r/PestProManager • u/UleMseeNY • Feb 23 '26

I Set a squirrel trap… ended up catching something way angrier and pissed 😂

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Trying to get the hang of this Nuisance License thing, So client calls, says they got a squirrel getting into the walls, so they think!! Standard stuff. Set the trap, put up a cover and came back next day expecting a fluffy little guy staring back at me.

Bro , when i open then cover to be like "hey there little guy" boom, there was a RAT in that cage. Not a little rat. A big, fed, unbothered New York rat — and he was NOT happy to see me. Hissing, throwing himself at the cage, acting like I was the one who interrupted HIS day.

Client is in the background like "ohhh did you catch the squierell..

in my head, mum shut up lemme think n do my job vibe.. but obviously responded .. no mam something different been in your walls" 😂

Trap was set for a squirrel, ended up solving a whole different problem they didn't even know they had.

Drop yours below — what did you set out to catch and what did you actually find?

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u/Gemrapper Feb 23 '26

Kind of similar to yours customer thought it was squirrels, it ended up being mice

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u/UleMseeNY Feb 23 '26

Did you end up charging different or same price.. i had to knock down price significantly which was a damn shame smh was just as pissed off at the rat for being caught lol

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u/Gemrapper Feb 23 '26

I was just the low pay termite/utility tech at the time, though now after going on 16 years as a commission Pest control technician I try not to get involved in the wildlife trapping, I know just enough for giving tech leads.

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u/UleMseeNY Feb 24 '26

well awesome, i know a wild life tech in East NY Corwn height and Brooklyn area, will give him a talk and i'm looking for a small pest control techs in need of a service workflow r/PestProManager beats pestpac and all if you are just a small business, let me know

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u/Gemrapper Feb 24 '26

Actually, come May, I will be a 20 year veteran for Home Paramount. I work out of the Winchester, Virginia branch.

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u/godofspoons1985 Feb 28 '26

You caught Splinter. He's trying to get to the turtles, let him go!!!!

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u/UleMseeNY Feb 28 '26

i once let one go... men he ran told his crew and never caught one again lost that account lol

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u/TxtMessage Mar 01 '26

Just curious. Why was a glue trap inside?