Live Animal Humane Trap 2-Door Mouse Trap Cage for Chipmunk, Rats, Squirrels, Voles, Rodent and Small Size Pests

Easy to use, and clean. Built very well, and very effective. Great value! First night, caught 5 wood rats. Very sensitive trigger!

Even though this trap mentions "mouse" in the description, it does not catch mice. It will only work for bigger animals - a mouse is not heavy enough to trigger it. When it arrived, it was very hard to set and very hard to trigger. The triggering mechanism is a horizontal rod on the top that goes under a hook attached to the bait pan, so when the hook moves to the side a spring closes the doors. The horizontal rod was a little too long and had some burs on it, so it caught on the hook and made the trap difficult to set or trigger. That seemed like an obvious manufacturing defect, so I decided to fix it rather than send it back. After filing a little length and some burs off the end of the rod, it could be set easily without catching, but still seemed a little hard to trigger. I even tried putting some teflon plumbing tape around the end to make it slide more easily, but the best I could do was make it so a half ounce of pressure on the bait tray would trigger it about half the time. (I used half an ounce of #12 wire partially coiled, so the wire could go through the top and sit on the edge of the bait tray, supporting the weight of the coil). I didn't think that was sensitive enough, but tried setting it anyway. The bait was gone in the morning, trap still open. I saw what did it, because my other trap got it. It was an ordinary size mouse, bigger than some of the ones I've caught before, but still too light for this trap. It looks like a sturdy trap, but the distance from the tray to the doors is short enough that the tail of a rat or a squirrel could still be sticking out the door when it closes. Those doors slam pretty hard, so I'm not sure it's suitable for trapping anything. I don't need to trap anything bigger than a mouse though, so it's going back.

I live in the country, and rats making their nests in our cars, lawnmower, under porches, etc is a huge problem. We currently have a quite heavy duty Havahart brand 2-door trap that is awesome, got this one because it was less expensive, and I won't buy another one. It's awkward to set, and when it's tripped the doors that snap shut can flip the securing mechanism back inside the trap, which just allows the rat to push right out. We have caught ONE with it, and 7 in the Havahart. I don't know if it's the entry size that is making that difference or if the rats are just leary of the "new" thing. But those narrow entry points make it pretty tough to clean by hand, so I have to high power water spray it down, the Havahart I can just turn upside down and reach into it. This is ok, not worth returning, but I'm not over the moon with it either.

I purchased trapped to capture rats in my crawl space. It didn't take long, two days to capture this large rat. I've seen several reviews mentioning this trap may not be suitable for rats due to its small size but it worked in this case. It took two days with some peanut butter. The rat checked out the trap the first day and I did not see it until the second day when it got a little too curious. The locking doors worked perfectly well.

Mine required a little work to get them to work correctly. They work really when fine tuned

Used for 2 weeks last year, no luck. Tried again this year and all baitceaten. Doors didn't shut. Can't find contact number for company to figure out how to fix. Frustrating.

28 House Mice Caught, Released in the woods, and counting with the 2-Door MATATA Trap ! (My mother is a very bad clutterer) Bird Seed is an excellent bait with no mess to clean up ! Pro's - No bloody mess left and no ants attracted to a dead mouse. - Painted, and small so I can set it up where I need, in a dark corner. Con's - A tiny mouse may not trip the trap. I've caught 2 tiny mice at one time, and as many as 3 tiny mice at one time. - First few times setting the trap is easy, but after you catch a few mice and the trip wire wears the paint off, the trap becomes more delicate to trip, Sometimes it will go off if you bump it while placing it in the location you've chosen. Overall I'm very satisfied with the two traps I purchased. The 'SLAP' of the closing doors is noticeable if you're in the same room or a hallway connecting to that room. I normally take the trap out and release the mice in the woods right after I hear it trip.

There were no directions in the box - just a cage - no idea how to use it

Super impressed with this trap. Our regular live traps did not work for the red squirrels that moved into our walls. The squirrels are simply too light for the pressure plate to work. So when I went looking for a live trap that is made to specifically deal with much smaller critters I found this one. This one is smaller, easy to set, and so far 2 of the little buggers have been relocated in 2 days. Only smallish thing to note is that we did not get instructions for the trap but it is fairly easy to figure out so it is not a big concern. Also - after reading some of the other reviews I place the squirrel and trap in a cat carrier for transport - somehow the idea of a pissed off squirrel loose in the car while I am driving is NOT an appealing thought.

Four stars because it's a bit lightweight, but hey, for the price it's not to bad. Wasn't packaged that well, was slightly damaged, but still works. Easy to set up, caught all five Chipmunks very quickly, set up a cam so I got a warning when the little fellas were caught, I put the whole thing inside a large plastic container for transport to their new home, just in case they got out on the short drive. Overall pleased with it, will be using it again, and it was safe for the animals.

Product arrived early. Seems well made, works well. Captured a chipmunk within 1 hour of first placement and relocated him. Humane new location: I tried to give it the best chance of survival by placing food at the new place. It had all day to find a secure place for the night. Mild temperatures. Location was perfect habitat for chipmunks. I thought that would be it, but over the next two days, I caught 3 more chipmunks, and then a squirrel! I only set it at night and check trap in the morning so I can relocate the animal immediately. Damage to my garden should stop now :)

The smaller red squirrels were trapped successfully. A problem arose when a large black squirrel got caught and was successful in bending the "trip" mechanism, and breaking it right off. This mechanism is inside the trap and therefore vulnerable to the teeth of the squirrel. It didn't get out because the doors are still on strong springs, but the trap can't be set anymore. My advice is to release the squirrel, or whatever you intend to do to it, as soon as you see it in there, or it might destroy the mechanism. It is easy to release it in another area, and you don't need to get anywhere near the teeth of an angry animal.

This trap might work for mice and voles, but not for squirrels and I question whether it would hold a rat. I could see the trap go off from my window and by the time I got outside the squirrel had squeezed out past the end panel. Nobody ate any part of the trap but the door springs aren't tough enough to hold a panicked or angry squirrel. The mechanism is also fairly light for the trap as a blue jay that walked next to it and brushed against it set it off. I did finally catch the squirrel but the trap is inside a Rubbermaid box with the lid on and a weight holding it down as when I checked, five minutes after putting him in the RM box, he was out of the trap AGAIN. I have better things to do with my day that catch the same squirrel five times although I must say it doesn't say much for his intelligence if he keeps going back in.