TomcatRat Snap Trap, 1 Rat Size Trap - Reusable - Effectively Kill Rats - Ideal for Home and Farm Use

From a few previous reviews, I inferred that the snap mechanism was too stiff to be tripped by a rat on some of the traps. I checked mine out and indeed this was the case. Basically it took took much weight to trip the rat trap. A problem like this would render the trap useless, however I’ve found a solution to make it work. Just use a rubber band around the base to help add a little extra weight to spring the trap. You have to position the rubber band in the right spot. The way to do this is, with the rubber band in place, try to set the trap. If it doesn’t catch, move the band back a bit and try again until the mechanism catches. Now, move the rubber band still a little further back because you don’t want the trap to release too soon before the rat has a chance to get into the trap. See the photo. Anyway I hope this works for you and you have luck catching your pests.

Was haunted for weeks by a HUGEEE rat, put this out and BOOM he was gone that same night I put it out. Used some bread and peanut butter. Super easy to set, durable, easy to get ride of rodent in end, and great value for the item!

These made quick work of a rodent issue I had developed after bringing boxes from storage into our home. Highly recommend these if you have an unwanted visitors in/around your home.

When the Arctic Vortex hit Florida, several palm rats tried to get out of the cold by lifting my soffit to get into my garage attic. I'm really good at baiting these sprig traps and my wooden ones never get emptied without catching a rat. But this particular trap had a failure rate, so what I did was put two more out (same type, same brand) next to it, on both sides. I also put in a wifi camera to see how the rat was beating my efforts, when I put the other traps to the sides, when the first trap sprung, the rat jumped away into the second and third trap, one snapped onto his tail, and the other humanly snapped his spine. No suffering. While I'm not fond of rats, I prefer to humanely kill them, that's why I don't use glue traps, as they are evil when trying to catch mammals.Giving this four stars as this model doesn't work as well as others

Great product after weeks of setting traps and glue pads nothing worked for the rat in my back patio got out of previous traps . Tried this trap first night killed the rat and problem solved .

After nearly a month trying everything and anything…got this today and IT WORKED within a few hours! So simple and so powerful. We heard it outside snap it was so loud. Would highly recommend to anyone with a rat issue!

THIS IS AN UPDATE of my formerly glowing report on these traps:Am going back to the horrible old wooden based ones because THEY DO NOT BREAK like these Tomcat PLASTIC traps do!Got my first Tomcat Trap at a local store in 2021 - worked like a charm and STILL DOES!I decided to up my catch when the Rats BEGAN TO TRY and move in for winteR 21-22 So I got two MORE Tomcat Traps in Nov & BOTH ended up with BROKEN BAIT CUPS after snapping their first rat.OK - I worked around that by putting some peanut butter on the floor of the trap UNDER the trigger plate. It worked but was messy and required soaking and washing to get the old bait and goo off. Not a fun job but oh, well. A girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do.I ordered one more Tomcat Rat TRap this fall and THAT TOO ENDED UP WITH A BROKEN BAIT CUP - yesterday - when it caught its first rat. Will take some fotos of the broken bait cup flange and post later.Why this is happening I have no clue. The first one from 2021 is just fine. The traps from here aren't. Maybe the mfg changed the plastic recipe? Knockoffs? Don't know... all I know is that when the rat gets caught one of the flange things that holds the bait cup in place when you twist it into the hole where it goes. The trap is constructed so that there is NO overtwisting possible so its not something I am doing.The result is that when you lift the trap to release the carcass the bait cup falls out because the flange has broken.SO - Like I said - back to the horrible old wooden based ones which NEVER BREAK.~~~This WAS my glowing report:Definitely catches rats. I'd post a foto of the carcasses mine have caught but that would be crude.A word of caution for new users: These are SUPER POWERFUL so if yu have a cat or dawg - put this trap behind some sort of screen or under something that the rats can get into but small noses and tiny fingers can't. I use an old oven rack propped up against the wall (which has a nail in it to keep it from falling) in the sun-porch and that does the trick.Oh, yeah - as with ALL rat Traps - attach a string or wire to them and anchor it to something else so on the very rare instance the rat isn't dispatched - the trap does not disappear along with a very pissed off rat.Note to the mfg: the little cup thingy for peanut butter works nicely but IF the trap is cold & bounces around in the process of doing it's job - the flange that holds the cup in place sometimes breaks and it's hard to remove and refill.That recently happened so I just put the peanut butter under the flap and in the back... SNAP! Worked like a charm.THE BEST THING ABOUT THESE TRAPS aside from their power is the step on feature - you just put the bait in and put the trap on the floor and step on the back and it is set. Works great in reverse too when you wan to remove the rat.

I live in the city, in a residential neighborhood with a lot of single family homes. Rats have been digging under my patio and behind my retaining wall and tunneling into my chicken coop, so I needed to do something about them. Bought four of these traps and baited them with almond butter. The twist and lock bait cups are super easy to use and safe compared to the wire snap traps we set for mice when I was a kid in the 90s.Tonight was the second night I had them out, and one of them caught a rat but not quite with enough force to kill it quickly. I got a motion alert from one of my security cameras, so I went out to dispatch the poor rodent. It had its head caught by the trap, but the jaws weren’t strong enough to break its spine. I took the handle end of a shovel and brought it down on the closed jaws, which was enough to end the rat’s pain.If you’re after rats rather than mice, these may not be strong enough to kill humanely. Easy to set; easy to bait; but only 3 stars because I don’t want to leave rats to suffer overnight when they get caught. Will update if the problem doesn’t repeat.