I can't stand them anymore.. they scare the daylights out of me at night making screaming noises. i had 2 right infront of my scope along the fence the other night also and always frequently see about 4 of them climbing my neighbours tree.
They use my fence to climb up that tree. now i was thinking, if i put up barb wires on each side of the fence, will this stop them? or they are smart enough to climb around it? Any other suggestions?
Here you go, mate. http://www.traps.com.au/wireworks.htm
Borrowed my next-door-neighbour's
I had the "darling" things ripping into my mango tree and 3 banana plants. Bait with apple, banana, or rockmelon. After animal is caught, transport a few kilometres and release the animal.
Our neighbours had them inside their roof and use to be woken each night at the possums head off for the nightly partying! They have since had some removed (Peter the Possum Man I think) and the holes covered over. They say that if you remove a possum, another one will shortly move in. One way is to remove the house, the same neighbour is actually having a tree taken out and another is getting a severe crew cut (of course I don't have a problem with the sky it will reveal).
Must admit, they do scare the hell out of you late at night. If you were in Africa you would be fearing for your life if you heard the same noises!
You think possums are bad at scaring the living daylights out of you. Try bending over setting up the camera in the scope, in summer, (this was last year as I haven't seen the sky at night this summer ) wearing nothing but the good ol' Aussie blue singlet and stubbies and having a large wet green tree frog land right in the middle of your sholders just below the neck. AAAhhhhhhh!!!! What a performance.
As for getting rid of possums, forget it. Ask the Kiwis, they have been trying to get rid of the damn things for years and haven't succeeded yet.
I use a home made trap, but you can buy them at some hardware stores. I trap them and relocate them a couple of km's away.
Apparently you're not supposed to move them, just trap them, patch up their entry to your roof, then let them go. That doesn't stop all the faeces and noise though, that's why I relocate them. The next step would be Ratsak, which a few people I know use.
We have a next door neighbour who feeds them, so they sit on the fence a poo on our deck. Oh, and when you catch them, be prepared for the smell, as they have very poor personal hygeine.
Mothballs can be good for keeping them out your roof, also always have some ratbait in your roof cavity as one rat is easier to get rid of than 100. I just use the throw sacks, seem to work.
Try calling WIRES. They will supply traps so you can relocate the possums.
In NSW, you're not supposed to remove them more than 100 metres from where you trap them. This is rubbish as the possums will most likely beat you home.
We've been in the same house for coming on 19 years. First ten years - what possums? Last nine years - they are everywhere. Big males making that horrible noise on the fence outside our bedroom window followed by the rush along the fence and up into the trees as they have a go at each other.
We renovated and had to leave entries to the roof cavity for some days. One moved in so fast! Finally trapped and relocated him a long way away - contrary to all Victoria law I would expect. Got the cavity all sealed up again so none in the roof since. But I have certainly had them doing the fence and tree runs while I've been observing from the back yard - but they have kept quiet, thank goodness.
Out on site, I prefer to locate myself well away from trees etc.
Yep, I had them at our last house. They scare the pants off you when they sneak up behind you and screech.
I've a very delicate disposition ( as those who know me will know ) and I'm sure I lost at least 10yrs off my life from the trauma caused by possums scaring the wits out of me.
LOL @ Paul, I had big green frogs living in and around my OTA as well. I love frogs, but not when they land all damp and moist on your back, face, arms, legs. It make me go all ughh inside. The frog poo on the mirror is not good either.
Mine have returned after there numbers were severely depleted as by kill using 1080 bunny bait last year. The new ones don't seem to come into the house yard however.
LOL paul, i use to play with frogs when i was young. my friend had a pool full of them.
Thanks for your replies. I have read about trapping them on another site then letting them go but new ones will reappear. Also, afraid they might bite as i recalled one of my friends tried catching it as it was inside the house. it bit his leg.
Another way i saw was to use a green bin, open the lid, then put apples inside. Next morning you'll find a few possums inside. They can't crawl their way up.
what i want is somehow scare them so then they can relocate. ive tried screaming at them, banging on the fence when they climb on it, they just look at me funny.
I've only found them to be a problem when they get aggressive. In my last house there was one who used to corner me on the balcony when I was brining my scope in. He was trying to get into the house.
When people feed them their numbers increase and some become aggressive
Where I am now (about 200m from the previous house) there are still lots of possums but they aren't aggressive and keep their distance from me
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) wearing nothing but the good ol' Aussie blue singlet and stubbies and having a large wet green tree frog land right in the middle of your sholders just below the neck. AAAhhhhhhh!!!! What a performance. 
) and I'm sure I lost at least 10yrs off my life from the trauma caused by 
