Ratinator Multi-Catch Rat Trap

Caught 5 first night!!!

I’ve used the Squirrelinator with excellent success. I’ve found excellent success with the Ratinator as well. I don’t use poison to kill rodents, as I want to keep our predators from being poisoned. This is another excellent product from the Rugged Ranch company.

I had tried everything there was……. Every recipe and concoction followed pest control people online, made the cornmeal balls and filled the buckets half full of water…. If I caught one rat a night I thought I was making progress….. but then I put up a camera and saw how many came out at night in my chicken barn and I was appalled!
I received the ratinator rat trap after reading about it in a comment after watching a video explaining how to get rid of rats using another method - there was this one commentator who kept posting “GET A RATINATOR!!!” So I looked it up…..
And ordered it and set it up-
I used a mixture of dogfood, chicken feed and real bacon pieces for smell and flavor in the bait cup- I placed the cage on a piece of black woven landscape fabric and not directly on the dirt because it was uneven - I also place some of the black fabric on top for privacy - I was skeptical it would work but that skepticism vanished after the first night.
I have trapped 53 rats in 6 nights!!!!!
it began slow with just 2 the first night and 6 the second night then I found 19 rats in the cage the third night- 12 the 10 then 4 - the last two nights zero…..
Each day I did use the handy tub that came with the cage to sit the cage in and slowly fill with water - so none of them lived beyond their last meal of bacon and and feed to procreate again!!!
Needless to say I have set the trap again just rebated and left in place to make sure there are no more but totally confident of the performance of this trap- I have been absolutely amazed and have already recommended it to friends with the same problem!
So 100% worth the cost (I had spent $60 on an electronic trap and only had the option of catching one rat per night!)
It makes total sense that when one rat gets in and is chowing down on a smorgasbord of bacon and feed that the others have to go get some too….. and then they are trapped!!! I could go on and on but I do want to say…… it was so easy to set and easy to get rid of the rodents after drowning since I live on a farm I put the bodies in a burn pit and just started a fire with some paper and wood and cooked them to ash so any chance of odor or disease was incinerated. This also eliminated the possibility of something getting a hold of them like a dog or a chicken -
I had no idea of course that I would be burning rats everyday for a week but just knowing that my problem was taken care of in such a quick and clean manner where I never had to remove and bloody rat or a stinking rat from a trap again plus the ratinator trap stays so clean after each use……… I cannot say enough thank yous for providing such an excellent and efficient method of rodent removal!!!

By far the best trap I have used. I have tried several versions of the bucket traps and the single catch traps won’t cut it at our chicken coop. This trap catches multiple rats almost everyday.Only negative is the rear door is held closed by a spring latch. Larger rats are able to push the door open. I use a brick to block this door and have to use wire to keep the door from opening.

Don't set this up in the winter months! Maine location.Froze to ground, Did catch One Squirrel, Before putting it away till warmer weather.I will give you a review when I start using, or weather warms up!I did catch the squirrel on second day, after received this item!

Well designed and made. It works if you follow instructions. My first catch was 3 rats, then one big one a few days later. Now for a few weeks I have maybe caught only two and I even started over again with leaving doors open and baiting with food, which they quickly clean out. But rats are so smart and quickly figure out how it works. Now they carefully eat the food I put inside the entrance all the way up the ramp, but they have learned not to go inside, no matter how much food is in there. Easiest food they love best: little marshmallows.... even better than cat food.

Set the trap out and on 2nd day caught 2 squirrels with just a little bird seed in middle. Caught 2 more squirrels the n3xt two days. Only negative is the "Made in China" label. Meta is sturdy, but door closures springs could be a little stronger. At the price range, it should include the carrying container advertised for higher price. Good overall for what it is intended to do. Would buy again or in other versions......rat trap.

Easy to set up, got 7 rats 🐀 in my chicken coop on the first night. Got the remaining 3 the next night. No more rats!Literally 4 spring bait traps never triggered with 10 running around. This thing got them immediately.Careful handling it when you have rats in it, if you tip it away from the trap door the counter weight can swing open. Recommend using a clothspin or something to keep the trap door shut.

