Flimsy tin... especially on the inside. Something crawled inside and destroyed the inner works the first week I had the trap set in our yard.

Very little room for bait, or fingers. I cut off about one inch of a cuetip flatten it and punch a hole so it will slide onto the bait holder, using forceps . I also had to bend the bait holder up a bit so the bait would stay on. otherwise the trap works fine.

The media could not be loaded. I caught 3 chipmunks in 48 hours and that says something: the second one, probably a young female, as it was not as 'jumpy' as the first caught one, came out of the bushes as I was setting the cage putting some peanuts in it and jumped into the cage - I burst into laughter, as it was so hilarious as if saying 'please catch me, I want to be your pet'!!!!

Mind you, all the birds and animals are having a blast in our garden as we feed the 'day shift' of cardinals, robins, golden finches, black birds, doves, squirrels etc and the 'night shift' of racoons and oppossums by placing their nuts/seeds in trays attached to 2 long shepherds' hooks purchased here and their water in gorgeous stone water fountains we purchased for them since we moved here one year ago - with the 'summer' ants now active is more difficult to feed the night shift (a bit hilarious how racoons kick their feet when night ants have a go at them).

The trap is easy to set, with a string of elements you use your logic (or instructions in the pack) to put together, however pay attention to the Trap door element (or that metal string in the shape of V) as the initial trap I purchased here was either missing or the wildlife stole it - yes, they steal stuff as they drag it across the garden to either play with it or probably to use it in their nests: it always make me burst into laughter!!!

I kind of felt sorry for the young chipmunk as it was so relaxed in my presence and was looking at me eating the remaining nut while we were transporting her to release several miles away from us: they do dig near the house maybe affecting the foundation and many times I imagine chipmunks and mice we also catch (with the glue traps inside the house also purchased here) saying: 'what is wrong with us, you feed everybody but not us'. After all, I like all the wildlife but due to the destruction they create we cannot keep them and since they cannot jump as they used to in the trees we used to put the feeders (only squirrels can climb the tall shepherds' hooks) I guess they are hungrier nowadays.

Update: I placed the trap again outside and some 30min later a chipmunk again 'jumped in' as if saying 'can you relocate me please like my mates?' I guess got tired of waiting for some 2 hours until my other half was able to drive to some location and as another chipmunk was 'laughing' at the one in the cage, he decided to push the door and get out. Another lesson I guess: chipmunks can push the door of the cage to get out if they want - make sure you secure that door with a stone if you can only release the chipmunk in a few hours.

The other day even a squirrel jumped in - destroyed the cage a bit as it is too tight for a squirrel: stupid mug, had to be greedy and eat the nuts in the trap too, besides the ones we put in their feeders. We also caught a cute doormouse and a small bird, we released straight away. By now, a few weeks later, we caught 17 chipmunks, now catching mainly teenagers left 'splashing' in their dens. I laugh at my other half, calling him 'personal chipmunk driver'.

Update: 10 weeks later and we caught around 30 chipmunks, now I am a specialist in chipmunk personalities - I kind of miss their cute, audacious faces always up to stealing and annoying squirrels and birds alike. If any of them will re-appear, I guess the trap will have to be used once again though.

I caught a really cute rat on the first night.
Because he was living under the deck and eating bird food for a while he was friendly....not spastic when trapped. I had been afraid of that. I was able to transport him in the cage to his relocation area.
I reset it and a couple days later caught a little opossum....super cute and kept pretending he was asleep? I ended up releasing him in the back yard he didn't want to get out(had to shake him out)....looked like baby's 1st venture out. Traps were placed on unsteady leafy ground and worked perfectly.

Easy to bait and set trap. Easy to set free if that's your goal. My only complaint is it's a little larger than necessary for rats (or chipmunks which I needed it for) and have caught squirrels which destroyed the first trap I purchased. I'm on my 2nd now and just watch it more often but have caught 6 chipmunks, a couple squirrels and a couple sparrows and it's holding up well.