In Reply to: Try a battery operated trap posted by Rickitty on Friday, 14. May 2010 at 16:53 Bali Time:
At least, they work for mice - I can't say for sure if they work for rats. My place backs onto a reserve and a couple of years ago there were plagues of mice in the area. I bought one of the battery "shock" traps online - cost around US$50/60 from memory. They even supplied a little ziplock baggie of dog biscuits to use as bait. Worked a treat. When the mouse gets his electric shock, it trips the power so it doesn't fry and smell gross or anything nasty like that.