Squirrel Control

[Stumpy Grinder]

4 hours ago, Stubby said:

I have the same . Fully moderated fold up .

Looks like a Pedretti? I use the same for humane dispatch of deer at the roadside.

SG

[Stumpy Grinder]

There's a new trap that has just been cleared for use on Squirrels and they are devastating! Designed for use on possums I think? They do not need re-setting and use a scent lure as bait. A gas powered multi-catch which doesn't need to be re-set or baited!

Sits in the wood killing squizzer after squizzer with a counter on the side to register kills. Dead bodies get predated - job done!

Goodnature traps:

https://goodnaturetraps.co.uk/

SG

[westphalian]

wow, I want one, then I saw the price. they look just the ticket.

no, gotta have one so just ordered, thanks

Edited October 17, 2018 by westphalian

[peds]

Those look brilliant. We've just moved into a property out in the middle of nowhere and have rats up in the attic, but it's proving impossible to block off the entrance points because the property next door is derelict, and we can't use poison because we are smelly hippies.

 

That might have to be an early Christmas present to myself.

[Paul in the woods]

I've been looking at those traps for rats as we also don't like using poison (we're surrounded by owls and don't want to risk them and I'm also not keen of rotting rodents in the loft!).

 

I don't think the A18 trap has been approved for grey squirrel in the UK yet, the approval date seems to keep getting pushed back.

[Stubby]

2 hours ago, Stumpy Grinder said:

Looks like a Pedretti? I use the same for humane dispatch of deer at the roadside.

SG

That's the fella .

[Countryboy]

4 hours ago, Stubby said:

Are the protected ?

I dont think they are anymore Stubby but not sure. They cause loads of damage when they geg into houses. They caused two house fires near me last year, by biting through cables in the roof space. 50 were caught in the roofspace of a local hotel last year, and 27 have just been caught in my mates roof. Horrible things

[peds]

Delicious too, apparently. 50 of them would make a great snack.

[Stumpy Grinder]

There's a good market for them! Usually £4.95 each here oven ready!!!!!

https://www.wildmeat.co.uk/products/squirrel

If selling them direct to final consumers you need to be careful how you label them though, as they may contain traces of nuts!

SG

[j warwick]

15 hours ago, Stubby said:

I have the same . Fully moderated fold up .

Exactly the same as mine. What a tool!