I live in a suburban area in a nordic country. We have wildlife visiting our garden and I have two hedgehogs that started visiting this spring and I adore them so much! To my dismay we have found we also have rats now, probably since last summer.
We support feed the hedgehogs with cat food (small amounts) so the hedgies are used to wander in the garden in and out whole night. They are not good at standing on their back legs but they def can stick their snouts in things and are curious and have very good smell.
So I need the trap to be the safest possible. I will need to mount it on a tree trunk, or thats the plan. I was set on buying Goodnature one as it also has a tunnel attachment. Now I see there is this Thanos, its fully electrical which is a plus. Having to buy co2 canisters for the Goodnature one seems not that economical to me.
However I can’t find discussions on forums like reddit about thanos so I wanted to ask here, which of the two is the best product for my needs?
Also does Thanos have a tunnel system thing not allowing hedgies to stick their paws/noses in the trap? Or maybe putting the trap 20 cm above ground is enough? I would still be worried though so 20 cm above ground plus a tunnel/cover?
Edit: And it has to be squirrel safe! I don’t want to kill poor squirrels! Is thanos squirrel safe?!