Rugged Ranch 2 Pack Squirrel Trap, Live Animal Catch & Release Cage, Squirrelinator

To the genius that invented this trap, kudos to you! Just wish I would of known about this trap years ago but better late than never. Trap works as stated and is extremely effective in live trapping ground squirrels. I use either wet cobb or scratch grains and move the trap around if I do not get anything after a day. If folks have problem ground squirrels and cannot seem to catch them with this trap, you should probably hang it up and call a pest control company......This trap is as easy and more effective than 95% of the live traps out there in my opinion. Excellent design, packaging and shipping times are also 5* After a week of using this trap I have trapped the majority of ground squirrels on my place and will be placing it on neighboring properties to help them out.

What can I say? It works as advertised! Bought mine in March and in six months have decreased the local squirrel population considerably (peacefully relocated to a family member's farm with permission). Only two notes for use: first, baby squirrels can rob you blind and sneak out of the holes. Only works on fully grown squirrels. Second, it is sized just right for skunks to also get stuck. I know this twice over. Apparently squirrels and skunks BOTH will risk life and limb for sunflower seeds. I suggest positioning the trap so you can open the hinges and top door by using a very long pole with a hook taped to the end. Make sure the skunks butt is facing AWAY when you do this. Thankfully the trap is low enough I don't think they could spray from inside, but am not brave enough to find out. Also, a hose with good distance spraying works well to make the skunk uncomfortable enough to seek an exit, but doesn't guarantee it will run away from you once out - have a quick escape path planned out. Highly recommend closing the trap doors at night to avoid needing this knowledge. Overall, great trap and thankful for it!

I wish someone had tapped me on the shoulder a year ago and told me to get a live trap for the grey squirrels that were running amok in our crawlspace. I assumed that live traps sacrificed squirrel-catching ability in order to keep squirrels alive for the animal lovers, so I tried everything else first.Here's what DIDN'T work over many, many months of frustrating trial and error:- Conibear 110 traps (caught one squirrel which it failed to kill, and just whacked dozens of squirrels on the head without catching them, plus they are a pain to set and position).- Rat traps (LOL - utterly useless against grey squirrels).- Homemade poison some guy on Youtube swore would work (squirrels ate some, no effect).- Tomcat Brand poison chunks (squirrels ate them all and asked for more).- Large glue trap (doesn't work outside - gets covered with dust/insects within a day, then squirrels used it as a doormat to their entryway into our roof.- Hiring a wildlife control guy for a consultation (he failed to correctly identify where they were getting in and would have spent a lot of time/$ trying to trap on the wrong end of the house).I can't tell you how the "Squirrelinator" compares to other live traps. I read a lot of mixed reviews of this trap and of other ones like "Havahart". I can tell you that squirrelinator worked great for us, and it's so easy to use. I am dealing with grey squirrels, aka tree squirrels, not ground squirrels. But it still worked great - I put it on the ground beneath where they were climbing the trees to our roof, and within an hour or two there was a squirrel in there each time, until there were no more squirrels around and no more scratching/skittering/gnawing above our ceiling.Some reviewers have complained that they can lift the door open and get back out. All I can say is that never happened with the many squirrels I caught, at least to my knowledge. The trap works because lifting is not their instinct. Their instinct is to push as far toward freedom as they can, so they nose into the corners, which means they go up on top of the door.Ease of use is a bonus. You just drop this thing on the ground and toss some nuts in and around it, then give the furballs a ride to some nearby woods.$75 bucks seems like kind of a ripoff for just a wire cage. It does have a cleverly designed spring part for the doors though, and it's peanuts compared to what you can spend hiring someone. I'm not even going to bother covering the hole in our soffit where they went in, because I know I can just clear our whole area of squirrels in a few days if new ones get into our house again.

The photos of 6-8 squirrels inside this trap at one time might be true. I have caught 2 at a time (all there were in my areas).Apparently, squirrels do NOT figure it out and follow there mates into the trap. I guess the 1st animal is not convincingly trapped. The 2nd one goes in and gets trapped anyway.

The media could not be loaded. Seller shipped extremely fast. Next day!This trap worked great out of the 3 different types of traps we bought. The other 2 never caught anything. We have chicken and had a bad rat problem because of the feed. We used chicken feed, peanut butter, tuna and a few small blocks of cheese as bait. What we found that worked best was to leave the first caught rats in the trap to help attract others. The first night they were very scared of it and we didn't catch anything. The next night we caught 2 and took them out. We went a couple nights with no catches then we caught 5. We left those 5 in the trap overnight and the next morning we had 16 which included momma!Well made trap! Worth every penny!

I captured 5 squirrels in just a few days and released them in Stanley Park. I no longer have squirrels living in my attic.

It catches chip monks for sure

Seriously folks, this is an amazing trap! I’ve written maybe 2 reviews for products I’ve purchased, and I couldn’t not write one about this!I followed the instructions, placed the trap with the door side along a wall where I knew the critters were constantly running, but with the sore zip tied open - for 3 days. One the fourth, I cut the zip tie off and couldn’t wait to check it the next morning. The first morning, I had TEN rats caught!! Second day, SIX more!Worrying they might get wise to this new trap, I then zip ties the door open again for a few nights. Cut the tie, and yup, 3 more the next morning!I knew I had a rat issue, but truthfully, I didn’t know just how bad until I got this work of art! Between the trap and the night time shooting, we’ve disposed of a grand total of 34 rats over the course of only about 2 weeks.I highly recommend this trap, and I highly recommend following the instructions. I used a can of wet cat food in the bait spot, plus sprinkled chicken feed all throughout the trap. I also made sure all other sources of feed had been completely closed up, so this was their only source through the nights.

The media could not be loaded. Los primeros dias un poco decepcionado pues no entro ninguna y tengo una plaga de ardillas que causan mucho daño a la casa pero decidí darles una oportunidad antes de usar un rifle, después de cambiar de cebo de croquetas para perro a maiz y tortillas el primer dia atrapé 3, el segundo dia 4 , en tercer dia 2 y las fui liberando en el monte cada dia.Consejo .- poner los seguros de adentro hacia afuera pues una de ellas se lastimó el lomo con el filo de la lamina del gancho

I prepared my wife for the disappointing news that when The Ratinator arrived she would need to stop feeding the birds so the rats would be attracted to the bait. She was a trooper and cleaned up around all the feeders and sealed up the sunflower seed mix in a steel trash can, solidly secured. I waited a couple of days before putting the trap out with a tin of pet food as suggested, leaving the trap open so the rats could come and go. But these folkes were especially wary and were not interested in several choice pet foods, including some very high-end wet cat food. I decided to go with the tried and true birdfeed in a different location. It took a few days but I finally saw a rat sampling from the tin of birdfeed inside the trap. As my trips to refill the can with bait became more frequent, I decided the critters were secure enough to go into the trap with the door unfastened from its open position, and I refilled the empty tin one last time and set it inside the bait chamber. When I let the dogs out before bed, one was immediately attracted by sounds or smells to the garden where I placed the trap. She was intent on getting at the trap so I knew there was something inside. I rounded all the dogs up and back in the house, then took a flashlight over to find an entire family, two adults and six young'uns, scrambling to find a way out.The kit allows you to drown the animals or catch and release, but rats are pretty smart and can find their way back to an ideal feeding and nesting site. Still a tough decision.