I plan to buy a Cuddeback trail cam and would like to know: (1)Will the camera sense and photograph small animalsdown to the size of weasels, chipmunks, mice, doves, etc.? (2) Do new model Cuddebacks have a problem retaining battery contact? (3) Are the additional features of the Cuddeback 'Expert' worth the $100 additional price above the 'Excite'?
Thanks - I appreciate your help and advice.

this is from a moultrie not a cuddeback but the cuddebacks are supposed to be better cameras so i think it would work find,you would just need it low enough/at the right angle.

I cannot say that the newer ones are worth the money.

The 3.0 megapixel - set on "High sensitivity" will capture a rabbit easy enough:



The older version (1.3 megapixel)will capture small animals too - but the resolution is not as good - and often they are moving and blurry. Turkeys are no problem though



I've taken plenty of pictures of raccon, couple opossum, squirrels and crows with both cameras.

FH

I am just learning the ropes with my new Cuddeback Expert.....mounted it out in the back yard and got several good pics of our little Chihuahua at 45-50 ft. He isn't much bigger than a squirrel (kinda squirrely come to think of it). I have the unit mounted 3 feet up a tree trunk and it's not taking close-in pictures of the dog. I guess ifI lowered it some or tilted it down instead of horizontal it would get him close up. I had one picture with no animal in it....will a bird such as a dove set them off?

Squirrels will set both my Regular Cuddebacks off - I've had Crows do it too - but nothing smaller that I can think of.

FH

I've captured TONS of gray and fox squirrels on my Moultrie 2.1. But here's one of a blue jay that I caught. I had it set to take 3 pix per series, and there's nothing else on any of the other ones, so I'm pretty sure the blue jay triggered it. He's on the ground, just to the right of the largest tree.

i don't see him

the bluejay is wearing camo

Yeah, he's kinda hard to see in the compressed version. He's straight up from the zero at the far right. He's slightly farther away than the tree at gound level. If you don't know what you're looking for in this version, it just looks like a stick. He's facing left. If you still can't see him, I can upload another version that's blown up and circled.

I see him!