This is a great product for catching Squirrels! I do not enjoy destroying them, as they are cute and fun to watch, but when they start raising families in the bedroom wall or in the attic, and cause serious damage, they must be removed permanently. They live for up to 15, 20 and even 25 years, and remember the warm comfy nests they made in your house and will never stop trying to get back in, even if it is after a year. Their sharp teeth continuously grow, and they must constantly chew on wood and other things to keep them at a useable length. They are also part of the rat family. After reading other reviews, we rubbed a thin coat of Vaseline on all of the shiny parts of the trap and that kept then from rusting. If you accidentally seal a squirrel in your attic, place the trap in a dark area where they have been and put some water and peanut butter and a small steady LED light inside it to draw them inside it. Outside, place the 24" by 24" by 5" trap near whatever they are climbing to get into your house. Buy a bag of squirrel & critter food (bright yellow corn and peanuts) and pour a small amount in the center, and place some in front of each of the two entrances. When they are in front of an entrance eating the bait, they will look up and see the mound of food straight ahead in the center of the trap and run through the door that closes behind them. It is illegal to relocate them miles elsewhere, so you will have to either call animal control or destroy them yourself (which the law usually allows you to do if they are damaging your property). We have never caught more than one at a time, but in the past few months we have cleared up the problem with numerous multiple catches. They can easily enter but cannot figure out how to escape.

This trap is amazing. They thought of everything! I thought we had one or maybe three squirrels in our yard, but no, we've caught 15 so far!! My hubs and I go on "squirrel dates" now, because every time we catch one, after we drop it off somewhere safe, where there are no houses, but there is squirrel food, we go get an ice cream cone. We were told by a neighbor that it would never work, they were wrong! It works GREAT!

These are absolutely amazing. We have been struggling with rats in our chicken coop and garage for months, and can't use poison because of our animals. We have caught more rats in the 2 days since we got the Ratinators than the last few months combined. Worth every penny!

My wife had very little faith when I purchased this product. She yelled at me "if this doesn't work, we are returning it!"...but my faith endured. I believed in it with all my being, and on the first night..the Trap God's honored my faith with 7 rat sacrifices.. every night since then, we as a family circle around the Trap God's construct and pray.. and every night.. we are blessed.It really does work.. enjoy!

I decided to try this trap because the regular snap traps were not catching anything…yet I could regularly hear that something was residing in my attic. I have since confirmed that what I am dealing with are roof rats. I have no idea how well it works for other critters.I made a minor modification to the trap, right off the bat…because the bait box didn’t seem to make a whole lot of sense for using loose food (which would fall through the holes and out the bottom). I found a shallow bowl that fit within the bait compartment would contain the food, but in doing so...did not allow the rats to actually reach the bait. To address this issue, I cut a hole in the side of the bait box to allow access to the bait from within the trap.The design concept of the trap otherwise seems reasonably sound and the trap looks to be well made. Unfortunately, the rats in my attic are a lot smarter than anticipated. I initially tried some dry dog food. As per the instructions, I wired the trap door open and spread some food near the entrance for a week before actually setting the trap … but a week later, I couldn’t tell that anything had even touched the bait.I then decided to install an infrared camera which is tied into my home network and records when it detects motion. The “rat cam” has been crucial to understanding what was going on. First off… I was shocked by how many rats were up there and by how wary they were of the trap. They also were not very interested in the dog food. Without a camera, I am sure I would have just kept relocating the trap, before figuring out that they were indeed traveling along routs near the trap, but they just were not interested in the bait. I re-baited the trap with squirrel food (a mixture of sun flower seeds and other grains), mixed with dried blueberries, and bacon bits. This mixture definitely got their attention. After a week, the rats seemed to be regularly feeding from the trap, so I unwired the door… only to discover that they would sit at the entrance as if politely waiting for the diner to open. Within a couple of days, none of the rats had entered the trap…but more surprisingly they were beginning to ignore the trap altogether. At the risk of teaching them how to escape, I even tried wiring the door half way open…but still nothing.I ended up wiring the door open again…allowing them to free feed for another 3 weeks, before re-baiting and setting the trap again. So…after a month…I had counted up to 10 rats at the trap at a single time…yet had caught zero rats.But…by this point, the vermin were much more comfortable with the trap…and I caught 8 rats in the 1st 24 hrs. I again wired the door open for a couple of days, and then set it again, to catch 2 more.However, the video reveals that I am only catching the younger rats. I have seen some that are much larger, that remain wary of the trap especially when set…but…at least for now, I did manage to significantly reduce the number of rats.Edit: I am updating this review and adding another star. I failed to mention a second modification that I made to the trap, because initially didn't believe it made any difference...but in the end, it did...but in an unanticipated way. The second modification was made because the 1st time that it was set, several rats would sit at the entrance and as soon as they would start to push to door down to enter, the cross bar which counter weights the door would come up and hit their tail, at which point it appeared they would startle and run. To address this problem, I cut the cross bar in the center and using 2 sets of pliers, I carefully bent the 2 ends so they were pointed up (do not try to do this without a good hold to prevent the counter weight from simply twisting, or it will break loose from the door). This modification did not seem to make any difference however with the rats.After the 1st month of getting the rats used to the trap, I managed to catch a total of 10 before they seemed to stop entering, so I wired the door open once again.A couple of nights later, I heard a loud shuffling noise in the attic. When I checked the rat cam, I was shocked to see what appeared to be Ratzilla half way in the trap. Since the door was wired open, I had no choice other than to patiently watch as the huge tail slowly slipped into the trap and I could see the reflection of eyes, as it worked its way around the bait compartment to face the camera. I then ran into the attic and was able to block the door before it could escaped. To my surprise, "Ratzilla" turned out to be a opossum. A couple of days later, I caught a second opossum. Reviewing the recordings on the rat cam, confirmed that both of the opossums had no trouble figuring out how to get into the trap...but because of their size, I don't think that they would have been able to depress the door, had the counter weight bar not been modified. I am thoroughly confused as to how the opossums were able to gain entry into my attic (because I have not been able to i

