Do You Have A Mouse Problem? I invented The World's Greatest Mouse Trap - The Dizzy Dunker

make the tunnel longer. move the sensor closer to the bait.

The rat used the different floors types to realize where not to step on. If the trap door was the same as the bucket lid it wouldn't know where to stop stepping. Also, needs to be almost 2" longer.

A longer tunnel. The rat would have their whole body on the trapdoor when triggering the trap so they would have no place to stop them from falling

A simple mod: make the section that the rats had their hind feet on a fallaway section. If you got the sensitivity just right, the extra weight the rats put on that section (when the blue floor drops) would cause that section to fall away, and the rat would have no support.

Put the rat sensor further back (vertically above the mouse sensor), make the rat go deeper onto the plank, and not have feet on the plywood. Make the bait cup harder to access like a little barrier wall, so the rat must put its head over the barrier to get to the bait. Irrespective of the rat putting its front feet on the barrier - and falling in and hanging on - the planks will snap closed against the rat's body startling the rat - removing its paws and no place to grab and climb out. It will eventually tire and fall into the bucket. The rat will have to go further into the trap entrance.

Make the 'tunnel' longer and the 'Trap Door' longer so that the Rat will be on the door when it triggers. That way, he cannot hold on with his hind legs.

You could make the dropping floor longer by extending it on both ends. In addition, the sensors and bait could be moved back a bit, toward the far end, so the rats have to go in deeper.

I was wondering if you add something like a smooth surface such as a sheet of smooth teflon or a metal sheet of some sorts where the rat grabs on by its hind feet because the roof part has nothing to do with holding the rat from falling in. Also adding longer trap doors would work too.

I'd like to suggest the below:

The trap door has to be larger than the body of the animal. Otherwise it will be able to keep a hold on and not fall in.

The tunnel could be extended by moving the closed end with the bait out. It could even hang off the edge of the bucket lid.

I agree that the trap door needs to be longer. The rats need to have their rear feet on the trap door before triggering the sensor. When the trigger is activated the rat has no solid surface under it. That is what makes the trap so successful for the mice. Great videos, keep them coming.

Extend the "bait mechanism" out over the end of the bucket. Then EXTEND the LENGTH of the trap so the rat has to commit completely before the longer floor opens.

Hi Shawn.

I agree with extending the trapdoor. The issue is the trigger sensor is set close enough that it triggers while the rat is only 66% in the trap. That would explain why it works great on mice but only on small rats.

I have a unique better solution so as to fit the bucket! Use your "butt height mod", but at the other end where the bait is. The rat would then need to scoot farther into the the trap to reach UP to get the bait. When he leans back and/or stands up to get the bait, all of him, including tail, will be inside of the trap to be pushed down below! The "rat" sensor will have to be moved to the higher position, or another added to eliminate the mouse and rat dilemma.

My guess to make it more effective at catching rats, would me to make it so the rat has to have both sets of feed on the trap.

The door needs to go all the way to the edge of the bucket (or as close as practical) and the trap tube needs to extend out to completely cover the new door, forcing the rat to keep his back feet on the door, with no room to brace. I would also go back to a lower "roof" on the trap so the rat has no choice but to stuff themselves into the trap zone.

Hi Shawn I have a few of ideas: 1 make the trap door longer, 2 make the surface before the door slippery, and 3 have a second door that swats the rat rear end as the floor drops