Victor® Safe-Set™ Rat Trap

Live visible rats and mice wrecking my house for 3 months and caught nothing with these traps baited with peanut butter and snickers. I have cats and kids.

I bought this trap this y ear and the initial try didn't pan out, but a second try, along with a second trap (electronic Victor unit) in two places where I've seen it, the electronic one was next to the stove as I've seen the rat scuttle from there to the dishwasher that backs up to the laundry room that was a former back porch (now enclosed) and getting in/out of there through holes in the floor from pipes that came into it from outside. So after baiting both with peanut butter, the mechanical trap was placed by a hole about an inch in diameter that I overlooked and placed the trap to face that hold, against the wall of the house behind the washer and sure enough, the next morning, it caught the rat, dead. The trap clamped down hard just behind its front legs, killing it instantly, and caused the trap to flip 180* so it was not facing away from said hole. I have since stuffed the hole with a Brillo pad to prevent further intrusion hopefully. I just swept it into a large dust pan and took it to the garbage can, and released the trap, letting the dead rat fall into it. Yes, it was a full grown rat it killed.

Peanut butter is the winner and in 1 night a caught 2 rats on 3 of my traps.

If a small amount of peanut butter is put inside bait tube it can not be taken out without triggering the trap. So the rat can not steal it out without getting caught. The old style wood and spring trap did not work because they were able to steal it off without triggering the trap. The only issue is that it is not strong enough to kill the rat so it can drag the trap far away. I zip tied it to a pole and it works perfectly.