If you have been reading our blog, you will know we are trapping rats in our Rerenga Awa. Well, we haven't had much luck with the A24 and A12 traps we installed last year. We even asked Sam Gibson who works for DOC and Goodnature to come and check them for us. He suspects there aren't any rats in the Rerenga Awa but we have seen them run along the river bank. The problem is, we can't get closer to the river because of all the blackberry.So we have decided to use the very first trap we set as well as the A24 - the DOC 200. We can manoeuver it closer to the river bank. The egg we used for bait is fresh (rats prefer rotten eggs) so we will have to wait a couple of weeks before going back down to check. Rats also keep away from human smells - hopefully this weekends rain will wash our scent away quickly.
Hi Room One,
ReplyDeleteYou guys are doing some awesome mahi, I am so impressed that you have brainstormed a solution to the problem of not being able to trap the rats. Let's pray for rain so we can catch a few more rats soon.
Can you come by and tell Room 3 if you are successful?
TTFN
Miss Steele
Salve Steele,
DeleteWe sure will! Do you want to hold it if we catch one?
Mā te wā,
Mrs Naden