Judas Rat Trap - Using A Pet Rat To Catch Nasty Invasive Wild Rats. Mousetrap Monday 

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Man the bait rat will never be the same after watching a rat get crushed right in front of it 😂

Capturing a wild rat and using it to betray its own kind is pretty metal, ngl

Like others have already said, I'd be worried about my pet getting exposed to wild rat diseases and parasites and then bringing that into my house (where I assume you keep your pets).

I recommend doing a quarantine period with your domestic rats after this, since you're switching to a wild rat in the Judas trap. If they've caught anything, you'll stop it from spreading.

Do make sure no nasty fleas jumped off the wild rat onto Judy! Better safe than sorry! I'm so glad you were wearing gloves when that one jumped up! So aggressive!

In NZ there’s no such thing as over kill, there is dead or not dead. We can’t risk rats having a near miss and learning to avoid traps.

Imagine chillin' in your new but cramped rat apartment and a friendly stranger comes along to say hello but gets smoked right in front of you.

We take pest control seriously in NZ. Possums and rats are a huge risk to all our native bird life. Cool to see you trying the trap out, they are usually installed in boxes with very small openings and a length of travel before the trap so they are pretty safe really as pets can't get caught/set them off

That kill trap should have a safety mechanism like a latch to set it, I think we've seen other powerful traps with that feature.

For your pet rat, I would maybe put glass or a one way mirror so the rat will see the Judas rat, but the pet won't see the other. Make sure they aren't scarred for life and also more safe from disease

Reminds me of the sterile, tracking-collar equipped Judas Goats for catching feral goats on the Galapagos Islands.

You should try pairing the Judas cage with a self resetting trap like a walk the plank trap, so you could catch more than one rat a night

They’re so trap cautious, but the buddy rat attacks their inherent sense of trepidation. Simply brilliant.

Just a heads up, Judy and judas might get PTSD and may develop some agression or fear from this. They could also be so social they get their fingers bit off. I've socialized rats in cages in cages before and they do remove whole limbs becuase they reach to play or fight. They also will develop PTSD symptoms like a human. Also, if she's pregnant, she could get sick from this brown rat. I'm sure you know all this but for others reading x

How do you protect your pets from parasites? It looked like that nasty wild rat was close enough to share.

I love the broken finger warning on the trap. You know at least one person has caught a finger or 3 in that thing!

At the end: Coyote: "This feels like a trap." Judy: "Yes, but not for you."

1:08 One look at that trap and I audibly went "holy shit!" That looks like one nasty trap. And it is.

You should consider picking up some chainmail gloves like you would see in a fast food setting, they might be able to protect a bit better against bits than those gardening gloves. Love the videos!

Thank you so much for watching. I hope you like the longer content.

Why not adapt a bucket-style kill trap with a judas cage to use as a lure? That way, you can catch many rats in one night.

If you used your domesticated pet rat constantly as a bait for a kill trap, I wonder if that would affect your pet rat in any way? Like would it traumatize your rat because it keeps witnessing death of other rats?

All that rat screeching made my terrier go nuts.

You ought to build yourself an airlock-style "hatch adapter", like they use on rescue submarines, to transfer the Judas rat to the bait chamber.

I’d love to see the Judas Trap upscaled in size so that it’s large enough to dispatch home intruders and burglars that break into your residence in the middle of the night!

This is one of the best rat-trap videos I've seen in years.

If you like that trap, in NZ its used to catch rats, hedgehogs, ferrets, stoats and weasels, check out the Steve Allen cat kill trap, we don't mess around when it comes to pests in NZ

I live in New Zealand and I had no idea about this trap. Thank you I have been using the flip and slide as well as the Pest Off Dead End multiple catch mouse traps on my property and would love to be able to catch rats too. I have chickens and need to make sure that they won't be attacked by these creatures. If you haven't considered it before... Chickens love to eat mice. They will take them from you and run away like a wee thief.

That was awesome, Shawn! The power of that rat trap is amazing. I would shout for victory if I could catch a rat with that beast of a trap. You need a pair of grabbers to pinch the little buggers!😊

Really giving the wild rat a villain origin story seeing his friend die

For moving the nasty rat, it might pinch them a little bit, but, you could try using a trash grabber. The long-ish claw thing, with a squeeze trigger.

