The Victor Rat Zappers work! I caught my 6th rat today. He was a huge male with an enormous tail. My Rat Zappers also caught 3 squirrels. I have been using peanut butter as bait, but I might try small pieces of chicken for faster results (as suggested by one of your viewers @Captain Caveman).
This trap is awesome ! I caught this rat that avoided all my other traps and finally the second day I caught his ass and he was so big he drained the batteries dead from 95%
Tiny mice here are so smart that they will steal the bait by entering from the tiny holes at the rear. If these holes are blocked then the bait will remain untouched and no mouse will be caught. How to catch these rodents?
@@wilsont1010 Try taping some cheese cloth or cut up screen over the small holes, that still allows light in and also the scent of the bait out. This trap is probably good for mice, for rats-at least the ones I run into-it was worthless. Rats are too smart and cautious.
@@pimpompoom93726 Did that, and it has been futile, mice avoided the bait. So I tested without the device turned on, bait gone in less than a day. Now that I have switched it on, the bait is still inside there for weeks, months and counting.
We had a terrible rat infestions about 6 years ago. We bought two of the Victor traps and used them for 5 years even loaning them out to neighbors. We live near downtown with a couple of vacant houses in the hood. The two traps we bought were great, easy to use and empty. And they finally quit on us this year. My husband bought another brand on Amazon and it lasted through only 3 rats and quit. Won't buy any other brand again! BTW I set them out on the covered deck at night and turn it off first thing in morning and so far the squirrels haven't bothered it. Thank you.
I bought 4 of these Victor electronic rat traps when I had some rats get in the garage and home awhile ago. I never caught a single rat with this trap and I tried EVERY kind of bait you can imagine-cream cheese, colby cheese, cheddar cheese, peanut butter, reeses peanut butter cups, dog kibble (they had shown desire for my dog's kibble in the past). The rat(s) would not enter this trap no matter how enticingly it was baited or positioned. And I wore latex gloves when handling the trap or baiting it, so human-scent was not a concern to cause rats to be cautious. I have to believe the rats are looking into that dark opening and feel threatened by something they don't understand-I've been told rats don't like to enter holes where they can't SEE an exit at the other end and those 4 small holes on the bait end just aren't enough? Or possibly the traps puts off an electronic hum that is inaudible to human ears but makes rats nervous? All I know is I purchased four boat anchors that were expensive and did not catch a single rat-they wouldn't even enter it to taste the bait, the bait was not touched. I'd love to talk to someone at Victor about my experience with these traps and see what they have to say, because they were COMPLETELY ineffective in my experience.
@@SmartPennyPincher I'm a seasoned citizen and was raised on a farm. Back then, 55-60 years ago, we'd get rats in the corn cribs on occasion. We'd toss in a few warfarin based bait packages, the rats would consume it overnight and we'd find them dead on the lawn in a day or so. Or we'd set a few traps and always caught plenty. Not today! These rats today are vastly more cunning and intelligent than the ones we had back on the farm! The ones I'm dealing with avoid traps completely, they'll walk right around them and never touch the bait. You can set a dozen or two dozen traps out and they will not touch them. Glue strips-I think I had one rat step in one, but he shook it off pretty easily and left a little hair in it. Live catch cages-don't waste your money. Rats have evolved since the ones we had back when I was a kid, they're not likely to fall for the same methods of control that they used to. It's very discouraging because they can be very destructive and dirty, you absolutely want to get rid of them asap. Victor and the other Rodent Control companies need to understand their stuff is not enticing to rats and is often very ineffective. They need to do some more R&D and come up with better technology-and this time use a sample population of the SMARTEST rodents when they test it. If it's effective on them, it will surely be effective on their less intelligent cousins.
I bought one and it worked for me because I hid all my food and only left them with this option to eat in my case I used pistachios worked perfect @Smart Penny Pincher
@@jessicahernandez3110 We finally got rid of our rats, but it wasn't because of any kind of traps. It was the result of several things-sealing the home exterior, sealing all food sources inside the home, we cleaned every square inch of the home with disinfectant to get rid of rat-trail odors, rearranged furniture to confuse and unnerve them-lots of little things like that. And rats only have a short lifespan-about a year in the wild. We've seen no sign they're around for over a month but we're continuing to do things to make the home less rat-friendly. As for these electronic traps, I cleaned them up with Hydrogen Peroxide and found an odd dried discharge in one of them near the bait tray. It looks like dried spittle which a rat MAY have released when he entered the trap and got zapped, so they MAY have enticed one rat in. Regardless, they didn't kill it and if one got zapped he was wise to the traps and never entered again-they learn really fast. As a product upgrade, I recommend VICTOR use clear plastic on the back of their traps so it looks less like a closed tunnel-which rats avoid. They need to look into the trap and see light at the other end. Rats are not like house mice, they're far more cautious and cunning. A mouse will fall for a baited trap 99% of the time, rats maybe only 20-30% of the time and if it fails to kill them the first time, they will NEVER approach that trap again. They repeatedly walked AROUND my baited traps and I used every kind of bait you can think of. They did things that were really bizarre-like I put down one rat poison tray. They wouldn't eat any of the poison pellets, but they dropped pieces of stale bread they had stored away right into the tray like they were mocking me. Unbelievable. People who have not dealt with this rodent have no idea how cunning they are.
Got my first rat in 3 days. I wore gloves when touching the trap and adding the peanut butter. Heard that rats can smell the human scent of your fingers on the trap and bait and that will keep them away.
Seriously, rodents don't care about the human scent at all. Most of the food they eat smell of humans. They use items that smell of humans to build their nests. The places they infest, near and smelling of humans. What they are is smarter than you think and naturally suspicious of new things in their environments. People have caught on film rats using tools to set off traps to get the bait without danger. That's smart.
