Most of the our RatBusters have not been using the app so far, but report (via excell sheet) on the number of bait blocks placed and retrieved. Now it appears that you can only set up bait station in the app with bait added/retrieved in gramms.
It would be great if you could set up the app to have that count in blocks, meaning entering the weigh of a block somewhere which then would automatically calculate the total weight. Should be easy enough to program and would avoid to have our sometime elderly volunteers needing to calculate say 7 x 28g = ???
(not speaking about our younger ones who would need a calculatorâŚ). Even by making it easier to round up to say 7 x 30g would pose a challenge to some and result in inexact figures
The Whangamata Backyard program has over 80 bait stations and is increasing all the time. We only use bait blocks and we would like to be able to add blocks of bait and have totals shown in number of blocks not in grams. This would be simple for our trappers to manage - calculating 28g blocks is not straightforward and just wonât be used.
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Kia ora Lyn and Lenore,
Yes, I too would like a block option on Trap NZ. Why? Because most councils allowing/ supporting volunteer groups such as ours. WHC WhangamatÄ Harbour Care to operate enclosed bait stations on parks and reserves require
us to use diphacinone or D-Block. An enclosed bait station needs to contain the poison/ block. So it cannot be removed by rats/ mice.
I have always monitored how many blocks are used in trap- bait lines so I can estimate a budget needed for the next year and the ebbs and flows of seasonal rat and mice populations.
Please add a block option to Trap NZ.
Sincerely Roselle Gould
Pest Control WHC Committee