Sic semper evello mortem rattus norvegicus

[quote=“skr1, post:55, topic:108615”]
My rats don’t take bait.[/quote]

If I had rats that didn’t eat anything I wouldn’t worry about them. Unfortunately, the rats in our neighborhood find grain, electrical wiring, and brake lines strongly compelling.

One advantage of the zapper traps is that they can work without baits, since rats will often enter out of curiosity. I think the Goodnature trap might have the same benefit.

As for the other thing, I’ve never had one of the traditional wood-and-metal snap traps not completely take out the animal. Sometimes they don’t go off, sometimes they spring prematurely, but either is preferable to a half-trapped rat or mouse or alligator.