@@warholscircus -Yes, rats are very smart. The manufacturer of the Victor trap writes in their instructions to use a cotton swab to place the bait so that the human scent does not get on the trap. Their research team found that keeping the human scent off the Victor trap works better to catch rodents. Since rats are clever and suspicious, they seem to be less cautious if the trap has no human scent. So far my traps caught 5 rats and 3 squirrels. ( Although, I wasn’t aiming for squirrels). I also purchased some mouse traps from a different manufacturer, and they also recommend using gloves when handling bait and traps, to better catch more mice. Actually, I like mice and rats. They look sweet and make nice pets who recognize the faces of their humans. But too many of them got into the engine compartment of my vehicles, chewing wires, so I reluctantly had to exterminate them. They seem to love peanuts and peanut butter. Found lots of peanut shells under the hood.
@@theabrescia1955 Watch some Shawn Woods videos here on RUclips. He is a rodent and pesky animal specialist who collects mousetraps and makes review videos on real world historical and modern trap usage. Don't get me wrong, I respect Victor, they've been in business for over a century so surely know their business: making traps. Most professionals will tell you not to touch the bait or trap, because they were told to never touch them, and it can't hurt, but a totally unnecessary precaution.
Just bought one today for $30.00. I put bait in too but no batteries..I want the rats to get a bit comfortable with it for a night or 3 before I add batteries and turn it on
Brought a Rat 🐀 back to my garage (in the engine bay) of my car(nice and warm) after leaving a place in the country. The bloody thing was ruthless, causing God knows how much damage to stuff i had stored there (I'm still finding it's rampage two months after). In desperation, i bought this trap. First night with peanut butter no luck (it had my motorcycle gloves and helmet instead). Second night with couple cubes of raw potato...and sure enough, with a flashing green light...the bloody rat was not doing anymore f'ing harm. This trap was Really worth the money! If you've got a Rat in your garage...Get one quick!
Your post gives me some feint hope I can discover some bait to make this trap work. To date nothing has, they won't even enter the trap. Someone said Norway Rats like meat so I'll give some greasy bacon shoved into the cup a try. I just HAVE to get the one that has avoided all the other traps, glue strips, bait blocks everything else-this has become personal to me!
@@lyndonp3391 I placed some glue strips out to slow him down and create noise when my rat stumbled into it and sat up waiting for him until 3:30 am. Had my sling shot and some marbles ready to nail him good, but he never showed-until I went to sleep. Dragged one glue strip across the floor before shaking it off. Pretty hard to outsmart a rat, they're nothing if not ultra-cautious. Next time I'll try starting my watch at 3:00 am, but this is getting old. The whole idea of traps is so you WONT have to sit out and nail them yourself!
@HowdyDoody96754 Whatever you do...Don't fall asleep!. Maybe time to check out the RUclips pro rat catcher vids...cos seems this one is clever. Hopefully the One doesn't become Six...or your gonna need more marbles!. 🐁💪
I haven't got any rats yet! They chewed the clips on the bate door to get it open. So I decided to super glue the bait door closed. It opens too easily any and doesn't snap anymore. Will load peanut butter from top.
ok so I got this model M241/M24TH and I caught 3 mice in three days but then I noticed that they would steal the peanut butter and avoid entering the trap.(And the bait door was securely shut tight). The mice was able to put his head thru the holes at one end of the trap instead of entering from the opposite end. I then noted in your video that there was a slanted board in the roof of the trap to prevent the rat from backing out of the trap and so I placed the peanut butter on that part of the trap thus inviting the mice to enter completely and stepping on the two medal plates. I got a mice within 10 minutes of placing the trap in my kitchen where they have been having a field day ever since my neighbor started having her kitchen remodeled. I am also trying the plaster of paris mix. Someone also told me to try bars of Ex Lax to dehydrate the mice.
Your rats must be dumber than mine, the ones I am dealing with are avoiding all traps. They never even entered this electronic trap-the bait was undisturbed. Very frustrating.
Is it the Wi-Fi version where you get a notification on your phone when you catch the rodent? I have the mouse one that gives me notifications through my Wi-Fi when I caught a mouse so I can empty it right away and I find that so convenient so I'm not checking everyday to see if I caught anything, it tells me
ANother staisfied customer here. I will temper my remarks by adding some advice to trhiose who are not happy with this trap: This is a cheap product. It is on the level of any number of inexpensive toys and other products that use battery current contacts to work. Make sure that you hear the faint buzz that tells you the unit is armed. The first two days I didn't catch anything, but the peanut butter was gone. I had set the trap in a noisy environment and didn't notice that the buzz did NOT occur. It is not loud. So, I slid off the covver and moved the three contact prongs a little bit to make sure they had spring tension, then reassembled the unit. Bingo - a mouse everyday so far.
I have little doubt it works on mice, most every kind of trap does. But rats are not mice, they are far more cunning and cautious. I baited mine properly and saw the light-heard the buzz. Nothing entered the trap or touched the bait, NADA. Very disappointed, but I'll try bacon on somebody else's recommendation.
I think Victor suggest bating the trap with peanut butter. but instead of using your finger, use a spoon or other object to place the bait in the bait cup. This way it will not leave any human scent to alarm the rat or mouse ?? also I use a disinfecting wipe to clean the metal plates to also remove and human scent and to keep the interior sanitary after a rat kill. Happy Hunting !!!!
I suspect I would have an issue with the bate. For some reason the rats here simply don't go near peanut butter or nutella or the like (and I have trail-cam footage showing them walking past blobs of the stuff) - they can only really be enticed by a nice line of cat treats or dry cat food into a trap.
