Havahart® Feral Cat Trap Rescue Kit

After 2 1/2 years of TNR, I was down to 3 females at one colony, and 2 at the other. All 5 were true feral and extremely trap smart. They were very small girls, and were too light to trigger my traps. In desperation I purchased 2 of these traps, although they were much more expensive than the old ones. In 3 days I had all 5, plus an injured abandoned male. Someone recently borrowed one of my traps and caught a kitten that didn't even weigh 2 pounds! These are excellent, and the feeding door is pretty handy when you have to house a cat that is not at all domesticated.

I have trapped over 38 feral cats with the magnetic handle trap from Havahart. Been successful each time. My experience is positive and I don't have time and effort to waste so this trap is reliable.

I bought this trap as to help our feral rescue group, which we must run on a shoestring. Having trapped feral and abandoned cats and kittens for 15 years, my partners and I found this trap to be poorly designed to the point that it is not functional due to poor reliability. [Disclosure: several of us are engineers, and the trap is set up properly, per instructions.] The trip plate often slips after being set (so that it doesn't trip), and we found it takes a much stronger force than the weight of a stray cat to trip the plate when it is properly set. We wasted many precious hours and lost at least one pregnant queen due to the poor design and construction of this trap. It must be noted that the cut metal ends of the frame are sharp and catch on material as well. The trap end is also not square - meaning that the angles are not right angles, and the end flap does not fit well. We have had to purchase a replacement trap from a different vendor - with funds that could have gone towards TNR. Extremely disappointing.

I purchased this through Amazon. It was much more cheaply made than the Havahart traps I purchased in the past. I correctly assembled it with all reinforcing rods in place. A feral cat forced his way through the back panel and floor of the trap today. This cat needed medical attention because of wounds it had sustained, and this trap may have cost him his life. NOT HAPPY and will never buy another Havahart.

I bought this trap for feral cats. Out of the box the door release did not line up correctly into the metal slot. After speaking with customer service I decided to bend it into place like you used to do with the old mouse traps. Problem 1 solved. I trapped the feral cat that was causing problems and then my problems began. The trap needs to be secured with snap ties before you ever move the trap. With the first motion the cat's head came out under the trap door by pressuring the light gauge screen construction of the cage. Pushing the cats head back in left fur torn out and I feared for the safety of the cat. I quickly put in the cage separation bars, only to have the cat become stuck between the top of the bars and the cage as the screen construction on the cage also bent easily enough for the cat to press above the divider. I quickly grabbed a hand full of snap ties and snap tied the cage to the door, then the top of the cage to the divider and basically reinforced the cage at both ends for fear of losing or hurting the animal. While the trap does easily catch the animal it could really use some stronger screen material for the outside box of the cage. Prior to using it and especially moving it I would certainly advise securing any inside parts you can to strengthen the screen body of the trap.

The trap came in a timely manner. The wire used in the trap is not the quality of my other traps. I found the feral cat rescue trap hard to assemble. Did not understand 2 of the instructions for the access door to open it to put in food and water in. Did not understand why you would put the trap on metal door end upright with animal in the trap. I bought the trap for the divider to keep animal secure when releasing animal. Divider is not easy to insert when you need to do it in a hurry with animal in trap.