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Overhead traps are particularly useful for roof rats. Purchase traps with an expanded treadle and fasten them to beams or studs with screws or wires so that the treadle is directly in the pathway of the rat.

From Bjornson, B. F., and C. V. Wright. 1960 (revised). Control of Domestic Rats and Mice. Center for Disease Control, USDHEW, Public Health Service Pub. 563.

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