Have you thought of tagging the animals you release so you will know if they ever come back? You might check at a pet store for tags or tag materials. I grew up on a cattle ranch and we (and other ranchers) did ear notching and branding. Ear notching might fit the bill. Wildlife researchers also tag small animals. A check with a Washington State University or Oregon State professor might get you the advice you need.

PS I LOVE your pet rats!! I adopted a wild baby rat just after it stopped nursing....it was the best pet rat I've ever had. It didn't want to be handled and would make a show of it, but he never bit.

Best trap video in a while. To capture a rat and then use it as bait for other rats opens up all kinds of possibilities! I'd love to see some combination of the judas trap with a dunk style trap.

The coyote at the end ran off with the rat like she’s got hungry cubs at home.

I always thought Hollywood movies exaggerated the sounds rats make but wow they really are noisy when upset. I’ve still never seen one close up in real life and I hope to keep it that way 😂

I suggest you turn the hook so it enters the eye from the top instead of the bottom. Gravity tends to make the hook fall out of the eye. When the hook is over the eye, gravity will act on the hook to hold it in place.

3 comments: 1) I'm excited to see more rat traps. Especially ones that use other rodents to take advantage of their social nature. 2) That spring is way overpowered; be careful. 3) The locking mechanism on your wooden crate needs a small redesign. The center of gravity could potentially dislodge the lock on it's own (as I'm sure you noticed).

Hi from NZ :) Sean, we have a project here called Predator Free 2050. We are trying to remove all rats, stoats and possums (all introduced species decimating our native wildlife) by 2050. It's a very very ambitious goal. But one we're super excited about. DOC stands for Department of Conservation.

Those grabber extension devices us old fogies use for picking stuff up off the floor might be useful for grabbing and moving a wild rat.

There's nothing worse than getting ratted out by a rat

You are a lot braver than I am, I would be so scared to set that trap! So powerful. It's like an accident waiting to happen.

Seen some other vids on rat catching where they didn't hide the "action" (and somehow was allowed by youtube..). Some of those rats managed to escape, even when struck by the killbar in the worst imaginable ways. Some rats are unimaginably resilient, which probably explains why the unimaginably strong trap in this video needs to exist.

Pet rats get traunatized by seeing fellow rodents get crushed.

How you had to put that trap 🪤 in such a tight spot was nerve wracking!😮

The horror of this video is that this trap would work on humans too. Albeit a more sophisticated version of it. In the last Hunger Games book (and film) this is actually the same type of trap that kills Primrose.

Loving these longer videos. Being a fan of Shawn for so many years with straight-to-the-point videos just makes you appreciate these longer drawn-out ones!

It's not an "aggressive rat", the poor little bastard is scared shitless. Caught, trapped, confused, and getting taunted by a giant monster.

Great video, liking the details in the longer content. This reminded me of the Tom Scott video from a couple weeks ago where he went to New Zealand and interviewed somebody working to eradicate rats across the country. She used the exact same model trap as the one here.

I cheered when the rat swap went in. Good job. Keep up the great work.

That poor rat screaming is so sad, it is clearly stressed and scared. 😢😢

I would haute never of got rid of our mice without this channel

Honestly Shawn, please don't bugger about and try and be brave with live (wild) brown rats. A guy l know of was helping to shift a garden shed, they knew there could be rats underneath it because there were the tell tale holes. They moved the shed, big sticks at the ready and some ran out. This guy cornered a rat against a wall, it jumped up and literally "Went for the jugular", indeed it bit straight through it!. They tried their best to staunch the flow but despite their best efforts he was dead before they reached the hospital. Don't risk it mate, hell hath fury like a cornered rat!

Wow, that bait rat must have had quite the shock! 😂🐀 It's fascinating to see innovative methods like the Judas Rat Trap being used to control invasive rat populations. The unexpected twist definitely adds an element of surprise. Keep up the intriguing content, Mousetrap Monday! 🪤🐭👏

I'm sure this will upset the trembly milksops.

What happened to the Judas rat used as bait? PS I love these longer videos at the expense of getting only one a week. It reminds me of your channel a few years ago.

from what i understand, rats and mice have no love lost about seeing a dead brother . they will happily eat the left overs bait with there dead cousin right next to them . an other great show Shawn . yes . slow down and don’t get burned out 👍🏼

The pet rat got PTSD after this

Your gonna give that rat PTSD

Id like to see this "Judas" concept combined with a "walk the plank" style trap.

