Stoat

[Yorkshire Lass]

Sadly we've had the nasty experience of a stoat in the loft this week which has wiped out 5 pigeons.  We have traps set in the loft but not yet caught anything.  Does anyone have any good bait tricks to help us catch the blighter?  Thanks in advance

[blaz]

gin trap in a upside down box small hole for stoat to go in and a bit  meat on trap

[Mr Yorkie]

We've got about 5 gin trap set baited with meat and two of the dead birds but no luck.

[kirky]

do you no were it got in, i had one get in my loft did not manage to kill any it got in through bars on sputnik i put a mesh grill as a back gate to sputnik then left trap in sputnik you were luck it only got 5 thay normaly kill everything it will be back.

[Mr Yorkie]

The other birds have been taken out.  Dont know how it got in and until get some time down the loft in the daylight this weekend haven't had chance to throughly look.  There's nothing obvious; know they can get in through something as small as a knot in the wood of the loft.

[Guest tom123]

i had same experience last season went on hols in caravan came back a day early to find a ferret had wiped out 60% of my young bird team also took some youngsters from the nest and washed them down with eggs ended up with next to nothing

[Guest strapper]

stoats like rats can smell humans on the traps and its been proven that they can.

handle traps with the see through gloves...although there may be the odd one that will throw its life away lol

animals notice changes so try to leave a trap un set with bait...then if bait is being taken set it with bait.

young dead chicks are good to bait.

[eastcoaster]

Sadly we've had the nasty experience of a stoat in the loft this week which has wiped out 5 pigeons.  We have traps set in the loft but not yet caught anything.  Does anyone have any good bait tricks to help us catch the blighter?  Thanks in advance

 

 

When you get it in the  trap set trap again and leave dead stoat next to it !! it`s mate will come looking for it .

 

[andrew gooch]

i had same experience last season went on hols in caravan came back a day early to find a ferret had wiped out 60% of my young bird team also took some youngsters from the nest and washed them down with eggs ended up with next to nothing

 

sorry tom didnt no could have bread u some u need to kick trevor up the b.s for not saying.

[just ask me]

belive it or not i know a lot wont but peanut butter is great

[blaz]

peanut butter for rats and mice not stoats. stoats are pure meat eaters

[just ask me]

peanut butter for rats and mice not stoats. stoats are pure meat eaters

 

i know trappers that use it   with success

[blaz]

never knowing it to work on stoats but we live and learn

[Guest Freebird]

Get an electric fence energizer. You can get solar powered or small battery operated ones now. Run a polywire around the bottom of loft. One kick from this and they wont be back. Just switch off when birds are out.

[andy13]

try some anti freese on bait

[cowman]

how were the birds killed was the back of the neck ripped out or head taken off i had a weasel get in my stock loft it only ripped the back of the neck out so it could drink the blood luckily it only got one bird i believe it got in through the dowel front since then it has been wired up where all dowels are and air gap under roof also the vent holes at the back at the top so far no more problems .

[nogin]

PUT ON YOUR SURGICAL GLOVES THEN RUB ON SOME COW SH1T3 IT STOPS THE HUMAN SMELL GOING ON TO THE TRAP AND THE STOAT WONT SMELL YOU.........BUT THE WIFE WILL ;D ;D ;D