The Timms traps has been available for at least 30 years as a possum kill trap and has become a household name in New Zealand.
The Timms traps has been available for at least 30 years as a possum kill trap and has become a household name in New Zealand.
The trap is a yellow plastic box with a hole in the front that the possum puts its head into to access the bait. Inside the box is a spring loaded bar that strikes the possum under the chin when it sets off the trap. This cuts off the possums wind-pipe so that the possum becomes unconcious and then dies from lack of oxygen.
Setting the trap is easily achieved by pulling a string located at the back of the trap. The trap can be baited with a slice of apple or our Pestoff Possum Bait
FEATURES
• Suitable for orchard and lifestyle blocks
• Robust, simple and highly visible yellow plastic design
• Easily set by simply pulling cord at rear of trap
• Bait with a slice of apple
• Can be placed on ground, trees, roofs or almost anywhere (but be careful with domestic pets!)
SPECIFICATIONS
Size: W 16cm x D 18cm x H 26cm
Weight: 1kg
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These Timms Possum Kill traps are the business. Easy to bait and lethal.
Great trap have caught 11 possums so far very effective highly recommend
Excellent product, six possums over 10 nights. Easy to use.
Bait with apples, cinnamon and the possums can't resist
Kills possums (and a hedgehog) swiftly without poison. Easy to use.
My first Timms trap bought 4 years ago worked perfectly until it disappeared - likely tumbled down the hill with the trapped possum into the river. So I bought another pair and have added a modification - a chain carabinered to the bottom bar and secured with a sturdy peg. Other tip is a flour/icing sugar/cinnamon blaze leading from a possum-scored tree to the apple-baited trap. Consistent and humane kills. Predator-free 2050 might be aspirational, but I'm giving it a shot.
Very easy to use, and seems to be quite effective too. Baited it with an apple per the instructions, set it down near the veggie patch, and shortly after woke up to a possum stuck in the trap. Reset it about a week later and caught another one almost immediately. Really seems to do the trick. We've mounted it up high as well so our pets don't get stuck in there by accident.
These are good traps. I've caught many possums over the years. I am widning my kill area with a couple more.
I was so sick of possum leaving presents on my deck I bought one of these Timms traps. Awesome, got 3 last week. So easy to use. Best money I've spent for a while .
I had tried a different type of trap with not a lot of success. Wish I had gone for the Timms trap first. After seeing another setup and a couple of trial runs with it straight on the ground, I decided to mount the trap to a board. After the first couple of possums managed to get it off the board, I now have a thumb type screw on one side to secure it. I wet the inside of the trap and bait it with a slice of apple and sprinkle cinnamon over the apple and inside. Also tie the slice of apple into place with a twist tie.