Havahart 0745 Live Animal Professional Style One-Door Chimpunk, Squirrel, Rat, and Weasel Trap

by Havahart

Product Features

• Constructed of sturdy rust-resistant wire mesh with steel reinforcements for long life and galvanized for maximum resistance to rust and corrosion
• Mesh openings are smaller than competing traps of comparable size to prevent escapes and stolen bait.
• Gravity action door and sensitive trigger to ensure quick, secure captures that target the specific animal size, eliminating undesired catches.
• Solid door and handle guard protect the user during transportation, while smoothed internal edges protect and prevent injuries to animals. Trigger rod is located outside of the trap so animal cannot damage it while in the trap.
• Ideal for catching voles, squirrels, flying squirrels, rats weasels and similar-size nuisance animals. Havahart traps are made in the U.S.A.

Product Details

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• Product Dimensions: 16 x 6 x 6.4 inches ; 3 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 3.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000BPAVCG
• Item model number: 0745
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (131 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #361 in Patio, Lawn & Garden (See Top 100 in Patio, Lawn & Garden)
  • #24 in Patio, Lawn & Garden > Pest Control > Traps
  • #97 in Patio, Lawn & Garden > Mowers & Outdoor Power

Product Description

Ideal for trapping chipmunks, squirrels, flying squirrels, rats, weasels, and similar-size nuisance animals. Havahart traps are designed and used by professional trappers. Animal control officers also trust and use Havahart traps -- so can you! Constructed of sturdy wire mesh with steel reinforcements for long life, and galvanized for maximum resistance to rust and corrosion. Mesh openings are smaller than competing traps of comparable size to prevent escapes and stolen bait. Gravity action door and sensitive trigger ensure quick, secure captures. Solid door and handle guard protect user during transportation, while smoothed internal edges protect and prevent injuries to animals. Made in the USA.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

44 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A better "mouser" than the cats., January 3, 2007

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Morgen (USA) - See all my reviews

All summer long we had a daily stream of chipmunks, mice, and birds flowing into the house courtesy of our cats, which brought them in through the dog flap. The chipmunks often took up residence under the refrigerator and one was under there so long that I started feeding it, too. I tried for weeks to catch it with the mouse-sized Havahart trap, but it never worked. I finally realized that the chipmunk was probably so large for that trap that when the door shut it never shut entirely because the chipmunk's body was in the way. I went online to see if there was a bigger trap and I found the chipmunk-sized one. I ordered it and within 30 minutes of getting it and setting it up I heard the "Snap" of the trap. Sure enough, I finally had safely trapped the chipmunk. I delivered him to the arboretum across the street, where I hope he lived happily ever after.

22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Works Well After Some Modification, May 28, 2008

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Schmedley "Schmedley" - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Havahart 0745 Live Animal Professional Style One-Door Chimpunk, Squirrel, Rat, and Weasel Trap (Lawn & Patio)

This device works like a charm once you get it tuned. The trigger plate's rod was a bit too long and it took too much force to trigger the trap. After I filed the rod down a bit, a chipmunk's sneeze was enough to spring the trap and I've been able to catch 2 -3 critters a day. I live in a high chimpmunk zone, so I'm ordering another trap.

One other thing: squirrels tend to like the same bait as chipmunks, so I've caught a few of those too. These guys are capable of bending the door lock, so be prepared to have to bend it back (a long screwdriver works) before you can release the squirrel. Also, one chipmunk was smart enought to roll the trap in order to shake the bait loose. A heavy rock or tent stakes solved that problem.

28 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Chipmunk vs me: 3:0, January 26, 2009

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Dr. Dingsda (Boston area) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Havahart 0745 Live Animal Professional Style One-Door Chimpunk, Squirrel, Rat, and Weasel Trap (Lawn & Patio)

Havahart 0745 Professional Style One Door Cage Trap for Chipmunks and Rodents 16 x 6 x 6.38
We got this trap after a chipmunk somehow made it inside our house. Here's the play-by-play so far:
Day 1: Placed peanut candy (the chipmunks favorite food, apparently) near the front of the trigger plate. Next morning the candy is gone, the trap's door still open and armed. It seems the chipmunk stole the candy from the front of the plate without touching it.
Day 2: Placed peanut candy behind the trigger plate, towards the end of the cage. Next morning the candy has moved a bit, door is shut, no chipmunk inside. Apparently, the chipmunk tried to get at the candy from the outside and triggered the door.
Day 3: Placed the peanut candy at the far end of the trigger plate, such that it can't be reached from outside the cage, or from the front of the trigger plate. In the morning, we find the door is shut, the candy is gone, but NO CHIPMUNK INSIDE?!?! Somehow he either managed to get out after triggering the door or first got the candy and then triggered the door from the outside.

Score so far: Chipmunk 3, us 0. Somewhere in our house there's a tiny rodent sitting on a stash of peanut candy, laughing at us. But we'll keep trying...