Well it was just about am month since putting the last rat to sleep.  This ground floor older home is vulnerable, but I just can’t bring myself to put out poison.  I caught a big guy about 3  days ago and killed him the same way, dropping the live trap into a bucket of water.  It was a very heavy animal, and I’m sure that if I let him go free that he would have beat up on the neighborhood cats. After killing my first rat a month ago, the second one was much easier. This rat was caught on a potato.  I am baiting the trap with French bread and peanut butter. Both potatoes and peanut butter are proven rat baits.

Note: Complaints about my rat picture led to it’s deletion. I have inserted a more popular rodent: