4 Traditional Ways to Catch Rats at Home With Homemade Traps
Traditional rat traps made from a spoon and bucket, a water bottle, bamboo or PVC pipe, plus why a Cap Gajah glue trap works better at home.
Plenty of people assume rats can be caught the traditional or easy way. That is not wrong, but it is not entirely right either, since not every method of catching rats at home is effective. If you are curious, though, there is no harm in trying. Consider it a chance to sharpen your creativity in building rat trap mechanisms.
Simple, Traditional Ways to Catch Rats That You Can Try
- Using a Spoon and a Bucket
Do not be surprised by how easy this method is. You need a spoon, bait and a tall bucket of water. Just put the bait on the spoon, then set the spoon at the edge of a table with the bucket of water directly below it. A rat that reaches for the bait falls into the bucket and cannot get out again. This method is not effective against large rats.
- Making a Trap From a Water Bottle
You can also try turning a 1.5-liter bottle of mineral water into a trap. To make this rat trap, cut off the top quarter of the bottle and push a bamboo skewer through it horizontally. Fit a bamboo skewer in the lower part of the bottle too, then attach a hook to the bottom end. Connect the hook to the bottle cap. When the rat pulls the bait, the top of the bottle closes.
- Using Bamboo
This method is even more traditional because it uses bamboo. Close off one end of the bamboo with a coconut shell. Make a tongue or flap from the shell too, tied on with string or wire. Place the bait at the very end of the bamboo. A rat drawn to the bait can only go in, and it cannot get out because the only way out is blocked by the flap you made.
- A Trap Made From a Bucket, Water and PVC Pipe
If you have a lot of rats to catch, you can try this method. Install a PVC pipe or a hose filled with wire. Then mount it across the middle of a bucket, making sure the pipe can rotate. Fill the bucket with water to half its volume, then place the bait on the pipe. A rat drawn to the bait slips into the bucket and cannot get out again.
Those are a few methods you can try to catch the rats invading your home. Unfortunately, not all of them give good results. That is why it is better to use rat glue, a mechanical trap or a glue trap from Cap Gajah. These tools are considered more effective and even easier to use. Just open the package and put down the bait, and the rat will not be able to get free of the glue.