@@SmartPennyPincher Yes, that would be interesting. I have heard of people using hot-melt glue to hold bate to the hooks of conventional traps so that might be worth a try. I am having a bit of a go at making a zapper type trap using an Arduino to do the sensing and to drive the mosfet/transformer combo for the output. I'm gradually improving the triggering by having it monitor the steady leakage between the plates and trigger only on a sudden rise in current due to a mouse or rat bridging them (with a back-up idea to add a passive infra-red sensor that inhibits triggering until something warm is in the trap). Development is on hold as I'm getting some success at last with a simple mechanical cage trap by attaching treats to the trigger hook by fine threads (by drilling a 1mm hole in the treats and tying the threads in a loop just long enough for the treat to sit on the floor of the trap). I'm hoping that if I can't work out which of the treats triggers the trap them just maybe the rat won't figure it out either 8-)=
@@SmartPennyPincher I'm fed up with the 'challenge'. I have one rat left that is a real hard case, he's more cunning than Alcibiades. NOTHING has worked with him, every kind of trap you can name, every kind of bait I can think of, glue strips, live catch cages, bait blocks. This rodent has actually dropped stale bread chunks (God knows where he got it, because we've place all food in the fridge or sealed in plastic tubs) into a rat poison tray without touching so much as a morsel of the poison tablets-he seemed to be mocking me saying 'No, I won't eat your poison, but I'll share my stale bread with YOU!'. I've acquired great respect for him, and if he didn't chew up my floor molding and take up residence behind my dishwasher-and drop turds of course-I'd consider a more elegant way of introducing him to the great outdoors. He lost a few of his comrades to my Baking Soda mix, but he's too smart to fall for it himself-he walks right past the bowls of mix. This has become personal, it's me or him. Mano a Rato.
I bought 3 of these traps and didn’t catch anything! Had them down for a week and nothing. I would definitely stay away from them especially for the price.
My experience was the same, I bought four of these expensive boat anchors and never got a rat to even enter it. The bait was untouched. The rats walked right past it, there is something uappealling about this trap to the rats I encounter-don't know if it was the appearance or some electrical noise or something.
I've seen others who do not introduce the trap until after the rats are comfortable with the environment. They bait the area on purpose for a week or so, then introduce the trap. It can only do one at a time so more traps would be better.
Any problem with the smaller mice sticking their head or upper body into the holes near the bait container and eating the bait without being electrocuted? Holes’ purpose are supposed to let the aroma of the bait into the outside of trap on this side of trap.
Try cutting some little patches out of a window screen and taping them over the holes, the aroma will still waft through but no mice will get in the back.
I needed to use tape to shut the door. my mouse was smart enough to not enter a dark area and actually opened the door from the outside the lick it clean.
I caught one rat the first night. The bait was still in there. Next day, no rat. Checked the bait and it was gone. I think the rat put his paw through the holes on the back and got it. I had a metal canister just a little bigger than the trap. Slid the bait end inside the can so the rat couldn't mess with the back of the trap. Caught another one the next night.
@@watermelonlalala The ones here are so smart that they have refused to take the bait if I blocked the holes up, they have all been surviving well since the day I bought this trap.
@@wilsont1010 I never caught another one. I never cleaned the trap. Luckily for me, the rats disappeared. Almost, I kept seeing a bit of droppings in the attic but they never seemed to take any food, poisoned or not, that I put out. I bought a bucket trap with a trap door and a plastic ramp. Never caught anything. But then I found out the mice might have trouble climbing the ramp and you can try making it easier to climb. Haven't tried that yet.
I have rats and they enter my new Victor electronic rat trap which discharges its electrical current but does not always kill the rat. The electrical current appears to deliver such a jolt it overturns the Victor box, even when a brick is placed on top. In the morning I sometimes find the box lying on its side or upside down. Often the bait has just been touched by the unsuspecting intruder when the chamber activates its electrical charge. I can only conclude this Victor trap is failing, unless other animals are removing the dead rat from the chamber and eating it during the night. Secondly, cunning rats simply open the bait box from the outside with their claws and steal the bait without putting themselves in danger (my bait compartment lid is definitely closed). I tried providing this information to Victor Pest (the manufacturer) but all I received was a promotion advising me of their latest products.
Rats are really smart and will do about anything to avoid getting caught. Over turning with a brick sounds like a larger animal trying to steal the bait.
If the plate is dirty, it will not work. The dirt act as protector to the electrical shock. I had to clean the plate and then it work. Specially, it’s seating and collecting dust
Just got mine yesterday, peanut butter bait, fresh batteries, I have a camera set at it and the mice go in, eat and leave? I know it’s on flashes green, the test buzz happens I don’t know what I’m doing wrong
When it flashes green, that means it's triggered and you must reset it for the next attempt. When it's armed, there is no flashing at all. You know its armed when you turn it on and it buzzes for a second or two.
@@SmartPennyPincher yes green light then I watch mice go in eat the bait and go right back out, I’m watching on a camera. Can mice be too small to make contact with the pads?
@@wilsont1010 yes, it was a brain fart on my part, I bought a rat trap for a mouse problem, the rat trap is set electrically to not trigger for small mice. I bought electric mouse traps and they worked immediately. The rat traps are probably set that way so they don’t make a fire hazard running current meant to kill a larger animal through something that’s barely an ounce. Hope that helps!
What’s the output voltage? I had a Victor M240 and of 3 rats that entered it, only one died. The other 2 jumped out, shook off being stunned, and ran away. The Victor M240 claims 7,000 volts. Problem is that the rats can jump out.
@@SmartPennyPincher Thank you. It seems like hit and miss with any of the electronic rat traps you can buy, and this one is the most expensive.. I’ll keep looking. Thanks again for your replies.
I bought this one and it has worked well for a while but recently, it flashes green once and later it flashes red. So I don't know if there are still working.
There is a possibility that the smaller mice are able to steal the bait from the holes, I'm not sure if the trap will still work with the holes sealed or will the mice enter the trap in the normal way?
@@SmartPennyPincher Have you wondered how does this trap know that the rat is at innermost metal plate? I think the first and third plates are both linked together. This may be the weakest part of the design as quite a few have experienced stolen bait, could it have been due to this sensor problem?
