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We knew we had visitors in our garage. They were drawn to our residence for the birdseed we kept on a shelf. It became a nightly buffet for the “mouse”.Like any good homeowner we set a humane trap to catch and release the furry rodent far away from our house. However, after a few weeks we knew that was a futile endeavor. We moved the birdseed and suet inside our house taking away the temptation to live in the garage and have a springtime family. We were hoping it would move on to another location.Then one night it happened….. my husband heard scratching around in a kitchen cabinet above the microwave. He opened the cabinet and a long tail flopped out to his disbelief. There was a rat tucking into the suet that we thought would be safe from the gnawing little teeth. They made eye contact and thenthe rat scurried up through a hole in the cabinet into our attic. We knew we had to take steps to prevent this from happening again.Enter the next day delivery of the Rat Zapper. We set it up that very night along with a webcam so we could monitor the patterns and behaviors of the rat thinking this would take a few nights to lure it into the trap.We used peanut suet, the snack of choice for the little fella. To our pleasant surprise it only took about an hour for the rat to come to the zapper.But wait there’s more! It wasn’t just one rat… there were two. Yes that’s right. Two rats came out to eat together. Was it a rat dinner date? We watched on the web cam as they both circled around the Zapper until one mustered up the courage to enter the new “dining establishment “. It walked in confidently and was greeted with an immediate electrifying welcome.We quickly took the rat out of the Zapper and reset it and the companion was also bold enough to think it would be able to dine unaffected. That was not to be.Thinking we had achieved success in ridding our home of these extra visitors and feeling very pleased with ourselves….. we quickly learned the next night that there were more rats. Yes we had not one, not two, but ultimately four rats that had been systematically eating our bird seed and suet.The clever creatures had arranged their dining times to deceive us into thinking we had one rat and yet we knew the noises we had heard in the garage for the weeks leading up to this situation clearly suggested more than one. They had succeeded in their plot to make us feel crazy and confused.Over the next two nights we were able to successfully eradicate the final two rats. For a total of four rats. This most certainly would not have been possible without the Rat Zapper.We dubbed this mission Ratatouille: The Final Course.No shotguns were involved and the rats never felt a thing I’m sure of it.

Frankly I suspected this fully walled and overhead cover might be a problem but I bought as there wasn't a single mention of this issue. It may not be a problem for you if you have a new infestation or young stupid rats, however I have had a long term issue and smart rats who have been exposed to a huge variety of traps and trap variations. They were not at all interested in entering this device no matter what I put in there. I tried filling the thing with stuff they liked and turning it off to see if they could be enticed to trust it. Even then they would not enter. However one rat stuck it's paw in the back holes to get at the goods. Experienced rats can be hard - if not impossible - to entice to enter anything that surrounds them and younger rats watch and copy their tactics. Mice seem more gullible but that's just a guess on my part. Next I bought some victor snaps traps which were more successful but even then apparently one rat observed and then went about setting off every single one of the second round of snap traps with not one catch or bait snatch. I've also seen a video of a rat with a stick, heading in to set off victor snap traps and then rob the goods. Such snaps are hard to set and not end up with a broken finger (imo---if you have big or strong hands and are agile you may fare well) but they work pretty well if you just set them up and surprise them, no bait needed---the FIRST time. Why? Because they do not have a roof or sides and are not initially seen as a trap. After that you are likely again beset with challenges tho some will still get stupid and forget or run over them if shocked or scared. If you have a long term issue then watch many videos and constantly vary your your technique and instruments and baits. Also close the door to do each room one at a time so others cannot see what the problem is, and be prepared for mostly injured, not dead rats with most traps; can't say about this one tho some reports say bait taken no rat found. And avoid second generation poisons as they off gas, are incredibly dangerous and kill wildlife (which you may hunt and eat) and pets. Such rats may die in your walls and stink to high heaven with no idea where they are; and roaches are immune but will spread the poison throughout your home endangering you, your kids and pets. The cdc considers such poisons extremely dangerous and Audubon abhors them and will tell you why in detail. If you have to use a glue trap then immediately put in a small bucket add some food grade oil and put bucket on side in release area. Watch carefully to avoid other animals getting caught. You want to be free of rats? Trap immediately and aggressively with live traps. Otherwise you will be forced to be brutal. I own a wild life habitat and all animals are connected in the wheel of life but maiming a rat just to release it or having it die a long slow death has been a difficult thing for me to do. So don't fart around, trap immediately and set about finding where they are getting in: attic, under house, check all vents, trees over houses, attic air exhausts/spinners, etc. and whether or not your plumber or other agent left access into your walls after working, all the while wearing a respirator and disposable uniform as rats carry highly dangerous diseases. Throw the clothes out and shower immediately after. Finish up with special enzymes that destroy all that nastiness. That is the real secret to resolving your problem permanently. There are many videos and much instruction out there. I wish you luck cause many of you will need it. It can cost plenty to have a pro fix your problem but your wiring, plumbing, artwork, clothes, drapery, couch, wooden furniture, fragile items, electronics etc can add up to a massive amount of funds. Oh well, you may never find out what happened to the frame, glass and last photo of a loved one, it's just gone forever. And be prepared for that cabinet that was closed all this time to find chaos in there. Take a tip: resolve it forever and simply maintain things like checking for dime to quarter sized holes or missing vent caps or loose hardware wire or pruning trees.