Customer Reviews

Havahart 1025 Live Animal Two-Door Squirrel, Chipmunk, Rat, and Weasel Cage Trap

5 star:		(49)
4 star:		(22)
3 star:		(21)
2 star:		(10)
1 star:		(17)

 

 

I had squirrels in my attic and got this to get rid of them. I put it near the tree where they would come down from the house. I use bread smeared with peanut butter to stick it to the trip plate to help assure it goes off.

After catching the first dozen (only maybe 3 were from my house) I was afraid they were returning from my drop off spot about 2 miles away [Nice wooded area with a large pond]. I started spray painting spots on their tails to be sure they weren't being territorial and returning. None have come back.

I have now caught 26 and think I have cleared my entire neighborhood of gray squirrels. When I started would catch one per hour, now I leave it for days with nothing and haven't seen any around lately.

A little bit of advice for folks that are finding the bait gone but the trap was not tripped. If you are using peanut butter put a small amount on top of the bait pan and then smear some on the underside of the pan. The animal will more than likely try to manipulate the pan to reach the peanut butter on the bottom side and the chance of triggering the trap will be greatly increased. This works for those traps that people find less "sensitive" as well. Good Luck!

In my experience, once the animal is in your home there is only one way to get it out and that is to catch it. They are extremely persistent. I could not sleep at night and destroyed their nest, but they kept coming back.

These are all the things I tried.
1. Predator urine repellent - did nothing at all.
2. Loud high pitched sounds that only animals can hear - They left when they heard this, but came back and ultimately had no effect.
3. Cut down tree branch to roof - They climbed up the chimney.
4. Found where they were getting in and patched the hole - They created a hole somewhere else.

The worst thing for me was patching the hole, then they got into the walls and started ripping apart the walls. I ended up unpatching my original hole so they could get back into the attic where I could set the trap.

This trap is great. Within 24 hours I caught a squirrel. I used real peanut butter (that has oil in it) on both sides of a cracker. It has a strong scent and it sticks to the pan. I recommend testing the trap several times so you know how it works. It is not obvious just by looking at it. Make sure both locks are flipped up so when the doors fall it locks.

The quality of this trap is variable. I ordered two of these together recently. One works great and I have caught three chipmunks in three days. The second one does not work as its trigger is not sensitive enough.

There is a metal rod which when pushed down, opens both doors, and you place the end of that rod under another "trigger" rod that is connected to the bait pan inside the cage. As soon as the animal touches the bait pan and it moves, the first rod is released from under the trigger rod, shutting the doors and trapping the animal inside. For one of the traps, this worked perfectly, and in last 3 days I have caught 3 chipmunks. For the second, somehow, I had to play around with the placement of the first rod so that the trigger will release the rods. Even though I thought it was working, apparently the force needed to move it is a bit more than what the chipmunk is putting on it, because the bait goes, but I have yet to catch any with this trap. I will try a bit more with this trap to see if it will work, else try to get a replacement.

So if you are lucky and get a good one it is certainly a five star product. But if you get stuck with a bad one, then it will be frustrating.

I bought this to catch suirrels. I found out, it is too small to catch grey squirrels. I saw one go in, but his tail was sticking out. So when the trap door came down, he backed out and ran away. I caught a chipmunk with it, but no squirrels. Then I bought model 1084. That model is so easy to set up and large enough and sturdy enough to catch all the squirrels in my neighborhood.

When I first took this trap out of the box, I found it a little confusing (even with instructions) to figure out which bars went where to properly set the trap. I found I had to bend the bars connected to the trap doors outward slightly so that the bar connected to the trigger plate could pass by (between the other bars and the cage itself) when the trigger plate was tipped to the right. Once I'd done so, it became much clearer how the trap was supposed to work. Now that the trap is in working order, I've caught two baby squirrels so far with nothing but some walnuts and a few pieces of cereal.