@@manna22Randhawa - I meant to say that rodents can smell our human scent when we touch the trap and bait without gloves on. Some people say that rats will avoid the trap if they detect a human smell. And by wearing gloves, our human smell will not get onto the trap and bait and it might lure rats into the traps sooner. I got a rat in 3 days, I think it was because I used gloves before touching the trap and bait, so the rats were not scared to go into the trap because they couldn’t smell me. It is worth a try.
Why in the world cant you just dump them out the way they came in? And why would they make the holes in the back by the bait so big the mice can climb in through there or stick their heads in and eat the bait?
There is a flat bar on the top of the trap that is slanted towards the bait. This makes it easy for a rat to move forward but resists movement in reverse. You can certainly shake them out by not taking off the top, but it's easier to remove it. As far as the holes, I have not seen very much stealing of the bait.
I got one for christmas few days ago and wow its fucking trash. It worked for a few hours and then it looses connection even tho it sits in the same room as my wifi router and now its impossible to connect to my wifi even tho ive tried redoing the setup many times. Wifi works just fine. When I googled about it in my native language I found lots of people having the same problems so that makes me wonder if all the positive comments on here are made by Victor themselves LOL!
It's surely possible. The reason I don't use gloves is that my rats are determined and break into things that I handle with bare hands all the time such as my worm bin. They don't seem to care.
The first rat took a long time to catch as I mentioned in the video. If the trap moved from the time I first set the trap, it was a result of me trying different conditions.
Pricy yes but it was worth it it does catch one by one that’s the only disadvantage and to get several ones is expensive I caught a rat last night with this now I am scared of grabbing the machine and disposing the rat away🥹😨
Glad you got one. When you slide off the top, it breaks any electrical connection to the plates so it's safe to remove the rat. It's a good idea to power off the unit before you start the disposal process just to make sure.
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The Victor Rat Zappers work! I caught my 6th rat today. He was a huge male with an enormous tail. My Rat Zappers also caught 3 squirrels. I have been using peanut butter as bait, but I might try small pieces of chicken for faster results (as suggested by one of your viewers @Captain Caveman).
Wow that's great.
Nice
Poor squirrels! 🐿🐿
I needed this info...my concern was how to ensure only rats get killed.
I just asked if it killed squirrels 😂🤣 then I found the answer. Thank you
This trap is awesome ! I caught this rat that avoided all my other traps and finally the second day I caught his ass and he was so big he drained the batteries dead from 95%
Glad to hear it. The less rats the better.
Tiny mice here are so smart that they will steal the bait by entering from the tiny holes at the rear. If these holes are blocked then the bait will remain untouched and no mouse will be caught. How to catch these rodents?
@Wilson T hot glue a piece of screen over it so they can smell the bait but cant get through.
@@wilsont1010 Try taping some cheese cloth or cut up screen over the small holes, that still allows light in and also the scent of the bait out. This trap is probably good for mice, for rats-at least the ones I run into-it was worthless. Rats are too smart and cautious.
@@pimpompoom93726 Did that, and it has been futile, mice avoided the bait. So I tested without the device turned on, bait gone in less than a day. Now that I have switched it on, the bait is still inside there for weeks, months and counting.
Glad you answer or respond to practically all comments. Thanks.
And not the same “canned” response... unlike others. Keep up the good work.
Thanks. I try to answer questions as much as I can.
I bought one of these and it does work it got one I believe yesterday this thing is like a electrical house for a rat and Fried it
glad you got one
We had a terrible rat infestions about 6 years ago. We bought two of the Victor traps and used them for 5 years even loaning them out to neighbors. We live near downtown with a couple of vacant houses in the hood. The two traps we bought were great, easy to use and empty. And they finally quit on us this year. My husband bought another brand on Amazon and it lasted through only 3 rats and quit. Won't buy any other brand again! BTW I set them out on the covered deck at night and turn it off first thing in morning and so far the squirrels haven't bothered it. Thank you.
Well that's good to know and thanks for sharing. I have not tried other brands except Victor. They do have a great reputation.
Glad you got some rats.
I got a rat on the first night. The manufacturer recommends using a utensil to bait the trap as the rats can detect human scent
That's awesome. Glad it worked.
I bought 4 of these Victor electronic rat traps when I had some rats get in the garage and home awhile ago. I never caught a single rat with this trap and I tried EVERY kind of bait you can imagine-cream cheese, colby cheese, cheddar cheese, peanut butter, reeses peanut butter cups, dog kibble (they had shown desire for my dog's kibble in the past). The rat(s) would not enter this trap no matter how enticingly it was baited or positioned. And I wore latex gloves when handling the trap or baiting it, so human-scent was not a concern to cause rats to be cautious. I have to believe the rats are looking into that dark opening and feel threatened by something they don't understand-I've been told rats don't like to enter holes where they can't SEE an exit at the other end and those 4 small holes on the bait end just aren't enough? Or possibly the traps puts off an electronic hum that is inaudible to human ears but makes rats nervous? All I know is I purchased four boat anchors that were expensive and did not catch a single rat-they wouldn't even enter it to taste the bait, the bait was not touched. I'd love to talk to someone at Victor about my experience with these traps and see what they have to say, because they were COMPLETELY ineffective in my experience.
This is a classic example of survival of the fittest (and the smartest). Rats learn quickly and some just cannot be caught. It's a huge challenge.
@@SmartPennyPincher I'm a seasoned citizen and was raised on a farm. Back then, 55-60 years ago, we'd get rats in the corn cribs on occasion. We'd toss in a few warfarin based bait packages, the rats would consume it overnight and we'd find them dead on the lawn in a day or so. Or we'd set a few traps and always caught plenty. Not today! These rats today are vastly more cunning and intelligent than the ones we had back on the farm! The ones I'm dealing with avoid traps completely, they'll walk right around them and never touch the bait. You can set a dozen or two dozen traps out and they will not touch them. Glue strips-I think I had one rat step in one, but he shook it off pretty easily and left a little hair in it. Live catch cages-don't waste your money. Rats have evolved since the ones we had back when I was a kid, they're not likely to fall for the same methods of control that they used to. It's very discouraging because they can be very destructive and dirty, you absolutely want to get rid of them asap. Victor and the other Rodent Control companies need to understand their stuff is not enticing to rats and is often very ineffective. They need to do some more R&D and come up with better technology-and this time use a sample population of the SMARTEST rodents when they test it. If it's effective on them, it will surely be effective on their less intelligent cousins.
