Pack of 2 Classic Metal Rat Traps Brass Coated - Powerful Snap Trap for Rats, Chipmunks - Humane Rat Traps That Work - 2 Traps...

Better than the plastic ones, that wouldn't hurt a mouse (literally). I don't want an injured mouse. That's not humane. The plastic ones won't even do that, at least. These come down hard, however. That's more ethical and effective.

I bought these specifically to keep backyard rats from becoming indoor rats. They work. One ended a 4lb opossum that had decided the side of my tool shed was it's latrine. Well that problem was solved too. Id recommend screwing them into a 1x piece of scrap wood because they're light with powerful springs. If they not fastened down they could flip themselves away from whatever tripped them. Be careful about placement because these are strong enough to seriously injure cats or raccoons. I'd recommend an enclosure with holes only big enough for rats. Cats get bored easy and won't spend much time trying to get in but raccoons are retards that will stick their paws into blind hole. Squirrels are pretty smart and are very good at spotting traps so unless it's really well camouflaged, I doubt a squirrel will stumble into it.

I live in Florida with a canal in the back yard so roof and fruit rats are always around and an issue especially this year for some reason. I tried all kinds of traps, these little menaces are smart af and they will get out of the wood traps and some of the other ones like the bucket one I have (that one only works on the small ones for me and they have gotten out a few times even with the water). Glue traps work sometimes but I dont like them and you cant reuse them. The thing about these is the teeth, it holds them in there if they dont die on the snap. Most of the time they die instantly as these are VERY strong! Be very careful of your fingers when setting them. I have bought so many of these, they really do the job. Ive used peanut butter, slimjims, lunch meat, nuts all kinds of things. These traps WORK! If you are unsure, get them. I just wish you got more for the money but hey, they get rid of the rats so thats what is most important. If you can, screw them into some wood to keep them stable in one spot. These are the go to traps for sure.

These are best for indoor use since they rust as others have noted. In my case I deployed 3 of these and caught 3 birds--no rats. The birds seem to be attracted to the shiny metal. It would be best to get the black version of this trap and/or spray-paint the trap with a flat beige (like dirt) to lessen bird traffic. To be fair, I employed two other types of snap trap and a trap of each type caught a bird. So if you want to use snap traps outdoors, I suggest you try an enclosed version, or build your own enclosure to lessen the chance of getting birds. The thing I liked about these traps is that they seem to be unlikely of making a 'partial kill' given their 'teeth' near the kill bar. The trigger mechanism is also as sensitive as you can get, much more so than for plastic traps. The question is whether these traps are particularly attractive to indoor (e.g. attic) rats.

This item works quite well with the Heddel mouse trap alert system. I have a Heddel mouse trap alert system that I normally use with my mouse trap. It keep the killed rodent from decomposing and stinking up the whole place. But the Heddel mouse trap alert system does not fit a regular wooden rat trap due to the thickness of the base. This item have a thin enough base that the Heddel mouse trap alert system fit this rat trap, even thought it was design for mouse trap, and alert me of a killed rat before it decomposed. In addition, the saw tooth base keep any rat from escaping the trap, unlike the regular wooden rat trap that let the last rat that was caught escape from the trap. And the color black hopefully will make it so inconspicuous that the rats will not be alert by it's appearance and it will fall for the baits without being alert by the trap itself. Update: 6/6/2020 It appears that even this trap can not hold the giant rat I have. The rat just lift himself out of the trap like he did with the Victor rat trap, even though he left a trail of blood behind. I thought he died elsewhere but the Wyze camera show the rat coming back and was wary of the area where the trap was at. I now use the Duke 110 conibear trap that is so strong that I could not set it without a special tool that compress the spring. So if I can not compress the spring, not even the giant rat can lift the spring to get out. I can not find the Duke 110 hear on ZeeBooth any more, even I purchase it from ZeeBooth a couple of week ago, so I purchase 2 more from Ebay instead. So look else where if you have a giant rat and not this Made2catch rat trap. Update: 10/8/2020 I was able to cat the big rat that got away last time. The trick is when you screw down the trap to the board, do not screw it down so tight but to let at least 1/8" gap so the trap have free play to twist around when the rat struggle. This way the rat can twist and turn all it want but will not be able to lift the trap arm to get out. See the picture of the rat caught in this made2catch rat trap.