Havahart 1078 Live Animal Professional Style One-Door Rabbit, Skunk, Mink, and Squirrel Cage 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. Trigger rod is located outside of the trap so animal cannot damage it while in the trap
• Spring loaded door and sensitive triggers ensure quick, secure captures that target the specific animal's size, eliminating undesired catcheswhile smoothed internal edges protect and prevent injuries to animals
• Ideal for catching rabbits skunks, mink, large squirrels and similar-size nuisance animals
• Made in the U.S.A.

Product Details

User Guide [PDF]

• Product Dimensions: 24 x 7 x 7 inches ; 4.5 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B000BQPGQQ
• Item model number: 1078
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (55 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #694 in Patio, Lawn & Garden (See Top 100 in Patio, Lawn & Garden)
  • #33 in Patio, Lawn & Garden > Pest Control > Traps

Product Description

Ideal for trapping rabbits, large squirrels, skunks, mink, 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. Spring loaded 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

27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It works, what more could you ask for?, April 25, 2008

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Jordan Edwards (Houston, Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Havahart 1078 Live Animal Professional Style One-Door Rabbit, Skunk, Mink, and Squirrel Cage Trap (Lawn & Patio)

Length:: 0:06 Mins

We had a nasty case of "Squirrels in the Attic" not too long ago. We set up a few of these traps (slightly shorter version) with little more than peanut butter sandwiches and patience. For the next four days we put the bait out around the traps to allow them to get used to them. On the fifth, we set the traps with a peanut butter sandwich stuck to the trigger plate. The next day we bagged our first squirrel which was released unharmed 10 miles away.

I have only one complaint. It seems black birds like peanut butter too but thankfully they never triggered the trap. At first I thought the trigger plate wasn't going to be sensitive enough for the squirrels, but I guess you can't argue with results.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars 24x7x7 Pro Cage Trap, January 19, 2009

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Charles R. Leatherman (Baltimore,MD) - See all my reviews
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This trap works great once you make sure the trigger plate works and the plate lifts up enough to be triggered by a squirrel. I had to slightly bend the rod in order to obtain enough lift on the trigger plate. It worked when I originally tested it but after one encounter with Rocky (we named the squirrel) the plate did not release the trap door. After Rocky had 2 free meals of crunchy peanut butter I figured it out and Rocky was soon released in the park. Then there came Rocky II, III, IV and V. The trapped worked perfectly and I'm now Rocky free. The reason I'm giving this a 4 star rating rather than a 5 star is I had to make the minor bend in the rod before it worked correctly. It should have been correct before it left the factory.

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Works but is awkward to get animal out of trap., July 10, 2009

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K. Brooks (Albuquerque, NM USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Havahart 1078 Live Animal Professional Style One-Door Rabbit, Skunk, Mink, and Squirrel Cage Trap (Lawn & Patio)

I bought this trap to catch some squirrels that were eating all of my wild bird food. The trap worked well, the first squirrel was caught in a couple of days. The difficulty came in getting the squirrel out of the trap to release it. There doesn't seem to be a way to fasten the door in an open position so you can walk away and let the animal find its own way out. You have to hold the door open and tip the trap in a way that sort of "pours" the animal out. While this is not difficult with a squirrel, It could be a lot harder with something like a skunk.

We had to adjust the latch for the door to make it more sensitive, but it was easy and now it only takes a very light touch to trip the door. We even caught a curved-bill thrasher that ventured in to eat the peanuts we left for the squirrels!

This is an inexpensive trap to catch an occasional animal, but if you plan to do a lot of trapping I would recommend purchasing a trap that has a more user-friendly way to get the animals out of the trap.