I bought one and it worked for me because I hid all my food and only left them with this option to eat in my case I used pistachios worked perfect @Smart Penny Pincher
@@jessicahernandez3110 We finally got rid of our rats, but it wasn't because of any kind of traps. It was the result of several things-sealing the home exterior, sealing all food sources inside the home, we cleaned every square inch of the home with disinfectant to get rid of rat-trail odors, rearranged furniture to confuse and unnerve them-lots of little things like that. And rats only have a short lifespan-about a year in the wild. We've seen no sign they're around for over a month but we're continuing to do things to make the home less rat-friendly. As for these electronic traps, I cleaned them up with Hydrogen Peroxide and found an odd dried discharge in one of them near the bait tray. It looks like dried spittle which a rat MAY have released when he entered the trap and got zapped, so they MAY have enticed one rat in. Regardless, they didn't kill it and if one got zapped he was wise to the traps and never entered again-they learn really fast. As a product upgrade, I recommend VICTOR use clear plastic on the back of their traps so it looks less like a closed tunnel-which rats avoid. They need to look into the trap and see light at the other end. Rats are not like house mice, they're far more cautious and cunning. A mouse will fall for a baited trap 99% of the time, rats maybe only 20-30% of the time and if it fails to kill them the first time, they will NEVER approach that trap again. They repeatedly walked AROUND my baited traps and I used every kind of bait you can think of. They did things that were really bizarre-like I put down one rat poison tray. They wouldn't eat any of the poison pellets, but they dropped pieces of stale bread they had stored away right into the tray like they were mocking me. Unbelievable. People who have not dealt with this rodent have no idea how cunning they are.
Got my first rat in 3 days. I wore gloves when touching the trap and adding the peanut butter. Heard that rats can smell the human scent of your fingers on the trap and bait and that will keep them away.
That's interesting. I'll try that and see if it helps.
Seriously, rodents don't care about the human scent at all. Most of the food they eat smell of humans. They use items that smell of humans to build their nests. The places they infest, near and smelling of humans. What they are is smarter than you think and naturally suspicious of new things in their environments. People have caught on film rats using tools to set off traps to get the bait without danger. That's smart.
@@warholscircus -Yes, rats are very smart. The manufacturer of the Victor trap writes in their instructions to use a cotton swab to place the bait so that the human scent does not get on the trap. Their research team found that keeping the human scent off the Victor trap works better to catch rodents. Since rats are clever and suspicious, they seem to be less cautious if the trap has no human scent. So far my traps caught 5 rats and 3 squirrels. ( Although, I wasn’t aiming for squirrels). I also purchased some mouse traps from a different manufacturer, and they also recommend using gloves when handling bait and traps, to better catch more mice. Actually, I like mice and rats. They look sweet and make nice pets who recognize the faces of their humans. But too many of them got into the engine compartment of my vehicles, chewing wires, so I reluctantly had to exterminate them. They seem to love peanuts and peanut butter. Found lots of peanut shells under the hood.
@@theabrescia1955 Watch some Shawn Woods videos here on RUclips. He is a rodent and pesky animal specialist who collects mousetraps and makes review videos on real world historical and modern trap usage. Don't get me wrong, I respect Victor, they've been in business for over a century so surely know their business: making traps. Most professionals will tell you not to touch the bait or trap, because they were told to never touch them, and it can't hurt, but a totally unnecessary precaution.
@@warholscircus -Shawn Woods is very knowledgeable and interesting. Thanks!
Judging by how the tail on that rat looked, it was a big one.
Yes it was.
Just bought one today for $30.00. I put bait in too but no batteries..I want the rats to get a bit comfortable with it for a night or 3 before I add batteries and turn it on
ok sounds good. Let us know if you get some rats
Hey wow good idea
Do you have a follow up?
Brought a Rat 🐀 back to my garage (in the engine bay) of my car(nice and warm) after leaving a place in the country.
The bloody thing was ruthless, causing God knows how much damage to stuff i had stored there (I'm still finding it's rampage two months after).
In desperation, i bought this trap.
First night with peanut butter no luck (it had my motorcycle gloves and helmet instead).
Second night with couple cubes of raw potato...and sure enough, with a flashing green light...the bloody rat was not doing anymore f'ing harm.
This trap was Really worth the money!
If you've got a Rat in your garage...Get one quick!
Great to hear you got one. I have not tried potatoes before but will give it a go.
Your post gives me some feint hope I can discover some bait to make this trap work. To date nothing has, they won't even enter the trap. Someone said Norway Rats like meat so I'll give some greasy bacon shoved into the cup a try. I just HAVE to get the one that has avoided all the other traps, glue strips, bait blocks everything else-this has become personal to me!
@HowdyDoody96754 If bacon doesn't work, grab your airrifle...and sit him out!.
Good luck! ✌️🐁
@@lyndonp3391 I placed some glue strips out to slow him down and create noise when my rat stumbled into it and sat up waiting for him until 3:30 am. Had my sling shot and some marbles ready to nail him good, but he never showed-until I went to sleep. Dragged one glue strip across the floor before shaking it off. Pretty hard to outsmart a rat, they're nothing if not ultra-cautious. Next time I'll try starting my watch at 3:00 am, but this is getting old. The whole idea of traps is so you WONT have to sit out and nail them yourself!
@HowdyDoody96754 Whatever you do...Don't fall asleep!.
Maybe time to check out the RUclips pro rat catcher vids...cos seems this one is clever.
