Humane Squirrel Trap, Heavy Duty Metal Trap for Live Release

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Peanuts, sunflower seeds, and corn are all excellent options, but the best bait for squirrels may vary depending on the time of year and the local squirrel population. What is the easiest way to catch a squirrel?

The cages are designed to house a all sizes of bodygrips #55, #110 #116 and the Mk4 and Mk6 fenn trap for trapping squirrels and rats. The entrance hole can be either from the top, side or bottom, this cage is especially effective on squirrels hung on a tree or fence.

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Customers appreciate its ease of use, portability, and humane design. They note its solid construction and adjustable sensitivity setting, although it may not be suitable for larger animals, and some found setting the trap challenging.

If you’re looking for a more humane way to deal with pests, you may want to consider using a live trap. These traps capture the animal alive, so you can release it somewhere else. They also all mention the need to modify the trigger mechanism. It’s a simple hook that’s pretty well attached to the top of the trap, and it takes a lot of force to trip the trap. Again, it’d take a pretty fat squirrel to set this thing off, and even our well-fed squirrels haven’t set it off once.I’ve tried a number of squirrel trap baits, but the best one so far is peanut butter. A trail of peanuts leading into the trap, with a smear of peanut butter on the trap trip draws them in. I’ve also taken peanut butter and rolled it in peanuts to make a ball of peanut-coated peanut butter, which they seem to come for within hours. If you buy one, be really patient and keep the faith. Experiment with different lure. Use latex gloves when setting it up to avoid your scent being transferred. I think squirrels need to become familiar with the existence of trap for a while before investigating more thoroughly. It also helps that other food sources have been made unavailable (eg, here it had depleted the natural food source from a fruit tree in next door’s garden so had to look for an alternative). The Kat Sense Humane Squirrel Trap has emerged as a popular product due to its effective trapping mechanism. There’s nothing wrong with the Havahart design in general, provided the animal is large enough to set the trap. For squirrel traps, their design just doesn’t work. The grey squirrel is recognised as being in the top worst 100 invasive pest species in the world by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).