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[Scott Smith <scott@cs.jhu.edu>]

I have three cats and they never showed any interest in the traps.  Do put 
them up in a tree or pole and not on the ground to decrease the odds that 
their curiosity will get the better of them.

There are problems with other nut-lovers: I have trapped chipmunks, flying 
squirrels, and raccoons.  Plus sometimes the birds set them off, but I never 
trapped one.

Re: smaller squirrels, based on my experience in trapping juvenile greys I 
would say you can bend in the D-shaped wire some to make the headspace 
narrower and it will trigger for the smaller squirrels.  Do make sure to lay 
out plenty of mast and have the trap in their path to the fruit.  This 
morning I saw a squirrel coming in from a side of my yard where I don't have 
a trap; this evening I am going to pole-mount another trap and place it right 
in his path.

I recently ordered one more trap and learned they are backordered until 
September.

Scott

On Aug 7, 2013, at 12:25 PM, "Road's End Farm" <organic87@frontiernet.net> 
wrote:

> Cats are interested in getting into boxes.
> 
> This is true even if there's nothing they want to eat in the box.
> 
> 
> -- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 6A now I think
> Fresh-market organic produce, small scale
> 
> 
> On Aug 7, 2013, at 12:23 PM, david.maxwell@dal.ca wrote:
> 
>> According to Kania this is not a problem, presuming you bait the  
>> traps with peanut butter,
>> nuts, grain, etc., because cats are not interested in fruit and  
>> nuts, so ignore the traps, even if
>> they could potentially climb the post upon which the trap is  
>> fastened.  They will trap 'possums,
>> though.  (Not a problem for us in Canada!)
>> 
>>> Theses sound like good traps-- but have to think where to put them so
>>> that my cats cannot get into them by mistake--any suggestions?
>>> 
>>> Idell Weydemeyer
>> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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