How to Bait Live Animal Traps: Live Trapping Tips
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When using live traps, the type of bait you use and its placement is just as important as arming the trap. In this video, we’ll show you what type of bait to use for different pest animals and different ways to set your bait.
By using food that our target animal is attracted to, we increase our chance of a successful capture.
Skunks and opossums like stronger smelling foods, like fish or meat. You can also use wet cat food or apples, if you happen to have those on hand.
Chipmunks and squirrels both like nuts and seeds. Peanut butter is a popular and effective choice, but you can also try foods like corn, popcorn, cereal grains.
Raccoons like sweets, so use marshmallows, watermelon, strawberries, or apples.
For rabbits, use crunchy foods like apples, brussel sprouts, lettuce, or carrots. For groundhogs, you can use corn, lettuce, peas, strawberries, or cantaloupe.
Stray dogs and cats will be attracted to just what you would expect: meat and fish, respectively.
It is important that when baiting your trap, you place the bait at the end of the trap, behind the trigger plate.
We do this to ensure the animal moves over the trigger plate and activates the trap. The majority of the animal’s body must be inside the trap when it is triggered in order to ensure a successful capture.
One way to set your bait is to use a container like a bowl, dish, or foam cup to hold your bait. Load the container with your bait and then carefully slide it towards the rear of your trap.
Another way to set bait in a live trap is to dig a small hole.Dig a small hole where the rear of the trap would be. Fill the hole with your bait, and set the trap. Make sure your bait is positioned in the rear, so that animals must move over the trigger plate to get to it.
To help the animal feel safe around the trap and increase the chance of it entering, you can bait the area leading up to the trap to guide the animal in.
Also some animals can be aggressive in their foraging, so anchoring the trap with a weight can help the trap stay stable.
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