Flasher rig for mustelids

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#1

So I have a goodnature A24 and it had not had activity for a while. I checked the trap and a used silver lure casing fell near the trap from my pocket but i didn’t change the lure. 24 hours later trap counter was up by 5 and 2 days later 2 more.

As i walked to the trap the silver of the lure casing glistened in the moon and could be seen from some distance. So my questions…

Does creating a flasher type rig at ground level work to attract rats to an A24 1.5m up a stump?
Has anyone tried to have a glistening or flashing attractant?

#2

Interesting! I’d always heard that blazing with flour/icing sugar was a visual attractant but have mostly used this for possum traps.

Were all 7 of the strikes rats, or were some kills of other species? I’ve always heard rats are neophobic, one would expect them to be put off by a new shiny metal thing - unless they were able to get a nice pre-feed off the lure casing and then were emboldened to go into the trap?