Hi Georgia, There was a talk on this subject at the AIC meeting this past May because AMNH has been trialing several of the available rodent monitoring products. The abstract and authors are listed here <https://aics47thannualmeeting2019.sched.com/event/Iugq/collection-care-remote-sensor-technology-for-rodent-surveillance-in-museums-insights-from-recent-trials-at-the-amnh>; I'm sure one of them could give you the nuts and bolts of what worked best for them.
Best wishes, *Marina Gibbons* Assistant Conservator Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 900 Exposition Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90007 (213) 763-3385 On Wed, Dec 4, 2019 at 11:12 AM Georgia Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Roberta, that’s helpful. > > I’ll be sure to report back how we get on with them. I’m hoping the WIFI > function will be a success as it would be a great time saver not having to > check the traps so frequently or paying a contractor to do it! > > Georgia > > > > *From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> *On Behalf > Of *Sharon Penton > *Sent:* Thursday, 5 December 2019 06:29 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [pestlist] RE: Electronic rodent traps > > > > I've never used these traps but I'm very interested to hear what others > make of them! > > Sharon > > > > On Mon, Dec 2, 2019 at 4:11 PM Roberta Sealy <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Georgia, > > > > We use the Victor Smart-Kill electronic traps without the Wi-Fi capability > in some of the buildings in our historic village and in the loading dock > area of our main museum. We have had success with these traps in these > buildings. We bait with peanut butter. They are an integral part of our > pest management program in the historic village where we can’t ever exclude > rodents from the building 100% of the time due to the nature of the > buildings and their use. I hope this is helpful. > > > > Roberta > > > > > > *Roberta Sealy* > > Conservator > > > > Region of Waterloo Museums > > [email protected] > > 10 Huron Road, Kitchener, ON, N2P 2R7 > > Phone: (519)748-1914 x3267 > > > > Region of Waterloo Museums > <https://www.regionofwaterloo.ca/en/exploring-the-region/museums.aspx> > > Ken Seiling Waterloo Region Museum > > Doon Heritage Village > > Schneider Haus National Historic Site > > McDougall Cottage Historic Site > > > > Confidentiality Notice: This email correspondence (including any > attachments) may contain information that is confidential and/or exempt > from disclosure under applicable law, and is intended only for the use of > the designated recipient(s) listed above. 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