What is a doc 200?
The DOC 200 is the medium-sized trap in the DOC series of traps – 150, 200, 250. It’s the industry-standard kill trap for stoats, rats, and hedgehogs.
What are Doc traps?
DOC traps are a family of spring traps (killing traps) designed by the Department of Conservation (DOC) in New Zealand and manufactured by CMI Springs.
How do you catch a stoat in NZ?
Stoats (and other mustelids) commonly use ridges, the sides of waterways, tracks, and road edges, so these are the best spots for traps. The best bait is fresh or salted rabbit meat, eggs, and specialist stoat lures. Mustelids are also attracted by the odour of another mustelid.
How does a Trapinator work?
The Trapinator is a tree-mounted kill trap designed specifically to target possums. It is housed in a white plastic box with a red lever that allows you to easily set the spring-set trap. It is triggered when a possum interacts with the bite bar.
How does a Timms possum trap work?
Inside the box is a spring loaded bar that strikes the possum under the chin when it sets off the trap. This cuts off the possums wind-pipe so that the possum becomes unconcious and then dies from lack of oxygen. Setting the trap is easily achieved by pulling a string located at the back of the trap.
Do rats learn about traps?
Rats, mice, voles and other small rodents can learn to avoid kill traps once they see a few of their friends get caught and killed. So if you’ve been using a “kill trap”, time to move onto our Live trap listed below. Next, its always good to “step trap” whether using a live trap or a kill trap.
How do you make a stoat trap box?
How to build a trapping tunnel
- Step 1 – get what you need. 4 x fencing timber (150mmx 25mm x 500mm)
- Step 2 – fasten base to the sides. Hammer in a 60mm nail in each corner of the base piece through to the walls.
- Step 3 – nail the lid on.
- Step 5 – staple on the back mesh.
- Step 6 – put in the trap.
Are stoats good pets?
Stoats should not be kept as pets, and in fact, the practice is illegal in most of the U.S. This is because they are difficult to care for and not bred in captivity, so any stoats you may come across for sale are likely wild-caught.
How do I attract stoats to my garden?
Rock piles or stone walls are good, particularly if there are big enough gaps between the stones for mammals such as mice, voles, stoats, and weasels to get into. An area of shortly-mown lawn is helpful for some species such as badgers and hedgehogs to forage on.
How do you bait a Trapinator?
Apply a suitable bait paste onto the bait bar, like peanut butter or jam. Entice possums to your trapping area by sprinkling possum treats at the base of the tree, such as cinnamon, apple, or even some lure paste (peanut butter or jam).
How do you set up a Trapinator?
Trapinator possum trap is lightweight and easy to use trap which will help control your pest problems.
- Mount trap to designated tree, about 1 metre from the ground.
- At the base of the trap, place screw in the hole provided.
- Lift up bait bar as shown above.
- Rotate plastic baiter upwards.
- Apply suitable bait paste.
How do you attract stoats?
Is it legal to have a stoat?
Can You Have A Stoat As A Pet? It is not legal to keep a stoat as a pet in most countries, either because they are a protected species or because they are too hard to look after. They are not legal to keep as pets in the USA because they are listed as high-risk.