ROSHIELD 3 x External Rat Snap Trap Control Protector Box - Rodent Safety Kit for Gardens, No Poison Solution - Green Professional Quality

I bought 6 traps at the end of May 2022. It's now early November. Two traps are in the Loft and the rest are along the fence line in the garden. I haven't waded through all of the other reviews, but thought I'd sum up my experience with the garden traps. We are right next to allotments so there are numerous compost bins out there for rats to breed in. The rats come into our garden but are rarely seen. You just catch a glimpse of one on the odd occasion so its a case of 'out of site, out of mind'. However, in May a large rat was basking in the sunshine on the lawn in the garden. My visiting daughter spotted it. It just sat there and looked back at us without a care in the world! So I decided to try and do something about it, hence the traps. The traps have a cable tie that you can use to set the trap from outside the box. Having set each trap, I put a blob of yellow paint on each cable tie just on the area outside of the box. That way, if the trap goes off, the cable tie gets partially pulled inside the box. So, very simply, if you can't see the yellow paint, it means the trap has gone off. It's a quick visual check and is much easier than having to pick each trap up and open it up or peer inside through the entrance holes. Up until a week ago I'd only killed one rat. But that was down to me not being logical about what was going on. I assumed that if a trap hadn't gone off, the attractant bait would still be sitting there to lure any passing rats in. WRONG assumption. Due to the recent wet weather, my yellow marker paint had washed off of the cable ties so I set about re-applying it. At the same time I opened up each box. There was no bait to be seen, anywhere. What was inside each box was a collection of slugs, snails and spiders so my assumption is that they are the culprits eating the bait - they are light enough not to trigger the trap. I cleaned the boxes out and re-baited. I obviously put some in the receptacle in the middle of the trap But also some inside the box close to the entrance holes. That way a rat is encouraged to go in the box and progress to the centre and trigger the trap. Within a day I killed another rat and then four days later another 3 bit the dust. I cleaned the traps out yesterday, re-baited them and overnight I've killed another 2 outright and a 3rd being caught by its tail. Had to bite the bullet and bump that one off manually! So that's 7 rats killed in under a week. From now on I'm going to check the traps every week to make sure the bait hasn't disappeared. I'll still check every day that the yellow paint hasn't disappeared because if it has, I need to remove the dead rat as it sitting in there for too long would warn other rats that the boxes aren't a good place to visit! Also, I've found that a rat that's only been dead in the trap for a maximum of 24 hours is already being eaten by something else? Other rats maybe?

Worked well using chocolate hobnobs as bait

The traps are easy to set up, ensure the plate is slightly lifted before pushing the trap into the retaining lugs, they are a snu fit but very secure. I have 6 of these traps around and found them to be very effective. Unfortunately the last 3 purchased had no keys with them but were similar to the last ones I bought so no great problem. I use the poison paste sachets in the boxes which help if the traps have been activated. Traps should always be placed next to a wall or fence as Rodents like to run along them as opposed to in the open.The other thing to ensure is that if you use the cable ties, they should be put on the rear right side, so they line up with the hole, otherwise they will interfere with the setting of the trap.

There are a number of reviews that state you need to make changes to the box in order to fit the trap.... take my advice DON'T. The actual trap is a very snug fit in the box itself.. Once you have engaged the front of the spring trap snugly under the receiving tabs at the front of the box (the front in each case being the longest leading edge that the rodent entry/exit tunnel is against for the box and the short edge the trap receptacle on the spring trap itself is nearest) then you need to apply firm downward pressure at the rear of the trap to snap the trap in to the back tab (which looks like a hump). There is just enough give in the walls of the trap to allow this to happen...so firm downward pressure on the rear of the trap is the answer. The trap will then be firmly held in place and then just follow the instructions which are all very clear...except for the key piece of information at the beginning of this review. I have dogs so having a poison free and fully enclosed trap means no nasty accidents due to canine curiosity :) .... I have found that a soft dog treat held in place with a bit of honey does the trick for me. Happy trapping.

Professional traps at a great price.i ordered 3 with the rat trap that goes inside of the housing.there pretty big and do look the part the traps that go inside are tight to fit and do click into place and seam sturdy once done you get a paste to entice roland i put this in one of the traps and put peanut butter in the other two can take a few days for roland and his mates to get used to them so ill wait and see even though i only see one rat now and again down in my chicken enclosure i guess if there was loads of them a kill rate would get high

Bought three of these as we have rat(s) in the garden. Set it up as directly and initially had some issues getting the trap to stay open and the bait level to sit where it should.Went out a few hours later and found a dead mouse on one, fine, and another with the bait gone but the mechanism hadn’t triggered. Assumed the mouse was too light to trigger it, so rebaited and reset both traps.We heard a bang in the evening, went out to check, and the trap had gone off and trapped the poor mouse alive over its pelvis! I think the mechanism had got stuck, and so the mouse was still alive but totally stuck under the bar. We lifted the bar and to our amazement it scampered off at top speed seemingly ok. We’re not bothered about having mice, but if it had caught and held alive a rat, we would have then been in the position of trying to grab it and dispatch it ourselves.So trust has well and truly gone in these traps and we’re opting for humane ones instead, so at least the animals aren’t suffering unnecessarily in the trapping process.The box itself seems well made and sturdy, but unfortunately there’s no perfect way to deal with rats :(