Caught 3 chipmunks today, but all 3 got loose. Is there an adjustment to the doors to make them tighter?
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Make sure that the lock is set properly. When the trap is set and the doors are open, the little lock lever must point towards the carrying handle they will slide down into the hook of each door and lock them so that none will escape. If the are wrong, the doors will go up and the critter escapes. No adjustments are needed. I caught 13 ground squirrels with both doors open and none got away. Lube the rods to get a hair trigger. Now I am getting rid of my Raccoons I am on #4 !I tied a raw peanut to the trigger with a wire tie and you can use it over and over.
813551
I found that I had to be very careful in setting the latches on the doors. I found that I did better if the rear door is closed and latched, and that the other door the wire that latches is set so it will catch. I was never able to catch anything with both doors open. Hope this helps.
813552
Observe the photograph of the trap. There are wire fixtures on each end that flip down and engage in tabs to hold the doors closed. When you want to release the trapped animal, you flip those wires up. When you want to trap, you flip them to the outsides so when the doors fall, the wires drop into the locking position. You probably just have them flipped the other way. Flip them to the outsides when setting the trap and you should be all good.
813553
This trap is pretty useless to catch squirrels. I would imagine chipmunks are about the same. All they have to do is roll the unit over and the latch will move enough to allow the doors to open - and bye bye animal. I recommend the Havahart 1078. Once you catch anything in there it will not be able to get out, period. It is totally worth the extra money.
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The Havahart cages require knowing how to work with them to get the result you want. Try putting vaseline or grease at the juncture. Experiment with tripping with your finger on the trip lever--a light touch should trip the lever. I do not like the 2 door traps as I think a squirrel can back out and avoid getting caught--these traps aren't large enough. And always, be kind to the animals you catch--they only want food and survival, just like you.
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Well, some squirrels do tuck but you'll never get them to come out of the closet with that. The squirrels in my yard made their own openings in the underpants. They are quite talented with much jealousy from the chipmunks. (But you never heard that from me.) If it's one thing one does not want to do is piss off a chipmunk. They hold grudges for years. (and they have ways of getting into your house.)
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I'm pretty sure you dont need extra holes. There are times that I've left them in there for a couple of days, accidently, and they are fine. But the trap is full of poop. I'm glad you're concerned about their welfare. They are so cute!
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Yes, the top zips shut as do the doors. However, I have 2 miniature schnauzer pups and somehow they have managed to get out without damaging the door! I guess they are little Houdinis who figured out how to unzip!! I even tried fastening the door zippers together with a twist tie and they still got out!! Tried video-ing them to see if I could catch them in the act but they did not cooperate!! Two little dickens!!!
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I Haven't had this problem but try cleaning the magnets or putting a small weight ( small magnets ) at the bottom to weight it to swing down. I did this with one of my other cat doors and it helped.
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The latches aren't very sturdy, so I would suggest you put your own additional latch to make sure your rabbits can't get out. Or better yet, I'd suggest buying a different hutch! I ended up returning mine because it was just plain cheap
1986212
Here's our answer for the chipmunk issue - they generally are not as crafty as squirrels, and will try to get at the feeder from the ground. So, a if yours hangs on a shepherds hook or pole, you can buy narrow tube like (look like rockets) metal baffles that attach at the pole level and stops chipmunks from shimmying up the pole. It works very well.
992566
I have not had any chipmunks try to get the suet, but it could happen. This is a suet hanger. Any animal can get to the food just like any other hanger. The roof does tend to disguise it a bit.
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Unfortunately there's little you can do about that, I made mine fit more snugly so my cat couldn't move it by folding tape and making it thick enough to wedge into that space. But short of tapping it into place or doing what I suggested, I'm not sure you can really do anything about it.
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it's a nice cage but any pressure on the bars may cause them to come loose. my little dog just rested his paws on the bars by the door and they came loose. very poor welds. may come loose if you pull on them. i wouldn't leave an animal in if for long periods of time and would not be comfortable if they were anywhere that they could be harmed if they got out. if your rabbit tried to get his head out and the bar came loose he could either get out or get caught in the bars.
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All we ever caught were chipmunks. The squirrel seem to be too smart. As long as the rabbits are small there probably would be no problem. It's up to you to evaluate the rabbits and check the size of the trap. If not the next size up maybe sufficient, but the trap itself does work.
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sometimes they open hard when they are new, try taking a pair of plyers and slide the door open.you can put some lube grease or wd40 on the track,you can bend the edge of the track so it's notso tight . i have had to do a little fine tuning on these traps from time to time . these traps reallywork and worth a little fine tuning. i have 5 of these traps and have cought hundreds of mice over the years. pry it open there tough, well made.years
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The Ketch-All should only catch mice but if it does you can simply let the chipmunks go. Another trap would be the pro ketch mouse trap .
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It could be nip and tuck depending on the length of the squirrel. The squirrel's tail could interfere with the trap door closing all the way. To be on the safe side you might get the next size up.Don't forget to lead the squirrel into the trap by placing bait outside the trap.
63966
Yes, there's a solid door that you can slide into place so they can't go in or out. It works very well.
331232
Haven't had much luck with this one. Caught one woodchuck with an open jar of peanut butter inside at the end of the cage. Didn't cover it at all. Since then, nothing. The little latch thing at the top that holds it open is finicky, hard to keep open. Still seems like a pretty good trap for animals larger than squirrels.