Check out this rat trap.........

[Mac in Wisco]

They all look like babies. I've seen Norway rats around here that are almost longer than that trap.

 

[justtoni44]

Here is one thought about baby rats...
I have a hen that hatched beautiful chicks.....had the eggs sent from out of state.
I put her in a large cage that I felt was totaly safe from anything getting in.
She was screaming her head off when I went to the barn..........found a dead chick and a very small rat under her .Couldn't believe it had found a way in.it was as smaller than the 2 day old chicks...............
Anyway.no sympathy for baby rats here........and no..it was not a baby mouse.
I helped it into the other world with no guilt at all......

 

[Akane]

I didn't know there were repeating traps for rats. I have some for mice but my one at a time squirrel traps were not putting a dent in the rat population and I finally resorted to poison since they were killing birds and tearing holes in the coop. Of course they are back. Must go find a repeating trap... Generally with my live caught mice I feed them to the critters but I'm not sure I want to give live rats to them. I wonder if they would make good practice for how to put down the rabbits I want to butcher.

 

[Iheartchicks<3:)]

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Don't kill the babies!!?? You are joking aren't you? A rat is a rat no matter how old it is. Nasty pests whether they're babies or adults.

no im not joking.

 

[Katy]

Iheartchicks<3

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Don't kill the babies!!?? You are joking aren't you? A rat is a rat no matter how old it is. Nasty pests whether they're babies or adults.

no im not joking.​

I predict when you start losing chicks and or eggs to rats your feelings about them will change. They are nasty dirty pests...young or old.

 

[Bettacreek]

They are adorable, but, yeah, definately kill the little "bastids". No way would I want to pay to feed wild mice/rats or loose livestock to them. No thanks!

 

[NYREDS]

Great trap. Kill the babies. Kill their Grandmothers. Kill their Aunties. Kill them all.
BTW-I really don't like rats.

 

[duck&chickencrazy]

rats are pests and killers....they should be caught and disposed of...they do more damage than anything else...i even had a pet rat at one point and i really liked him but it dosnt change my opinion on it...thats a good trap if it caught that many!! where could i poss. get something similar?

 

[SimplySplendidSilkies]

Put them in the freezer a little dry ice in the box and then send them to me. My Drexel will love them.

 

[Bettacreek]

Yup, I used to breed PET rats. Granted, pet rats don't destroy everything (provided that they're caged and AWAY from curtains, lol), they don't kill your other pets, don't eat all of your chicken food and pee/crap through the rest of it, etc. There's a big difference between wild rats and domesticated, caged rats.