Bad design. Can be modified to work.

Caught the squirrel first day.....BUT....the bar that holds the backdoor in place is way too loose. When I picked up the trap, the squirrel was moving around and the trap swung sideways and that long bar just fell out - the backdoor popped open and the squirrel laughed and laughed as he ran away. Design flaw. Using a binder clip to keep that long bar in place. Update: Have caught 9 so far, but trigger needs modified or this is just a squirrel feeder. Bend it straighter, file round edge flat, make it more hair trigger. As delivered, squirrel can stand on trigger pad and eat the bait. Or steal the bait container. I wound up wiring a bottle cap to the cage, just below the trigger pad, so they can't steal the whole container of bait. Peanut butter and sunflower seeds seem to be good bait.Lay a brick on top of trap, so squirrels can't roll it around. If they flip it on its side, the trap won't spring.

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