many kinds of traps the last 20 years, but this one works best so far. The benefit of this unit: 1) It's a bit longer, wider, and has a front entry that makes the rat turn left and go a bit deeper to find the bait, and is designed so that it's harder for the rat to turnaround and flee when the unit is triggered. But it's still too small to endanger dogs, most cats or other mammals except maybe squirrels. 2) It can be plugged in so I don't have to worry about changing out batteries after every trigger (like the old one). 3) It beeps loud enough to let me know it was triggerd that I could hear it from the garage while inside the house, and also flashes Green so you know for sure. 4) Has a bigger bait compartment that doesn't open outward so I can put a big glob of peanut butter (my rats ADORE peanut butter) and not worry about the them breaking down the door like they did the old trap. 5) The top plastic cover is a good addition in case there's any weather. 6) The controls are easy, one sliding lever, that tells you quickly you're plugged in and it's setting. Then a minute or so later there's a beep that lets you know you're good to go.One of the things I remember from my early experince with electric traps (years ago) is that rats can learn what to avoid. I'm pretty sure after seeing their buddies get fried a couple of times, they avoided both the one on the back porch and the one in the garage.So, with this excellent new model from Owltra, I set up only the one trap in the garage, and near an area I'd seen their poop (yuck, I know). They don't come into the garage in numbers like outside, just one or two at a time, so the full group can't see the electrifying results. I bait the trap with a large spoonful of peanut butter, sprinkle a few bits of seed like birdseed or maybe granola on the floor around the unit as a lure to the area, and make sure the electrical cord is out of the way. Every morning I check the trap, and every time when it has signaled it's been triggered, there's a dead rat (100%). I wear long leather gardening gloves, remove the plastic protective cover, flick off the unit, (suggest to unplug also for safety) remove the top part of the device (a little tricky) and take the bottom part with the body and dump it in the grass beside the open field next door. It's gone by nightfall as various predators come and go. Turns out quite a few creatures will eat fresh dead rat. (yuck, I know). Afterwards, I use Windex and papertowels, and clean the metal and plastic of the bottom tray so there's no smell of death and it's ready for newcomers. I only topped up the peanut butter once so far, but I do sometimes take a stick to stir it a bit so the next rat smells it better. I did notice that the smaller rats weren't fried as quickly and got to eat a bit more bait, probably their weight didn't trigger the unit like the heavier ones. But, I still got them.... which is all that matters to me!I prefer the electricution method as it's more humane than the sticky mats where the creature can slowly starve to death or you find a way to kill it (yuck!)..., or poisoned wth warfarin and slowly bleeds out internally... and then kills birds (owls, hawks) and other predators who eat the poisoned rats (secondary poisoning). (see recent story on favorite owl in Central Park, NYC that was killed in part due to rodenticide) The next most humane trap is the one that snaps shut tightly and breaks their neck. But I had an experience once where the creature didn't die immediately. All it took was one time where I had to listen to the piteous cries of the creature in pain and terror, and that was it for me. Although, since it was still alive and wiggling, the hawks had a nice bit of easy prey. But... yuck.

No tracking number but fast delivery, thank You.The OW7 traps works fine.

I have never caught a rat in these, but I have caught many mice. I recommend these very highly for mice in the house. Works outside, too. I got the smaller mouse OWLTRA and I only ever caught one mouse. I can't recommend the OWLTRA mouse trap, but this rat trap works great for mice. I use peanut butter with some rolled oats mixed in for bait.