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I have a medium have a heart trap and want to catch some rabbits. What type of food should I use? What should I do to not catch any cats?
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Answers (11)
A slice of apple works pretty good.
You will catch squirrels, not rabbits. Squirrels will go in a trap just to see what it's like, no bait required. If you catch a cat, I suppose the moral thing is to take it to the SPCA. They can neuter it and place it with a RESPONSIBLE pet-owner.
Ive caught about 8 rabbits so far this year in those traps. The only bait that I use is...carrots!
Lol :-) Carrots work too...may prevent you from catching squirrels like LesserSon mentioned as well.
I agree with DanCS... carrots for rabbits, birdseed with corn for squirrels, hot dogs for cats. The hava a heart will let you release without harm if you catch the wrong one.
carrots or lettuce work good for the little bunnies. if you do happen to get a cat have something like a stick with a v on the end so that you can get away if he seems to be a angry one.
DanCS, I bow to your greater experience. I tried trapping a rabbit with apple in my back yard for most of a summer, and gave up after squirrels exhausted my patience. My dog had developed a fondness for rabbit droppings, which I was not pleased with. Later I spotted the rabbit with a bum leg (I assume it was hit by a car), and after that it vanished.
tomatoes man thats what ate them out of your garden all summer and theyll relish them in that trap too.
use carrets covered with penut butter caught tons this way
Carrots work the best. Lettuce is no different than grass and after a few days is will be brown an the rabbits won't eat it.
Penut butter does work but, if there are alot of squirels around you will catch nothing but them.
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Ive caught about 8 rabbits so far this year in those traps. The only bait that I use is...carrots!
A slice of apple works pretty good.
Lol :-) Carrots work too...may prevent you from catching squirrels like LesserSon mentioned as well.
I agree with DanCS... carrots for rabbits, birdseed with corn for squirrels, hot dogs for cats. The hava a heart will let you release without harm if you catch the wrong one.
use carrets covered with penut butter caught tons this way
You will catch squirrels, not rabbits. Squirrels will go in a trap just to see what it's like, no bait required. If you catch a cat, I suppose the moral thing is to take it to the SPCA. They can neuter it and place it with a RESPONSIBLE pet-owner.
DanCS, I bow to your greater experience. I tried trapping a rabbit with apple in my back yard for most of a summer, and gave up after squirrels exhausted my patience. My dog had developed a fondness for rabbit droppings, which I was not pleased with. Later I spotted the rabbit with a bum leg (I assume it was hit by a car), and after that it vanished.
tomatoes man thats what ate them out of your garden all summer and theyll relish them in that trap too.
Carrots work the best. Lettuce is no different than grass and after a few days is will be brown an the rabbits won't eat it.
Penut butter does work but, if there are alot of squirels around you will catch nothing but them.
carrots or lettuce work good for the little bunnies. if you do happen to get a cat have something like a stick with a v on the end so that you can get away if he seems to be a angry one.
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