Trapper Mini T-rex Easy Set Mouse Snap Trap (Pack of 12) - Includes the SJ Pest guide eBook

EDIT: Some notes about using these traps. As I say below, the bait cup can be removed from the bottom of the trap with a quarter-turn twist. Whatever you use for bait, do not let it project above the edge of the cup or get on the sides of the cup. That could allow a mouse to eat some, or all, of the bait without springing the trap, or springing it inappropriately. The traps should be placed on a flat surface either at 90 degrees to the run and an inch away from the wall or with 2 traps back to back (with the bait facing outwards) inside the run itself. Either method allows a mouse to enter the trap from any direction on the run. If used inside the house, traps should be placed about 8-10 feet apart or wherever you see the most activity. I have caught mice in surprising places when the traps are placed properly.I have also had no success with the Provoke attractant. A combination of peanut butter and chocolate chip cookies (crushed) seems to work best. I keep the mixture pressed down into the bait cup and slightly concave so that it does not project from the top. The traps are easy to set by just squeezing the unbaited ends together, like a clothespin. The trigger should just snap into place. The nice thing about the traps is that they can give a clean kill from 3 directions, the front and either side, because of the serrated edge. It doesn't just squeeze. It grips.I think the reason some of these traps fail to snap is because bait material gets caught in the trigger mechanism. The trigger paddle has to be kept scrupulously clean. That is why removing the cup and filling it outside the trap is important. The top of the cup should be leveled, or even dimpled, and the outside should be wiped clean before replacing it in the trap. A messy trigger area = no mice caught.Also, be sure the trap is the proper size. There are mouse T-Rex traps and there are rat T-Rex traps. Neither one is good for the other species.These traps provide a really quick kill for mice; but are surprisingly non-lethal to human hands. I have an aged mother who thinks nothing of sticking her fingers in an armed trap and luckily she came out with nothing more than a bruise. On the other hand, mice are dispatched so quickly, there is no time for reaction (as long as the trap is placed properly perpendicular to the wall and about an inch away from it). The saw tooth pattern grabs and holds with minimal spring tension. It is easy to dispose of the mouse with just one hand - if you don't mind actually seeing the critter as you do so.Also, I don't remember seeing anyone mention it; but the bait cups can be removed from the bottom of the trap with a quick twist and filled to the proper level without having to work around the trigger mechanism. That makes it easy to empty stale bait and refill the cup outside of the trap proper and just replace it back inside for setting. The trap stays relatively clean of stray bait. I use a peanut butter base with a tiny bit of chocolate chip cookie stuck in it for extra attractiveness. If there is a mouse anywhere nearby, it will definitely go for the peanut-chocolate combo.In spite of all that, I still wouldn't put these where pets or children could access them. There are enclosed bait stations that have room for these traps in them and force the mouse to approach in the correct position for a clean kill. Use those if toddlers or animals are around.Also, these are kill traps. If you want to catch and release, consider a live trap.

Amazing, absolutely amazing. I highly highly recommend these traps! After loosing a beloved child's cat to eating poisened mice (decon) vet said the cat died from mouse poisen. (less than a week). My young daughters young cat died and the vet could not do anything. I have been looking for a better mouse trap and hoping not to get mice. Well this winter was terrible. We could hear them under tub in bathroom. They found access through hollow pocket door in wall next to tub. We also fed birds through winter and mice got into bird seed in garage and had plenty of food around feeders outside. Well these traps were just amazing. I set three up in front of pocket door in bathroom and a couple in garage where I had seen a mouse run and (IN) a car parked over the winter in the garage and by where bird seed bags had been chewed into in garage. GOT "20" mice in less than twenty four hours. Attached picture shows most of that first days kill on grass of empty lot next to mine. I checked traps every hour and kept getting mice. I live in a small Midwestern town. I used the suggested bait of another purchaser : gram crackers mixed with peanut butter. Mostly peanut butter. I quit counting after getting 20.Update: since that first week the kills have slowed down and yes I got a couple that were still alive (they managed to get caught by there body and I had to kill them). I just used another trap and set it off on their head. I'm an animal lover and it was not easy but I hate seeing animals suffer. Mice carry bad things and my family and pets are more important to me than them for sure! Another thing not clear on discription is that bait cup is removable from underneath, very nice feature. Truely a no touch mousetrap.Update: it's been a couple months now and my experience has been awesome. I thought I had them all, no new sprung traps and I noticed that almost all garage traps (I set up over a dozen in garage) had the bait all eaten and no trip. Well I refilled all baits and got a handful of kills. Tips: set the trap where you have seen mice, set the trap so when you check for kill you can see if bait has been eaten, I also learned that setting two traps side by side works to stop smart mice from eating bait without setting off trap. It works better cause I think the smart smaller mice can reach bait from the side without setting off traps. I say smaller mice cause that's all I get now. After trying two traps side by side I got about 5 small mice in a couple days who learned to get bait without setting off trap. No more empty bait cups and an unsprung trap. I highly highly recommend these traps, I ordered another three packages of traps.Just a note in response to buyer who thought these might cause slow deaths. Of the over 30 mice that I eleminated with these great traps I got 2 that were not quickly killed. Compare their fates with poisen which would be much more cruel ( I know cause I watched my daughters cat die from eating a poisoned mouse. Vet confirmed this. My heart still breaks cause my daughter had to deal with this). If you worry about mice suffering then Check your traps more often.

If you have mice, there's no choice, you have to get rid of them. The old standard snapping mousetraps work fine, but have two problems. First, they have a nasty habit of snapping on your fingers, especially if you have larger hands. Second, if you're at all squeamish, these won't do your digestion any good. Not only can they be messy, but there's no way to empty them without handling the dead mouse.Enter the T-rex. You squeeze the lever to open the jaws, and hold it while you swab in some peanut butter. Keep holding the lever open until you set the trap down, and there's absolutely no way to snap your own fingers. Once you have a customer, grab the lever end again, squeeze to drop the carcass into a suitable receptacle, and reset the trap. Usually you won't have to wash the trap, and often won't even need to re-bait it. Only the very faintest of hearts should have a problem with this one.This is very similar to the "Better Mousetrap" in function, but I think the rex has a stronger snapping action. Either model can be used indoors or out, but when it's time to reorder, I'll go with the T-rex again.