Hopefully the One doesn't become Six...or your gonna need more marbles!.
🐁💪
I haven't got any rats yet! They chewed the clips on the bate door to get it open. So I decided to super glue the bait door closed. It opens too easily any and doesn't snap anymore. Will load peanut butter from top.
Oh bummer. Rats are really hard to catch. I hope you get some soon.
ok so I got this model M241/M24TH and I caught 3 mice in three days but then I noticed that they would steal the peanut butter and avoid entering the trap.(And the bait door was securely shut tight). The mice was able to put his head thru the holes at one end of the trap instead of entering from the opposite end. I then noted in your video that there was a slanted board in the roof of the trap to prevent the rat from backing out of the trap and so I placed the peanut butter on that part of the trap thus inviting the mice to enter completely and stepping on the two medal plates. I got a mice within 10 minutes of placing the trap in my kitchen where they have been having a field day ever since my neighbor started having her kitchen remodeled. I am also trying the plaster of paris mix. Someone also told me to try bars of Ex Lax to dehydrate the mice.
Glad your are getting some mice.
Amazingly, although I have not eaten peanut butter in many years, I could actually smell it when you put it in the trap.
wHaT? If you dont eat something for many years you normally can't smell it? That makes no sense at all.
It really works great today i caught my 19th rat
Wow that's great. What bait are you using?
@@SmartPennyPincher peanut butter
Thanks
Your rats must be dumber than mine, the ones I am dealing with are avoiding all traps. They never even entered this electronic trap-the bait was undisturbed. Very frustrating.
Is it the Wi-Fi version where you get a notification on your phone when you catch the rodent? I have the mouse one that gives me notifications through my Wi-Fi when I caught a mouse so I can empty it right away and I find that so convenient so I'm not checking everyday to see if I caught anything, it tells me
No this is not the wifi version that I tested, but it looks like a great feature.
ANother staisfied customer here. I will temper my remarks by adding some advice to trhiose who are not happy with this trap: This is a cheap product. It is on the level of any number of inexpensive toys and other products that use battery current contacts to work. Make sure that you hear the faint buzz that tells you the unit is armed. The first two days I didn't catch anything, but the peanut butter was gone. I had set the trap in a noisy environment and didn't notice that the buzz did NOT occur. It is not loud. So, I slid off the covver and moved the three contact prongs a little bit to make sure they had spring tension, then reassembled the unit.
Bingo - a mouse everyday so far.
Good tips, thanks.
I have little doubt it works on mice, most every kind of trap does. But rats are not mice, they are far more cunning and cautious. I baited mine properly and saw the light-heard the buzz. Nothing entered the trap or touched the bait, NADA. Very disappointed, but I'll try bacon on somebody else's recommendation.
Very effective device. 👌🏾
Yes indeed
I’ll need a longer one for a hoarding house I’m currently cleaning
I'm not sure if they make a longer version.
Is it okay to put dried bait like nuts or pet food pieces directly on the metal plate ? Just in case the rats not attracted to peanut butter?
The manufacturer says no.
I just tested this with chicken. Here's the video I just posted ruclips.net/video/QJoQAgknjlw/видео.html
@@SmartPennyPincher Nice , you got the rat ,I think I will try putting beef jerky in there next time.
I use sunflower butter - just a smudge on the door then place a single sunflower seed - the butter keeps it in place. worked like a charm
I have an old style rat zapper that was in my garage for about 10 years. Put fresh batteries. Caught a rat first night.
That's great, glad you got one so quick.
I think Victor suggest bating the trap with peanut butter. but instead of using your finger, use a spoon or other object to place the bait in the bait cup. This way it will not leave any human scent to alarm the rat or mouse ?? also I use a disinfecting wipe to clean the metal plates to also remove and human scent and to keep the interior sanitary after a rat kill. Happy Hunting !!!!
Sounds goods. Rats have an exceptional sense of smell.
@@SmartPennyPincher Absolutely !!
some of them pee inside it when the trap catch it to avoid others to enter the trap
I suspect I would have an issue with the bate. For some reason the rats here simply don't go near peanut butter or nutella or the like (and I have trail-cam footage showing them walking past blobs of the stuff) - they can only really be enticed by a nice line of cat treats or dry cat food into a trap.
Interesting. I wonder if they would go for a piece of cat food stuck to peanut butter. If so you might be able to get it to stick in the bait holder.
@@SmartPennyPincher Yes, that would be interesting. I have heard of people using hot-melt glue to hold bate to the hooks of conventional traps so that might be worth a try. I am having a bit of a go at making a zapper type trap using an Arduino to do the sensing and to drive the mosfet/transformer combo for the output. I'm gradually improving the triggering by having it monitor the steady leakage between the plates and trigger only on a sudden rise in current due to a mouse or rat bridging them (with a back-up idea to add a passive infra-red sensor that inhibits triggering until something warm is in the trap). Development is on hold as I'm getting some success at last with a simple mechanical cage trap by attaching treats to the trigger hook by fine threads (by drilling a 1mm hole in the treats and tying the threads in a loop just long enough for the treat to sit on the floor of the trap). I'm hoping that if I can't work out which of the treats triggers the trap them just maybe the rat won't figure it out either 8-)=
Your Arduino project sound like fun.
@@SmartPennyPincher It was very 'enlightening' when I got confused about which way was 'disable' on the safety switch - it hurt a lot!
yes since the light is off while armed, it's hard to tell but glad you are ok. That must have hurt.
My rats are very smart, too!!! :)
Makes them a challenge to catch.
