The Ratcatcher

The Ratcatcher is a fictional character is DC’s Batman comics. Originally named Otis Flannegan, he was once an exterminator, until he went crazy and developed the ability to talk to rats. Once a catchmaster, when free he runs through the sewers of Gotham City, herding his “ratties” and using them to wreak havoc upon an innocent population.

The Ratcatcher’s ability to herd rats and relay messages through Blackgate prison’s ventilation ducts makes him one of Batman’s enemies who can still cause destruction and problems from behind prison walls.

Although he used to be a catchmaster, the Ratcatcher is a character who values rodent life more than human life and he carries a cyanide gun when he sees his pets struggle. Not too difficult to see just how crazy this character is, eh?

Don’t go crazy like the Ratcatcher. Rodents, as carriers of disease, can easily infect a human with a bite, that’s part of why Batman has to keep the Ratcatcher behind bars. Use sticky mouse traps or humane mouse traps to rid your home of pesky rodents and the potential for disease. Not only will you feel a lot safer, but your home will be less susceptible to infestations in the future. Read More!

If You Have Kids, Get Humane Mouse Traps

I live in a 100 year old house in Florida, with a dozen orange trees in the backyard. Now to the unsuspecting person, that sounds lovely, but if you’ve lived near fruit trees, it sounds like a recipe for a rodent problem.
Since the house is so old, there are tons if nooks and crannies bugs and rodents can get into to invade your house and cause tons of health problems. I have young kids and a wife who is deathly afraid of bugs, so I knew that if one of them saw a mouse or rat scurry across the floor, it would be chaos.

So, like anyone would do at first, I set up some old fashioned mouse traps and mouse glue traps around the outside of the house. The first day my son got his finger caught in a trap when playing outside. Not wanting to risk anymore injuries, I decided to stick with the glue traps. Well when my kids we’re out playing again, they discovered the rat caught in the trap, slowly dying, and of course were traumatized. 

That’s when I decided that I would invest in a couple of humane mouse traps and set them up in the house. The kids are safe and happy that they’re dad isn’t a mouse-murderer, and my wife is happy that little fingers are protected from getting hurt in the traps. Read More!

Don't Be Fawlty: Use Catchmaster traps

We all know that Fawlty Towers episode, “Basil the Rat,” where Manuel’s pet rat (which he thinks is a Siberian hamster) is on the loose in the hotel at the same time Mr. Carnegie, a health and safety inspector, is doing his rounds.

The techniques used to try to eradicate the rat created plenty of panic and stress at Fawlty Towers. Basil Fawlty coated a veal cutlet in rat poison and left it as bait on the kitchen floor – and came close to poisoning the health inspector, who ordered veal for lunch, and the hotel's cat. The Major also tried to help by hunting the rat with his shotgun.

This entertaining episode shows that rats are not good for business, and neither is rat poison. Rat poison will certainly stop a rat dead in its tracks, but, being highly toxic to humans and pets, can be risky to use.

To catch rats and mice without hurting them, using a method that does not present a toxic hazard in your home or business, consider sticky mouse traps, which allow you to release the rodents into the wild.

Because no one should have to experience the trials and tribulations of Basil Fawlty, choose Catchmaster traps at the first sign of rats! Read More!

Why Mice are Unhealthy in Your Home

To some people, mice are cute. They are often seen in homes as beloved pets and are romanticized in children’s books, movies, and cartoons as being small and but mighty creatures that we should make friends with, not pests we corner in Catchmaster traps. But despite their tiny, unsuspecting bodies, wild mice can often carry harmful diseases.

Here are some of the illnesses someone with a rodent infestation in their home can contract from mice:

Salmonellosis - bacterial food poisoning, infection with or disease caused by bacteria of the genus Salmonella typically marked by gastroenteritis but often complicated by septicemia, meningitis, endocarditis, and various focal lesions (as in the kidneys) when food is contaminated with infected rodent feces.

Rickettsialpox - a disease characterized by fever, chills, headache, backache, and a spotty rash, caused by a bacterium of the genus Rickettsia transmitted to humans by the bite of a mite of the genus Allodermanyssus living on rodents such as the house mouse.

Leptospirosis - Any of a group of infectious diseases that are caused by spirochetes of the genus Leptospira, are characterized by jaundice and fever, and are transmitted to humans by contact with the urine of infected animals.

If those diseases aren’t enough to make you want to invest in humane mouse traps, then you may want to do some research on European history circa 1349… Read More!

Catchmaster Traps: Safe Alternatives to Deadly Pesticides

I have one fear in life and laugh if you must, but its roaches.
I grew up in Florida where roaches or “Palmetto Bugs” as Floridian’s quaintly call them, are as ubiquitous as the sunburned retirees.

After a traumatic roach encounter one morning while innocently getting some cereal before school, I starting going to bed zipped up in a sleeping bag so nothing could crawl on me during my slumber. I even kept a precautionary can of Raid next to the bed at night, just in case one of them infiltrated my fort.

Yes, I was ten and a little paranoid, but hey, it’s been said that roaches can withstand nuclear fallout so I needed all the defenses I could round up.

Over the years, many studies have shown that household pesticides like Raid and other products can be extremely hazardous to your health, especially for children.
If you want a healthier alternative to these potentially deadly chemicals, Catchmaster has everything you need.

If roaches are your problem, check out the 150 RI, a roach monitor that uses a molasses and peanut butter to bait them and Hercules putty to trap them. If your problem is more along the rodent lines, Catchmaster has the best mouse traps.

They range from mouse glue traps, sticky mouse traps, and even humane mouse traps for the more environmentally sensitive individual.

Good luck with you insect ordeal, and remember to check out catchmaster.com! Read More!