HavahartLive Animal Professional Style Rat and Squirrel Cage with 1-Door

I bought this item having read the reviews, all of the positive reviews are spot on, I have caught five squirrels in four weeks, but not baited every day, two of which were extremely canny creatures and one them escaped but could not resist the next days food contents although it was very wary it was recaptured.The recommendations are leave a trail of 4 or 5 hazelnuts or similar from just outside the trap and a few inside to entice the blighters and get them used to entering the trap and leaving quickly, leave a 'real treat' at the back of the trap beyond the footplate that trips the door. I used pieces of stale bread with some walnut oil on it and garnished it with peanut butter all in a very small muffin case, they could not resist, I have not had to wait long for a result as canny as they are but the reason one managed to escape is because put onto the grass lawn can stop the trap door from falling 100% as the grass can hold up the door ever so slightly.I overcame this by placing the trap in a short plank of timber which kept the grass away from the door baseline. Boy was the squirrel angry when he fell for it a second time it worked hard to open the door from the inside but soon realised that it was in vain.Two pieces of advice though;May and June are good trapping months as squirrels forage and cause damage to crops extensively having eaten their larder contents over the winter and this seasons nuts and berries have not matured enough to be eaten yet.Only set the trap up if 'you' are available to safely and humanely deal with the trapped creature within an hour of capture as with the early summer heat unnecessary distress can easily be caused to them.These traps are well made and effective I would highly recommend if used correctly and humanely..

In a month, caught nothing. Squirrels walk straight past it, but do not enter. There is another version of this which has two doors: that way the squirrel can see the way out, so enters. This one with mesh at one end does not fool the critters.We have literally dozens of squirrels in our garden, carrying away apples, all fruit. Tried peanuts, and apples as bait - nothing went in other than mice for the peanuts - mice are too light to trigger it. The UK police are such a pain with gun licensing that one has to use traps instead (even though our garden is isolated, 1/4 mile from nearest other house or building). Poison can have side effects, killing other animals, so the search for an effective trap for them continues ...

I've tried 5 different traps and this is by far the best one I've bought. (40.6 x 15.2 x 16.2 cm)It's trigger plate is a good sensitivity and it's super easy to set up.The trap is long enough that animals (in my case rats) don't get their tales caught when the door closes as the door falls straight down as opposed to swinging down. This means it can be put on uneven surfaces and the door will always close properly and not get caught on the ground so the rat can escape.It's easy to see from far away if you've caught anything as the door properly sticks up when it's set so no need to keep going outside and checking if anything is in there.Once caught it has a solid roof so the animal is slightly protected from the elements should they be in there a while and has a large handle that the animal has no access to so fingers won't be nipped when you carry it to where ever you want to release it. I used peanut butter mixed with wild bird seed as it forms a good paste that sticks well to the trigger plate.Costs a bit more than some of the other traps but I'd definitely recommend it!

If you don't mind wasting some money on rodent traps then these are at the more acceptable end of the price scale. Having purchased 2 of these I had high hopes of snaring our Roland I followed all the instructions and suggestions from other reviews but after 3 weeks no joy. I had one sighting where the rat was around it on top of it but not in it. On one occasion the bait had been taken and the trap activated but no occupant ( No Idea ) other than a very very small or thin rodent. I will persevere.

This trap cage is well made, easy to set, and has a very sensitive triggering mechanism. I suspect it would be hard for a squirrel to take the bait without closing the trap. Once closed ( assuming nothing is in the way of the door), it's really closed. Nothing will escape that doesn't have opposable thumbs.But... I haven't caught anything, and my yard is thick with squirrels. I bait the trap with peanut butter, and a trail of peanuts leading in. I suspect that there's just too much to eat in the area, for the squirrels to need to take any risks. Maybe in the winter when they're hungrier I might have more luck.As with any cage trap, a downside is that you have to be around to check the trap at least daily. The need for regular checking is particularly disheartening when, as in my case, the trap is always empty, and the squirrels are just sitting around telling jokes and giving me the finger.

We got this as a last resort as squirrels were taking over the garden and tried the sonic ones which were useless and also another trap which the squirrel broke out of in 5 mins. Well they have no such joy with this cage, I have caught 6 in 10 days and now the live about 5 miles away from us and annoying some other poor person. We have only 1 left that visits and I know its wary of the trap as it must of seen one stuck in it but I know 100% it won't resist much longer. Well worth purchasing if you are at your wits end with squirrels

Bought this for a rat that decided to feast on my bird seed. Set it up, rat refused to go in it. He dug around it, underneath it trying to get to food/bate inside. He did not go inside. I did catch 2 squirrels though! So if squirrels are your problem, then go for it!The catch that holds the door up requires patience to make sure it is secure, it is purely a balancing act.Product is well built, despite the fact that I was unsuccesful in catching the rodent.Rodent disappeared 2 weeks after purchased, presumably munched by the buzzard that surveys my garden!