Hi Helen, We use a combination of permanent bait traps and humane rodent traps at the Memorial. The latter are used when we get live rodent sightings. https://goodnature.co.nz/au-en/collections/all is the website; it has a lot of video’s and FAQ’s. Upsides to the Goodnature A24 is that it has a Bluetooth app to tell you when it gets triggered; we don’t have to physically inspect traps until it registers a kill. It also resets itself, counts the number of strikes and when the battery/bait/CO2 cartridge need replacing.
Downside – we have had one maiming incident where the rodent had to be caught and euthanised. You also have to dispose of the bodies and clean the surrounding area (but we do that when we find baited rodents anyway). Traps start at $149 (AUD) – we have the one with the stand. Multiple people can link to the trap app but the login is only with one email. We’re experiencing problems because the owner of that email has since left the Memorial. One other point (which is neither pro nor con) is that Goodnature don’t collect your trap data; you don’t have to use (see also pay subscription fees) any software beyond the free app. I don’t see us moving to exclusively to the Goodnature traps – we have too many buildings spread out over two sites and we’d have to visit all of them to connect with all the traps. Traps using Wi-fi or LoRaWAN network might be better but then you run into needing a cloud platform which brings subscription fees. All the best in your search for an alternative Eileen Eileen Procter Senior Conservator – Preventive, Hazards and Analysis | Collection Services Principle Radiation Safety Officer eileen.proc...@awm.gov.au<mailto:eileen.proc...@awm.gov.au> | t 02 6206 9820 | m 0413 798 715 Australian War Memorial | GPO Box 345 Canberra ACT 2601 | www.awm.gov.au From: 'Helen Barnes' via MuseumPests <pestlist@googlegroups.com> Sent: Thursday, 8 August 2024 12:20 PM To: pestlist@googlegroups.com Subject: [PestList] Humane mouse traps Hello All, I’ve read recently, humane rodent traps have been used instead of the more traditional bait traps because the users didn’t want rodents eating the baits and then dying in the building. We’re currently using bait traps and although I’m not aware of any finds of decomposing mice, we do have another issue of carpet beetles being attracted to the baits evidenced by large numbers of larval castings being found in the trap. 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