The Big Cheese Live Animal Trap – Small Cage. Welfare-Friendly Live-Catch Cage Trap for Squirrels and Small Animals, Indoor and Outdoor use, 44 cm x 19 cm x 19 cm

Caught three squirrels that were nesting in my loft within a week of buying this trap. No more squirrel problem, and they now they live a good few miles away.

Quite easy to set up and has done the job so far catching 2 squirrels and a rat that had just started coming into my garden which I released elsewhere, only 1 squirrel to go. It also caught a blackbird and hedgehog which I just released back into garden so you must check regularly, I check it as soon as its light and just before it gets dark and if about during the day also. Would recommend if you have similar problems.

Well-built cage, but the mechanism became hard to set after some time. In particular the rolling pin always slides. Washing it to remove any oils did not help much. That being said it still works if you set it next to the rolling pin.

The STV076 is a formidable squirrel catcher. I was plagued with a grey squirrel in my roof space, morning noon and night the scampering and scratching continued. It felt like the animal was eating the house. I'd had enough, Amazon to the rescue with its array of potential traps, but which one? Go with one at a reasonable price and some positive reviews? - enter the big cheese. It duly arrived in a timely manner, for a very reasonable sum and carriage included. Instructions are on the box, but had to concentrate and reread in order to set the door - what a clever design. I'd read other reviews that suggested tweaking the release hook to lighten the pressure needed to activate the floor plate, but I resisted the temptation.I trawled the internet for guides on how to set squirrel traps and consulted, for legal niceties. I was aware that the squirrel was a frequent visitor on a flat roof portion of the house so decided to put the trap up there. 'Concealed' in a tunnel formed with a blue plastic tarpaulin, the flapping material held down with a couple of bricks. For bait a trail of monkey nuts was my 'weapon of choice', with a small cache at the rear of the trap.I didn't have to wait long. Less than a day and the varmit was secured in the trap. He was an angry squirrel who resented the constraint on his liberty - but he was going nowhere.Releasing grey squirrels back into the environment is both daft and illegal, so don't be 'soft hearted' and drive five miles down the road and release the vermin into somebody else's garden. You have to see this through, do it in an humane manner and speedily. The easiest means is probably a .22 air rifle, an air pistol is unlikely to be powerful enough. Wearing safety glasses (you don't want a ricochet taking your eye out) line the rifle up about three quarters the way up the side of the cage and about a quarter of the way back from the rear, at an angle of about 45 degrees pointing down. Ensure the cage is on a soft surface in order to absorb the pellet in case it passes right through the squirrel ( a lawn or soil bed are ideal). The squirrel will move around the cage, you will only have to wait a few seconds for it to bring its head in front of the rifle barrel. Ideally a .22 pellet between the eye and ear will instantly despatch the animal, put another pellet in it to 'make sure'. Release the trap door wearing rubber gauntlets, tip the squirrel out, pick up the squirrel in a plastic sack (same as picking up doggy doos), secure, then put into another sack and secure, with many authorities you can dispose of the body in your non recyclable waste - but check. If they won't allow that, then it's burying or burning. When done clean off the cage with disposable wipes whilst wearing gauntlets.The other means of dispatching the squirrel is by putting the front of the cage in a strong hessian sack and securing so that there is no gap for the squirrel to escape round the sides. Through the hessian sack release the trap door and 'encourage' the squirrel into the sack, 'work' it down to a bottom corner of the sack, ensuring the squirrel cannot escape through the open end of the sack, hold it in a gauntlet covered hand and swiftly dispatch it with a crack to the back of the head with an iron bar, fishing priest or similar. This should all be done speedily. Making a botch of this could leave you open to prosecution in the highly unlikely event of you being seen and reported - but there have been isolated cases, so be aware.The only other recourse for dispatch might be a visit to the vets for a lethal injection - but the delays in transport and waiting to see the vet might fall foul of the legislation which 'demands' not causing unnecessary suffering to the animal.If you do go down the DIY route then I highly recommend this squirrel trap. For some guidance on what you can or cannot do, in respect of trapping squirrels, have a look at this link.[...]

Easy to set and most importantly it worked after just 24 hours despite my wife declaring ‘ squirrels are smart and would never go in there’. I used peanut butter with some bird seed on it and parked it under our patio table. Now waiting to catch squirrel no. 2.Update after 2 weeks: After initial success i had difficulty repeating it due to either the trap going off after i walked away or not going off at all and Mr Squirrel making off with the bait. However i persisted and decided to make the bait a little more of a challenge so as to encourage the squirrel to spend more time in the trap and set it off. It worked and have just caught no.2. I put a few large nuts in the fingers of a neoprene glove and then tied the glove to the top bars above and just infront of the pressure plate. So it was dangling with teh nuts inside. Bingo. No. 2 in the bag so to speak. I will study some of the other feedback to try and perfect my trap setting. Hope this helps. Persist is the message.

Liked the overall design, but was a pain to set. So.... a few tweaks needed.Had to splay the carrying handles so they didn't interfere with the top of the gate.Had to add a couple of C-Clips to stop the spring riding along the shaft.Had to move the handle plate to square up the gate. Its hinged from the plate.Had to bend the release slightly so the bend was 90 degrees.After that worked well and was easy to set.

Well designed with a release system that ensures the animal doesn't come into contact with fingers. Caught three grey squirrels within three days. Peanut butter is best bait and a weight on the cage stops it being pushed around. Thoroughly recommend.

Like many I had a problem with a squirrel (or squirrels) entering my loft, running about and chewing stuff. The noise bothered me, but the turning point was opening the loft hatch only to have a can of camping stove gas land on my head. Said can of gas had been safely stored on a shelf in the loft so I knew something was afoot (and besides, there's a place for the pitter patter of tiny feet, and it's not from the loft above).My local authority won't help with squirrels so I ordered one of these. It arrived on Wednesday and set it on Thursday morning, using unshelled peanuts as bait. Eight hours later I got home to find one unhappy squirrel.Tips:- Wear rubber gloves when setting the cage so that you don't contaminate it with eau de human.- If using it in the loft, put a board underneath which you can dispose of afterwards. Trapped squirrels make a lot of mess (and smell) and you don't want it seeping into your loft insulation (or worse) the ceiling below.- A brick on top stops the less-than-happy squirrel from moving the cage in his efforts to escape.- Thick gardening gloves are essential when handing an occupied cage. Squirrels have very sharp teeth.- Most important of all, try to work out where they are getting in and block their entrance. In my case they were using the guttering as a pathway and nipping in a hole under the eaves. The builder who filled the hole used concrete reinforced with chicken wire. He said that in his experience squirrels will chew through expanding foam filler so it's worth doing the job properly!

Die Tür zu öffnen und zu befestigen ist etwas knifflig, aber wenn man den Dreh raus hat ,ist es kein Problem mehr..

Très agréablement surpris par la solidité de l'articleJe pensais avoir quelque chose de moyen au vu du prix bas, mais je suis très satisfait par ce produit. Reste à le tester en nature maintenant, mais je ne suis pas inquiet. Je recommande le vendeur aussi qui l'a envoyé très rapidement en 3 jours et très bien emballé. Bravo.

Tengo el campo lleno de animales y la verdad son unas trampas muy resistentes y silenciosas. El material es bueno y cumple con lo prometido.

Bon cages me pa de livre dans le temps que apre 3 jours 🙋‍♂️

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