Rat Advice from B1-67er

I told my brother about my rat "situation." He's a hardcore cultivator of bonsai trees and imparted the following story to me:

My bonsai trees were being completely defoliated at an alarming rate, so I set out glue traps, not being sure what I would get.

Next morning, I go out and I've got one of my culprits: a wood rat. 'No problem,' I think, and set up a barrier of glue traps around my trees.

The next morning I go out and they've actually moved the glue traps to make a path, and have defoliated one of my trees.

I decide to up the stakes and go out and buy a snap trap.

The next morning I go out and sure enough, I've caught a wood rat. 'Great,' I think, and I set up a barrier of snap traps around my trees.

The next morning I go out and see that one of my trees has been defoliated. I look down, and there is a sprung snap trap, with all the bait eaten ... and in the trap itself? A branch gnawed off of the tree they defoliated.

This is very important: When you think of battling a rat, don't think 'rodent,' think 'monkey.'