This is a seasonal ritual at our house. I hear the mice move in with the cool weather and I get out the mousetraps. A tiny bit of peanut butter in the bait cup and they are caught. If I don't get all of them with the trap the rest seem to move on to safer pastures somewhere else after enough of their buddies have been killed.”

I would like to thank your company for making the "perfect" mouse trap. I have tried at least 20 other trap brands and they have all had various degrees of success, but none work as well as yours. My daughter bought me six (6) of your mouse traps for my birthday and after setting all of these traps around two of our properties, I was amazed at the response. Best traps I have found on the market.”
- Duane Schenck

Within thirty minutes or less of placing the Snap-E® Mousetrap, I had a dead mouse. I used some candy a mouse had eaten into as bait. I am ordering six more. These traps work! I have had about twenty of the old wooden ones sitting out around the house for three week and caught NOTHING!”
- Anne Smith

I'm catching mice every night in my greenhouse with these Snap-E® Mousetraps. They are so easy to set that I don't even flinch any more as I reset them - they never snap while they are being set. I've tried lots of different brands of mousetraps and these are far superior to the rest.”
- Mark Parsons

I love being able to catch multiple mice with one setup. This way I can let it sit for a couple days and catch multiples. The Ketch-All® Multiple Catch Mousetrap is the best mousetrap I've found. I'll be buying several more.”
- David Benn

You guys are great! Just a note to say 'Thank You' for the 2 Metal Lid Replacements for our Mousetraps. A great benefit was when I saw 'Proudly' made in America. That is what America is made of and we need to get back on track with showing the world! Great products, made by great people who back up what they produce! Look out mice... 2 traps back in service. Thank you!”
- Janine Hatt

I have set thousands of these traps while running Thoroughspect and have never found a better trap ever. The traps are exactly what a mousetrap should be in that they are fast-reacting, easy to set and release. In addition, they have a visible yellow bar that can be seen in crawl spaces and attics to see if they have been triggered.
- Brian M. Sweig

Find a solution to your skunk control problem.

Skunks

Skunk Facts

Skunks are a member of the weasel family. In North America, there are four types of skunks: striped, hooded, hog-nosed and spotted.

Signs

Skunk Tracks

Sometimes the first sign of a skunk is a rancid musk odor that seems to follow the skunk wherever it goes. If they remain in one place for long, the odor remains. Tracks are another good indicator of a skunk's presence.

Skunks become a nuisance when they burrow into the ground to find insect larvae. They damage lawns, golf courses and gardens. They will raid poultry pens and eat eggs. The eggs eaten by skunks will likely have been opened on one end, with the edges crushed inward. Skunks will tear into and scatter garbage refuse.

Pest Tips

Appearance

The most common is the striped skunk, which is black and identified by the white stripes running the length of its back. A striped skunk is generally the same size as a house cat, weighing up to 10 pounds. Their average length is about 24 inches.

Spotted skunks are smaller, and more weasel-like in appearance. They have white spots and broken white stripes in a dense black fur. Spotted and Striped skunks are found throughout the Great Plains.

Behavior

Skunks are most active during the late evening and early hours of the night, but are active during the day, as well. Skunks can usually be found living in clearings, pastures, open lands bordering forests and on prairies where they will seek cover in the thickets and timber fringes near streams. Ground burrows, old hollow logs, old buildings, board piles, junk piles and culverts are all good places to find skunks.

Diet

Skunks prefer meat, but will also eat plants and vegetation. Insects, small animals, birds, eggs, poultry, worms, berries, grubs, and grasshoppers are also common food sources. Skunks are attracted to honey and also foods with a strong odor.

Skunk Trapping Tips

Skunks are not wary of cage traps, so concealment of the trap is not necessary. Near den entrances, along trails, inside of and under buildings used by skunks are good places to set the Kage-All® Small Animal Trap. Areas where domestic birds are being bothered are also good places to put traps.

Good bait for a skunk includes any of the following: honey, molasses, peanut butter on bread, and fish eggs. Old, slightly spoiled meat also makes a good bait. Covering the trap with a tarp or a large piece of plastic is a good idea to help avoid being sprayed by a frightened skunk.

Once the skunk has been trapped, release the animal in a different location, far enough to avoid the chance of it returning.

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Kage-All^® Small Animal Traps are custom designed to trap live animals such as chipmunks, rats, weasels, squirrels, skunks, muskrats, rabbits, cats, raccoons opossums, porcupines, woodchucks, armadillos, foxes and groundhogs.

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