Pros:
- Seems to catch squirrels pretty well; even lightweight ones seem to trip the trigger plate just fine, and I'm not even using any sticky bait.
- MY FAVORITE: Both of the squirrels I've caught continued to run back and forth over the trigger plate, which makes a very helpful clattering sound from the attic. I was worried about trapping an animal and not knowing it was up there (if I missed the initial clunk), but so far, the squirrels have alerted me just fine to their presence! I'll still check on it twice a day as long as it's set (and I wouldn't recommend setting-and-forgetting as a general rule), but if future squirrels behave like the previous ones, they won't have to wait long to be released.

Cons:
- Initial adjustments were needed for my trap; varying metal parts may make it hard to predict exactly how your trap will behave.
- Contrary to another review, I've had no experience with the doors coming open from the trap being upside-down. If anything, it's sometimes hard to get the doors open to release the animal (even after turning the catch bars away from the doors, of course). But again, this may just be my particular trap.
- Slightly difficult to balance hard food on the trigger plate; at least on the one I got, the trigger plate is tilted a bit when the trap is set, and the food tends to slide off if I don't use a bit of dexterity putting it on.

Even with the cons, I'm satisfied with my trap and would recommend it to others.

It is a bit frustrating to try to bait and set up this trap. It often trips itself and spills the bait. But, the worst thing is that it did not work for the squirrels we have here. I see now that if I had read the product description carefully I would have seen that it was for red squirrels, not grey squirrels, but I did not think much about it since the name is "two door cage trap for squirrels". Get this only if you have LITTLE squirrels where you live.

This trap uses gravity to hold the door close. If you transport your animal and the trap tips over, the door will automatically open and if you have the animal running in the car, good luck! The cage must be at a horizontal position at all time if you do not want the animal to jump out when the door opens automatically at high angle.

We were tired of our pecan trees being stripped bare before the fruit ripened. We were also sad to see our poor wild birds look for their food only to find it had been greedily consumed by squirrels. The Havahart trap is a wonderful compromise for our furried and feathered friends. We've given up counting the number of squirrels we have "relocated" with the help of the trap. Some days we'll catch up to ten of the little rascals. Our Black Labrador loves to accompany my husband when the squirrels are eventually "liberated". This product is so good that I'm ordering another one today!

We are very happy with the results after a few days of using the Havahart 1025 Two Door Cage Trap. We wanted to capture a rat that was living in our shrubs and feasting on dog food next door. We tried peanut butter the first night with no results. The next night we substituted the peanut butter with Gorgonzola cheese, and our unwanted tenant sprung the trap while we were reading the Sunday paper. I put the trap in the Amazon box and let it loose in a rice paddy several miles out of town.

Setting the trap is extremely simple. It is not necessary to bend, twist or otherwise modify the trap as suggested by other reviewer's. The instructions that come with the trap make the process seem more complicated than it is. They refer to various parts without diagramming which parts are which, and are helpful only after a round of trial-and-error. The illustration that shows how the levers should look when the trap is set is most helpful.

Contrary to some of the other reviewer's comments about the doors: the doors stay shut after the trap is sprung. The trap can be picked up and transported without any concern for the doors opening by themselves or with an assist from the varmint.

Visit the company website before placing your order. You'll find helpful tips, FAQs, and automated selection guide. You should definitely check it out before buying any trap to ensure you get one designed to trap the critter you're after.

We were extremely unhappy with Amazon's shipping the department because the first trap we received via UPS was damaged. The Amazon shipping box was pristine, but the manufacturer's box was so smashed up, it's difficult to imagine how anyone could not assume the product was damaged. The replacement quickly came in from a different distribution center, but I still can't believe how so many employees these days - not just Amazon's - just don't seem to care anymore.

I'm giving this product five stars based on results, design and ease-of-use. Amazon gets an "F" for sending me an item that was clearly damaged, and an "A" for quickly resolving the issue.