Hi,
(I posted this elsewhere on the forum and have now deleted the original post.)
Where I work (Hawaiʻi) we use AT220 traps and and regularly receive “possum” hits in our trap reports. We donʻt have any possums in Hawaiʻi, so it would be useful to know how the trap “decides” what constitutes a possum strike versus a normal strike. This information would be great for helping to understand the differences in what we are catching in the different areas we manage
Apologies if this information is posted elsewhere (or obvious) but couldnʻt find anything in a scroll of related topics in the forum
Cheers,
Alan
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Alan. The boys at NZ Autotraps could give you a much more technical explanation than me. It’s a feature that is really for the NZ market. A possum will shake the trap more than a rat and built into the trap is a sensor that picks this up. It can be calibrated so possibly could be turned off. I do a bit of lure development work for the boys at NZ Autotraps. It’s was a hobby that has grown into a bit of a venture. Are the mongooses showing any lure preferences? We have developed 5 variants and currently manufacture 2 in commercial quantities and the others in trial batches. Not sure which ones you have been sampled. Cheers John