Wow there is a lot to get through here, I would never recommend using a spring trap where hedgehogs or other animals have access to it. How bad would you feel if you killed a bird or broke a hedgehogs nose.
If the rat ate the bait but didn’t get caught are you using a proper rat trap or mouse trap?
I am a pest controller myself and use an air rifle to shoot rats where they are troublesome but before you even start to think about shooting an animal you have to practice to guarantee you are accurate. The definition of accurate is being able to consistently hit a drawing pin at 20 yards.
Even a rat deserves the respect of being killed instantly and that requires a shot to the brain which is between the eye and the base of the ear.
I’m afraid just shooting at a rat without being accurate is inhumane.
Please practice plenty or you will cause agony and not death to this rat.
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