An animal trap has a rectangular housing with one or more access openings in the side. The preferred trap has two access openings in adjacent sides, at diametrically-opposed corners. A tunnel leads from each access opening into the container. Within the tunnel is a gravity door, pivoted at the top and sloping inwardly so that an animal may push the door open to enter the container but cannot open the door to the outside. The door is perforated and carries a lure housing on its inside surface. An odoriferous lure is carried in the lure housing to attract animals into the access opening an through the tunnel. For use in very cold weather, a heating wire, preferably battery powered, may be used to warm the lure.
A mice-catching cage including a plurality of compartments, which are disposed at various levels and are provided with a one-way guide path which is in turn provided with an entrance pathway. The entrance pathway is provided in the bottom with a support plate on which an inclined door plate is supported. The inclined door plate is provided in an underside with a weight attached thereto for tilting the inclined door plate. The entrance pathway is provided in the top wall with a stop plate for forming a one-way path along with the inclined door plate upon entrapment of a mouse.