This is my second one of these over the years because some scum bag recently stole my last one. I know I Know, I shouldn't have left it outside. lol Anyway I've had the new one for 16 days and I already caught 2 squirrels, the second one took nearly 2 weeks to get. I like the trap a lot it's the springs that I took a star off for, a clip just fell off about an hour ago, but it did go back on easy until next time. I recently paid $69.99 and thought that was $5-$10 too much. IMO it's the bait, load it up with uncooked/unsalted inshell peanuts and they seem to keep coming. Watching them feed from these traps I noticed that they like to go halfway in and grab a peanut then leave, but they do come back for more. They will go in further and the door will eventually close behind them for good then they rush around to the corners but for whatever reason they don't go back to how they got in.

It took a while to catch my first squirrel but it became very effective when I used unshelled peanuts as bait. I sprinkled them liberally around the outside and left a pile inside. Caught two squirrels at one time. Also helps to watch where they normally travel and put it near their path.

We have a chicken coop, and rats were digging in and eating the food. I can't use poison because we have cats, dogs and lots of beautiful hawks. I have tried every type of trap with no success. I have already caught seven rats. I keep it open for a night and then close it up the next night. I always use rubber gloves to make sure my scent isn't on the trap. The dunk pan works well, however you need to make sure it is filled all the way to the brim.

Great trap. I have been having an issue with squirrels digging up my planters, peeing and pooing everywhere, and yapping away nonstop in the afternoon, sometimes for hours. They then tore up my $400 tent while camping. Then my $150 solo tent while backpacking. The final straw was when they tore through the screen to get into my office to find food (caught them in the act and had to kick what remained of the screen out so they could escape). Decided it was time to wage war.First I bought an electric trap (from one of the many Chinese-junk sellers here). When it arrived, I set it up and watched as three squirrels came, grabbed the bait, and either didn't get shocked OR clearly got a zap but managed to run away groaning/cooing in pain. Clearly, it didn't kill them.Then I bought some snap traps. One trap simply didn't go off. And then the woman demanded I take them down because the neighbor's indoor/outdoor cat sometimes prowls near where I had set them up.Finally I bought this trap. At the outset, I knew catching 25 squirrels at once (as claimed) was a far fetch, but if I could just do one at a time, I'd be happy.Upon arrival and setup, a squirrel came to investigate within half an hour (I watch obsessively). Unfortunately, it didn't quite work. Having all the bait in the middle allowed her to stretch her body in and grab the food while keeping the one-way door open, then back herself out. When she was spooked by some kids screaming/playing in the distance, I took the opportunity to change it up a bit. I closed up one of the doors and moved all the bait closer to that side of the trap, so that she'd have no choice but to venture further inside. When she returned an hour later, she walked right into the trap. After much fighting about whether to kill or relocate (me vs the woman respectively), we decided to... actually, I'm not going to talk about what happened after.After we did the mystery top secret thing with squirrel #1, I set the trap back up. Squirrel #2 ventured over a couple hours later. This one was a bit more difficult. I set it up the way I had w/ squirrel #1, but he really didn't want to use the door. He kept trying to gnaw at the trap from the outside, He was very wary of the moving one-way door mechanism and refused to enter. The day went by without a catch, so I changed things up that night. By "changed things up", I mean I added WAY more bait (peanut butter on saltine crackers). Today morning, he came by again and couldn't resist. After trying and failing at his usual chew-his-way-in tactics, he went straight for the door. Boom, mine. This guy was vicious though. He charged the edges of the cage towards my feet so ferociously that he could make the whole thing slide (on a concrete floor) a good two inches or so. And he was trying so desperately to chew his way out that he was bleeding quite profusely from the mouth. It was gleeful, and the woman threatened to leave me for how much evident pleasure I was taking in watching his agony. We fought some more, and again I won't mention what the outcome was for the squirrel.Squirrel #3 came by no more than twenty minutes after the trap was set for the third time. The problem with her was that she was too stupid to figure out how to get in the cage. No biting, no trying anything special. She just tried to shove her face in furiously through the bars. After an hour of this, she gave up and ran off. I modified the bait layout a little bit by making a little guiding trail from a couple feet outside right through the doorway, but she's still too stupid to understand what to do once she approaches. That said, she came back two more times, so I suspect she'll eventually come and figure it out.So, things to keep in mind:1) Squirrels might be large enough to grab bait from the middle and run off with it without the door blocking them in. Use better bait and place it strategically (near the corners, just outside of reach from the outside, is great too).2) Trapped squirrels might viciously attack the cage, so WEAR GLOVES.3) Some squirrels are legitimately too stupid to get stuck, maybe.4) Trapped squirrels might be LOUD! As in "oh crap, I hope this is legal and my neighbors aren't calling the police on me right now" loud. If this happens, throw the entire cage back in the box, squirrel and all, and they'll magically shut up after a minute or so.