@@SmartPennyPincher I'm fed up with the 'challenge'. I have one rat left that is a real hard case, he's more cunning than Alcibiades. NOTHING has worked with him, every kind of trap you can name, every kind of bait I can think of, glue strips, live catch cages, bait blocks. This rodent has actually dropped stale bread chunks (God knows where he got it, because we've place all food in the fridge or sealed in plastic tubs) into a rat poison tray without touching so much as a morsel of the poison tablets-he seemed to be mocking me saying 'No, I won't eat your poison, but I'll share my stale bread with YOU!'. I've acquired great respect for him, and if he didn't chew up my floor molding and take up residence behind my dishwasher-and drop turds of course-I'd consider a more elegant way of introducing him to the great outdoors. He lost a few of his comrades to my Baking Soda mix, but he's too smart to fall for it himself-he walks right past the bowls of mix. This has become personal, it's me or him. Mano a Rato.
@@pimpompoom93726Well, did you ever get the bastard?
My sister's boyfriend just got this type of rat trap so i hope it works.
Great. Let me know how it works out
I bought 3 of these traps and didn’t catch anything! Had them down for a week and nothing. I would definitely stay away from them especially for the price.
Sorry to hear that
My experience was the same, I bought four of these expensive boat anchors and never got a rat to even enter it. The bait was untouched. The rats walked right past it, there is something uappealling about this trap to the rats I encounter-don't know if it was the appearance or some electrical noise or something.
if there are a few, you'd have to have multiple traps ? or one at a tie? by the time they'd be wary?
I've seen others who do not introduce the trap until after the rats are comfortable with the environment. They bait the area on purpose for a week or so, then introduce the trap. It can only do one at a time so more traps would be better.
Any problem with the smaller mice sticking their head or upper body into the holes near the bait container and eating the bait without being electrocuted? Holes’ purpose are supposed to let the aroma of the bait into the outside of trap on this side of trap.
I have lots of mice too and the bait has never been stolen from the bait container.
Have you tried blocking these holes?
Try cutting some little patches out of a window screen and taping them over the holes, the aroma will still waft through but no mice will get in the back.
I needed to use tape to shut the door. my mouse was smart enough to not enter a dark area and actually opened the door from the outside the lick it clean.
That's a smart mouse
I caught one rat the first night. The bait was still in there. Next day, no rat. Checked the bait and it was gone. I think the rat put his paw through the holes on the back and got it. I had a metal canister just a little bigger than the trap. Slid the bait end inside the can so the rat couldn't mess with the back of the trap. Caught another one the next night.
@@watermelonlalala Wonder if the other rat can detect the scent once it has caught one and should the trap be cleaned to be effective again?
@@watermelonlalala The ones here are so smart that they have refused to take the bait if I blocked the holes up, they have all been surviving well since the day I bought this trap.
@@wilsont1010 I never caught another one. I never cleaned the trap. Luckily for me, the rats disappeared. Almost, I kept seeing a bit of droppings in the attic but they never seemed to take any food, poisoned or not, that I put out. I bought a bucket trap with a trap door and a plastic ramp. Never caught anything. But then I found out the mice might have trouble climbing the ramp and you can try making it easier to climb. Haven't tried that yet.
for rats, you need to leave the trap powered off for a while before arming it
Why
so they get used to it as deadly source of food
@daslolo that makes no sense. If you get them to go in it once why not have it on and kill them?
Think for a few seconds how rats might have gotten so good at dodging our traps and I'm sure you'll get it too.
ALL rats are pretty smart
Yup, they sure are.
I have rats and they enter my new Victor electronic rat trap which discharges its electrical current but does not always kill the rat. The electrical current appears to deliver such a jolt it overturns the Victor box, even when a brick is placed on top. In the morning I sometimes find the box lying on its side or upside down. Often the bait has just been touched by the unsuspecting intruder when the chamber activates its electrical charge. I can only conclude this Victor trap is failing, unless other animals are removing the dead rat from the chamber and eating it during the night. Secondly, cunning rats simply open the bait box from the outside with their claws and steal the bait without putting themselves in danger (my bait compartment lid is definitely closed). I tried providing this information to Victor Pest (the manufacturer) but all I received was a promotion advising me of their latest products.
Rats are really smart and will do about anything to avoid getting caught. Over turning with a brick sounds like a larger animal trying to steal the bait.
If the plate is dirty, it will not work. The dirt act as protector to the electrical shock.
I had to clean the plate and then it work. Specially, it’s seating and collecting dust
@@milord1814 Interesting, how did you clean the plates? What solvent did you use?
Also, cover it up with black cloth.
Just got mine yesterday, peanut butter bait, fresh batteries, I have a camera set at it and the mice go in, eat and leave? I know it’s on flashes green, the test buzz happens I don’t know what I’m doing wrong
When it flashes green, that means it's triggered and you must reset it for the next attempt. When it's armed, there is no flashing at all. You know its armed when you turn it on and it buzzes for a second or two.
@@SmartPennyPincher yes green light then I watch mice go in eat the bait and go right back out, I’m watching on a camera. Can mice be too small to make contact with the pads?
You have to reset it so that it does not flash green. Once it flashed green it won’t kill the mice
@@paullosasso7147 Have you resolved this problem with the trap? My bait has always been stolen. I dont have a cam.
@@wilsont1010 yes, it was a brain fart on my part, I bought a rat trap for a mouse problem, the rat trap is set electrically to not trigger for small mice. I bought electric mouse traps and they worked immediately. The rat traps are probably set that way so they don’t make a fire hazard running current meant to kill a larger animal through something that’s barely an ounce. Hope that helps!
What’s the output voltage?
I had a Victor M240 and of 3 rats that entered it, only one died. The other 2 jumped out, shook off being stunned, and ran away. The Victor M240 claims 7,000 volts. Problem is that the rats can jump out.
I could not find a specification, it just says "high voltage"
I want one but can’t seem to find where I can buy it. Where did you get yours please?
They are in stock here #ad amzn.to/2PP18KG
@@SmartPennyPincher Thank you for the reply.. I just found them on eBay too. Not very good reviews tho! Did yours work well? Cheers.
It took a while but I was able to get a rat.
@@SmartPennyPincher Thank you. It seems like hit and miss with any of the electronic rat traps you can buy, and this one is the most expensive.. I’ll keep looking. Thanks again for your replies.
