General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

Ever since some houses were flooded in Aspull when underground culvert collapsed ,think it was boxing day 2015 weve been troubled with rats from time to time,but never before.
The council as been out a few times to put poison down ,and sorted the problem.
So i decided to make some traps , I caught about 8 and they were big uns, one just fit in the trap in length and the trap is 16 inches.
The traps are plywood covered in aviary mesh ,three different designs ,and all work.
1st one is normal spring one pull the rod down to hook under bait hook if the bait hook moves by the rat hes caught .
2nd one the rat stands on the rocker plate to get the bait at the rear of trap ,it tips up releasing the 1/4 inch steel plate door which it cant lift up.
3rd one the rat goes up the ramp to get bait which is attached to the little shelf on rear door ,the ramp pulls the cord which pulls the pin out of steel door,so as to keep my hands away from the traps, a rope is threaded through and cup hook at the front to carry them, because their not very happy when caught.
The rats are disposed of after being caught humanly .