best bait and trap for mongoose.

[jade]

So sorry to hear about that[V] I had the same problem with my chickens. You can get a trap from Dels. Small animal trap will work. I had a mongoose kill two of my chicks and steel eggs. I only saw one mongoose. I borrowed a trap from a friend and put an egg in it. We caught ten mongoose in one day. One even saw his buddy trapped came back and tried to get the egg. We even were able to re-use the egg several times. I heard of people putting in meat but I had an abundance of eggs. After we caught them we put the cage in a tub filled with water. I hated to kill them but they have no predators here and multiply like crazy. I haven't had any mongoose problems since. We have a dog now that likes to chase them. So that helps keep them away too. They should be okay when they are too big for the mongoose to try and eat them. three months old or about the size of a football.
Jade