Love the longer content and schedule. Thanks for all the effort it takes to make these videos, it appreciated. Cant wait to see all these new traps and strategies you mention.

I have a wild Norway rat, like these wild ones. Had him since he was 2 weeks old, he was on deaths door, very lethargic. He is an absolute amazing pet. Very social and loving. I did have a pet rat as his brother (bought after I had him for a month) and he unfortunately passed away already though they were close in age. My wild one was vetted and both were neutered. Behavior is a bit different than the domestic one. Also oddly enough, he is cleaner, has designated areas for defecating, whereas the domestic one didn't. But still, knows who his 'mother' is and as I said loving. Did not watch the kill trap part obviously. Nope.

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Awesome trap idea, awesome name. Thanks Shawn for awesome traps once again ❤ been a fan for so long

I am glad to see you being so careful with that trap!

2:14 that sound 🤣 so decisive ❤

Rat wants to bite you? Well now hes gonna be forced to watch his friends get crushed right infront of him 😂

That rat in the end was so flat but I'm surprised such a strong trap didn't just... explode the rat instead.

A test I would like to see. When camping in the desert I saw a lot of people using lights under their RV to deter rodents. Solar lights that stay on all night, motion sensing lights and flashing LED string lights. I am wondering if any of them work.

Great content today!..I especially like to see the thought process that is used to go about figuring out how to design and hopefully trap these smarter rats.Thanks!

The best part is making the wild rat sit next to a dead one that was just trying to socialize with it for the whole night hahahah

That looks like a pretty effective trapping system! I hope you post an update to let us know how many nasty brown rats you get with it.

That rat was very aggressive. Very scary. Good work Shawn.

That rat trap looks like something you could only buy on the Dark Web.

Hey! He's wearing gloves! Finally!

That metal trap looks to have some serious snap factor! Watch your hands, that’s more than a break!

Got to be the most thoughtful insight of humans vs rats..

That awful little bugger got the message after witnessing that!

Heroic fight with this viscous rodent! Well done!

Awesome evolution of tactic! Shawn have you considered an Artificial Ground Layer trap to catch Rats over an extend period? A system of traps to exploit their burrowing?

I don't live where there's rats (as far as I know) but I thoroughly enjoy your videos. The only thing I'm apprehensive about for immediate-kill traps is if the species is native.

Such a fitting name for the trap. It's definitely one of the smarter traps I've seen

Holy hell! You could catch a small dog with that friggin' trap. They don't mess around in New Zealand!

Very well done. Excellent camera work as well. Thanks. 🤔

I think something like a Conibear 110 would work in that enclosure too. Not very expensive and easy to find. Thanks for your entertaining and informative video sharing! Keep it up..

I am sure that I am not the only one who got a little nervous, watching you set that trap!

I like how he names his rat Judas to betray the brown rat. Judas is another word for a traitor, turncoat, Quisling, etc. Especially if friendship is the tool to get you to let your guard down. lol

I'd worry about your pet rats getting parasites from the wild ones.

Shawn, were you worried about the live caught wild rat giving fleas to Judy?

Really glad the pet rat was switched out for the kill trap. That would be very traumatic for them to witness.

Turned that rat into a meat waffle. That coyote seemed to like it enough.

Happy rat catching, all the way from Tasmania!!!!!

I wonder about using a 'judas rat' with the Ulich Repeater...

2:14 THAT SOUNDED LIKE A MINECRAFT TNT EXPLOSION 😳

That "snap" trap is absolutely scary. I was cringing whilst you were trying to set it.

That's a cool way to catch these smart rats. Great video and content

Awesome thanks for the idea Shawn. I was just about to go get some traps and knowing that I will have better results with a Judas rat is both hilarious and helpful. If you happen to notice this comment, where would you recommend procuring such a live catch trap as you have shown here and what brand is it? Others are welcome to answer too, I would appreciate being able to pick up some traps in person here in the states (FL) or at least somewhere other than amazon. Thanks!

Pretty sure you've traumatized Judas...He's gunna have little rodent PSTD for the remainder of his rat years. Endless squeeky little therapy sessions where he learns to love himself again...He blames himself for the death of his friend who came to help him. The rat life chose HIM, ya know? Not an easy life.

I was so relieved Judy didn't have to watch the other rats get snapped. 😅