Home Depot
I bought this one and it has worked well for a while but recently, it flashes green once and later it flashes red. So I don't know if there are still working.
A flashing red light indicates that the batteries are low
@@SmartPennyPincher Many thanks.
I heard remove the batteries and reinstall to reset it.
@@sandra9618 I did that and it worked perfectly. I'm very grateful.
You guys have to wear gloves when handing used traps.
Will it kill squirrels?
Probably would
Is for big rats?
I got a huge rat the first time.
What is the maximum useful life of the device?
As long as you can keep it dry it should last for years. It's rated at 50 rats per set of batteries.
Should maintain the trap by removing foreign matter from the metal plates... in order for shocking mechanism to operate correctly.
I'm looking for something for smaller mice. Does this work or would a small mouse not be big enough to set the trap off?
I have not caught a mouse yet, but I don't see why it wouldn't work. It would just have to contact both plates to trigger the trap.
@@SmartPennyPincher Do you think the rat has to be in contact with the third plate before the trap initiates the charge?
There is a possibility that the smaller mice are able to steal the bait from the holes, I'm not sure if the trap will still work with the holes sealed or will the mice enter the trap in the normal way?
yes it must contact the plate next to the bait
@@SmartPennyPincher Have you wondered how does this trap know that the rat is at innermost metal plate? I think the first and third plates are both linked together. This may be the weakest part of the design as quite a few have experienced stolen bait, could it have been due to this sensor problem?
I have cought 14 small rats and one big mama rat until the trap died. The print circuit board was coroded. So it cannot live long in outdoors
Yeah it has to be protected
Can you attach a power transformer to it?
No it’s batteries only
Can I use this trap in my garage?
yes it's protected from the rain
@@SmartPennyPincher Thank you! Getting some tomorrow. 💯
Is it safe around pets
I don't use it around them. They could put their paw in there and possibly get shocked.
Electric traps are strictly indoor use only
Indeed.
3:54 that’s what I never liked the original rat trap 🪤 from the metal spring.
Yeah that's a constant problem with those types of traps
@@SmartPennyPincher indeed.
Covering it with foliage or trash usually does the trick..
Sounds good
Where did it say that no peanut butter can touch the rear metal plate??? There's no conductivity between the plastic and the metal plate!
That's right. They are advising against it to prevent possible short circuit between the plates.
Unfortunately rats are smarter and more clever then most people think
I agree. They are so hard to catch.
I shot three with a Bebe pew pew 😞 they scare me and hide behind things in my garage and watch me. I see shadows of their ears. The look like bats 🦇
That might be the easier way. I see them all the time wandering around in the backyard.
I got a big grey squirrel in my trap 😂😂😂
bummer
@@SmartPennyPincher Not a bummer! Screw squirrels 😂😂😂
Caught 3 squirrels and no rats, not happy.
It took my trap almost two months to catch very first rat
It took me a while too. I think it's because the rats tend to avoid something new like that until they no longer consider it a threat.
Did you wear gloves before touching the trap and bait, so that rats can’t detect a human scent? That could help.
@@theabrescia1955 No gloves, i just washed my hands later on
@@manna22Randhawa - I meant to say that rodents can smell our human scent when we touch the trap and bait without gloves on. Some people say that rats will avoid the trap if they detect a human smell. And by wearing gloves, our human smell will not get onto the trap and bait and it might lure rats into the traps sooner.
I got a rat in 3 days, I think it was because I used gloves before touching the trap and bait, so the rats were not scared to go into the trap because they couldn’t smell me. It is worth a try.
@@theabrescia1955 Oh yea I didnt think that way earlier when setting up, it does make sense
Why in the world cant you just dump them out the way they came in? And why would they make the holes in the back by the bait so big the mice can climb in through there or stick their heads in and eat the bait?
There is a flat bar on the top of the trap that is slanted towards the bait. This makes it easy for a rat to move forward but resists movement in reverse. You can certainly shake them out by not taking off the top, but it's easier to remove it.
As far as the holes, I have not seen very much stealing of the bait.
Lmao that's more than a pea size holy.
Peas come in all sizes
Does anyone know if the rats make any sound (screaming) as they're being zapped?
I hope so
I've been shouting in frustration over rats for over 3 months, so I can only hope they scream when they croak. It would be music to my ears.
I got one for christmas few days ago and wow its fucking trash. It worked for a few hours and then it looses connection even tho it sits in the same room as my wifi router and now its impossible to connect to my wifi even tho ive tried redoing the setup many times. Wifi works just fine. When I googled about it in my native language I found lots of people having the same problems so that makes me wonder if all the positive comments on here are made by Victor themselves LOL!
I did not test the Wi-Fi version so I don’t know how reliable it is
Maybe it took so long to catch a rat because you used your finger to apply the good rather than a spoon.They smell your scent
It's possible. I have tried about everything and they are just hard to catch in general.
Is anyone facing with a mouse that will not go into this trap?
Roaches can set the traps off too.
I think it took long to catch a rat because on the whole video you are touching the trap.
It's surely possible. The reason I don't use gloves is that my rats are determined and break into things that I handle with bare hands all the time such as my worm bin. They don't seem to care.
Kind of crazy that the rat you "caught" was so big, it managed to flip the whole trap a full 180 degrees, huh.
The first rat took a long time to catch as I mentioned in the video. If the trap moved from the time I first set the trap, it was a result of me trying different conditions.
The skepticism, sarcasm, and shittiness runs deep in that viewer, may he find peace in this lifetime!
Wear gloves
Pricy yes but it was worth it it does catch one by one that’s the only disadvantage and to get several ones is expensive I caught a rat last night with this now I am scared of grabbing the machine and disposing the rat away🥹😨
Glad you got one. When you slide off the top, it breaks any electrical connection to the plates so it's safe to remove the rat. It's a good idea to power off the unit before you start the disposal process just to make sure.