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Hi Alexander,
There are a number of legal matters when dealing with possums. I can only speak for what the rules are in Qld.
I used to evict possums from houses and other properties. I'd find them making homes in roof cavities, between floors etc.
Trapping possums is not legal. However I had special permission from Parks and Wildlife. It is also not legal to relocate possums. Many people do regardless.
You will find that it is only a few possums that are doing you disharmony.
Maybe only one. It would be so easy to trap it and relocate it,but that is not legal.
If you requested permission from the authorities to relocate. They will turn you down. Advising you to mesh your garden.
Several places hired out cage traps for possums. This was not legal. So they changed the name to cage traps for cats and customers used them to relocate possums.
The reason for the law is that possums are territorial and will die prematurely when relocated. Although I had evidence to contradict this. There were some very rare and special reasons that I had to relocate possums, I found they lived quite long in their new environment. I knew exactly where they were sleeping during the day and each had its own unique distinguising marks. Like a small piece of ear missing, scars etc.
The only legal way is to place strong wire mesh over the garden. Poisoning can get you huge fines. I know of a few customers who inadvertantly put rat poison in their ceiling void to get rid of rats. They also had the resident possum in there. The rats left and died. The possum died in the void. Very bad smell.
There's also been a number of products that people have tried to repell possums. forget them. Too much effort and short term.
Hope that helps.
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