The media could not be loaded. I saw this trap on one of the chicken facebook groups that i follow and found the link for this in the comments. The post i found it on caught waaay more than i did for their post but i dont care because i finally caught something in a trap! I'M THRILLED SO HERE'S MY REVIEW! 🥳🥳🥳Ive been hearing these pests going about the undercarriage of my RV and have been being kept awake because i cant turn off my brain once i hear the skittering. Ive been finding nests in places like in my engine bay, generator compartment, and spare tire compartment, under my coop, ect. I dont have issues with rodents inside because i have cats but the cats only have inside and the catio i built them, so limited pest deterant there. (Also my family has one outdoor cat thats old and insists on being outside but still mouses so i cant poison, but i knew these rodents were too big for the old girl to catch)Glue traps sometimes worked but i figured that i must have had BIG and SMART ones remaining because they were triggering my Victor snap rat traps and either getting free or not getting caught. (They also weren't falling for other traps in my chicken coop so this is going in there next!)This trap recomends baiting it with the door stuck open for a little bit, to which i used a little bit of bent wire and i left the door a little loose, because i wanted to be sure the rats were fine with the door moving while they got used to the trap. I baited with wet cat food for the smell and appeal of it, splattering it on the edges and gate and left it for a few days. (I didnt mean to leave it for a few days but life happened and i was unwell enough i wasnt doing chores, but i could see the bait being messed with so i left it). I also made sure i barley touched the trap so that my scent wasnt on it much. (Besides the lil video i took when i got it because the pictures online make it a little hard to tell the shapes in the trap). Last night i baited with more wet cat food all over and took out the wire. To be honest, i forgot about checking the trap till well past noon but the little pests were still stuck within, something i worried about because the door just flops up and down from the weight of it, but the little tunnel keeps them from going straight back to the door. (Set on a flat surface to make sure the door works right). I took a video of the rats running around within but im only allowed to upload one vid per review apparently.It was sooooo easy to set up, the only thing id say to watch out for is to not clip the bait door over the handle you need to pick it up later with. I didnt realize i had done because it was dark when i rebaited the trap. (I could have opened the bait door to fix that without them escaping throughit because its enclosed but the critters were launching themselves around when i approached it so i opted not to, so that the entrance door didnt accidentally flop down)The tub that it comes with makes it easier to 'take care' of the pests with a deep 'bath' and the door to remove them worked well to take the tool grips i had and pulled them out. Make your life easier than i did and grab disposable gloves for this process before you start it. (Im not relocating a pest, esp not a smart one. I dont want it and so i dont want to drop it off somewhere to be someone elses problem, id hate if someone did that to me. They have caused me soooo much money in damages from wires to insulation and more.)When i recieved the trap i did notice and take pictures of some damage on one of the corners, like it had been dropped before being packaged, because the box was fine and so was the plastic tub it came within in the box. The damage did not effect usability, thankfully, since this wasnt cheap. Ill say it again, it wasnt cheap, BUT, it was WORTH IT.The size will limit small spaces i may want to use this in (like my generator bay or engine bay of my parked RV) but it will still fit easily under quite a few things like cars and cabinet edges, withing sheds and so on.Its also CHICKEN SAFE! I dont have to worry about triggering snap traps before letting my flock into their run or worry about my birds standing on it. And since im baiting with cat food i dont have to worry about if my birds eat the bait too. Or anything else for that matter, like you have to worry about with other poisons.If you've gotten this far into reading my review, thanks for your time and i hope this helps you decide how to get rid of your pest problem! Have a great day!