The WCS Tube Trap

[@albertwiersch9852]

Good trap... looks like the newer ones added the safety.

[@albecky123]

Thank you for this video. No way would I have figured out exactly how to set the trap with just the written instructions!

[@davenport9807]

I bought two of these traps , one is the nicer one. I believe it's your brand. It appears they're just running through it and it's not going off. The plate is too hard to push down

[@andrewdennis5771]

this trap is an amazing squirrel trap, however in the uk this traps spring had to be strengthened in order for it to be legal here in the UK as the US version isnt sufficiently powerful enough to get a clean kill , all traps in the UK have to be put on the spring traps approval order in order to be legal , I would recommend you strengthen the spring as well other then that great trap

[@gordo3582]

When you say "spring had to be strengthened" what do you mean exactly, how do you strengthen it? Or are you saying the manufacturer put a different spring in there for the ones shipped to the UK?

[@WapTek123]

here is some info if you need it, & you can delete my comment after you get it TLDR = if you find a baby squirrel warm it up, so you can return it to its mom & or safely rehydrate it, so you can safely give it formula baby squirrels can't stay warm, drink, eat, or eliminate without help till 90 days old mom will not reject a baby for your scent BUT MOM WILL REJECT A COLD BABY, so bring it inside to warm it up to human body temperature & Reunite it with mom if you can, , look up "Reuniting tree squirrel babies with their mom" mary cc squirrels reunite if this fails seek out a wildlife rehabilitator for help & if all of that also fails use its weight in grams divided by 20 to set how many cc's to feed it every 2 hours & to prevent aspiration pneumonia feed it via 1 - 3 CC oral syringe feeder lying tummy down please , look up 2018/09/11 example video , "Thirsty baby squirrel!" Jasmin121176 , & rehydrate it for a day using Pedialyte , they NEED mom or formula to supply adequate nutrition till they reject it at 10 weeks old a FAST growing baby squirrel needs wildlife grade formulas used in a zoo like "fox valley day one " or DIY 24 hour perishable 3 parts goats milk, 1 part yogurt 1 part heavy whipping cream or a very few puppy formulas will work , (Goat's Milk Esbilac? ) but NOT just "Esbilac " a squirrels weight in grams is 20 times the safe stomach capacity in ml & cc's per feeding so find its weight in grams divide it by 20 , & thats the number of ML/CC's to feed each meal this "5 percent rule" stomach capacity to weight ratio quantity as each meal only works if you use a metric gram scale at 6 weeks of age let it practice gnawing solids like; fruits, monkey chow, & dry Puppy science diet. at 8 week of age test if a baby squirrel can drink water from a shallow container AND crack a nut look up 1X1X2 foot nesting box & 4X4X7 foot pre-release cage so you can slowly free it, because after 6 months of age squirrels become unpleasantly wild There is some good information on the Internet, but other sites give advice that will kill the animals & some do this on purpose Cow’s milk, goat’s milk, human baby formulas, & "most" other pet products lack nutritional value, are less digestible & boiling or scalding them wont fix it over the long term of 2 months these eventually WILL cause failure to thrive, MDB , & death due to malnutrition squirrels don't get & or survive rabies long enough to give it & head trauma mimics rabies baby squirrels can be fearless & very sociable, so, its only an orphan if it pursues or climbs you, or a pet BUT stop ANY pets from touching it since digestive & oral bacteria can kill it see also "Helping pet squirrels become wild again" mary cc squirrels tametowild, "squirreltales dot org" , hsvma org assets pdfs hsvma_wildlife_care_handbook pdf squirrel-rehab org rehabinfo infantfeeding html "squirrelrefuge dot org" , "thesquirrelboard dot com", justpaste . it / 36jzb

[@Josef_R]

@WapTek123 That's some really bad information for killing squirrels, not effective at all.

[@bobbyb7127]

Do birds like to go in there? I'm trying to find a bird proof trap. So disheartening to catch birds.

[@Josef_R]

You couldn't shove a stuffed animal in there so we could see it in action?