arghh.. how to get rid of possums??

[RB (Andrew)]

arghh.. how to get rid of possums??

Dress up as Dame Edna maybe ______"OK Possuims,,,,follow me !!!!"

[netwolf]

I have possums in two treas on the back fence, aside from the random jumping noises that scare me out of my wits the seem harmless. They stay in there treas and play around all night. Sometimes from the noise you think they might jump out and fly out at you, the imagination can be so wild at times. I do not setup near the fence, half our yard is tiled and i setup on the boundry on the tiles side so they are far enough away. As the pole is over the roof i do think i will need to start setting up more into the grass/possum territory. I hope they dont leap out at me one day... There is a cat that keeps them busy that roams the fence line.

[Night Owl]

I don't mind the humble possum, being natives and all. I used to live in an old farmhouse, and the family of possums were my pets sort of. But I drew the line at when one of them could work out how to get inside my home, and eat the fruit out of my bowl in the kitchen. Then it was use of lethal force time, as he was never gunna stop playing Santa and paying me a visit down the chimney. Also wasn't real good when one of them died in the roof over summer!

[dugnsuz (Doug)]

They frighten the sh@t out of me in the dead of night, but my two cats sort them out - that scream is mortifying at the scope though!
Good Luck Eric
Doug

[Ric]

We have about 2.5 acres of old growth Eucalypt forrest on our property.

This is part of a wildlife corridor through the area and we have a few possum boxes in the trees for the Sugargliders which are starting to make a return.

Cheers

[OneOfOne (Trevor)]

Originally Posted by Glenhuon

We got 3 cats and a small dog, no possums.

Bill

We have a cat too, but she doesn't seem to be able to scare the possums or even the birds...but then again when you only have three legs it tends to slow you down a bit! Maybe we should get a disabled sticker for the car...it would make parking a lot easier.

[gary]

Originally Posted by EzyStyles

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?

THanks

Hi Eric,

Please keep in mind that Brushtail Possums are Australian native animals
protected under the Wildlife Act and in many jurisdictions you are only
permitted to trap them if they are living in buildings and then you must release
them on the same property.

Some background information might be helpful.
In the Australian environment, tree hollows are often scarce, yet many animals,
including possums, depend on them to survive. Therefore, relocation of
possums almost always results in their death in one of the most cruelest of
ways.

Rather than trying to scare them, the enlightened approach is to learn
to live with them. After all, here you are looking up at the majesty of the
night sky and possibly in awe as to what might be out there, yet a few
feet away are some examples of life on our own planet and let's face it,
isn't life on Earth one of the most amazing things that we know about the
Universe?

Best Regards

Gary

[duncan]

I agree. Better off to befriend them. Put some dits and pieces of fruit out for them and in no time you will be able to hand feed them.
Keep you occupied on nights of poor or no seeing.
Cheers

[ving (David)]

Originally Posted by RB

Dress up as Dame Edna maybe ______"OK Possuims,,,,follow me !!!!"

ur a crack up sir!

[acropolite (Phil)]

I'm with Ron & Gary, we have a few around and like the kangaroos, I'm happy to share my world with them, even if they do eat the roses. Give me native animals any time, its cats I dislike, they crap in my garden, then bury their faeces, often scratching out our plants and can transmit some very nasty deseases. We have a red flowering gum and a possum has just taken residence. I'm not so keen on the wombat that crashes around under my house from time to time; sounds like a mini truck ramming in to everything, he's welcome but I must get a door on the underneath sometime.

[Bassnut (Fred)]

I put rat poison pallets out once, killed a possum (unfortunately, wasnt intended)

[astroron (Ron)]

Originally Posted by gary

Hi Eric,

Please keep in mind that Brushtail Possums are Australian native animals
protected under the Wildlife Act and in many jurisdictions you are only
permitted to trap them if they are living in buildings and then you must release
them on the same property.

Some background information might be helpful.
In the Australian environment, tree hollows are often scarce, yet many animals,
including possums, depend on them to survive. Therefore, relocation of
possums almost always results in their death in one of the most cruelest of
ways.

Rather than trying to scare them, the enlightened approach is to learn
to live with them. After all, here you are looking up at the majesty of the
night sky and possibly in awe as to what might be out there, yet a few
feet away are some examples of life on our own planet and let's face it,
isn't life on Earth one of the most amazing things that we know about the
Universe?

Best Regards

Gary

Good onya Gary, you took the words right of my mouth
I couldn't have said it any better

Ron

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

They aren't very noisy around here, but the Koalas are!!!!!!!! They sound like Grizzly Bears fighting!!!! Snorting and grunting and Growling.There are none on my property, but I can hear them at the other end of town. Country towns are so quiet at night that you hear everything for miles.

Most of our noise comes from horses farting, sheep lambing, and frogs at the dam

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Originally Posted by ballaratdragons

Most of our noise comes from horses farting

The wee little pony next door to me seems to be jet propelled too. It's so loud it echos.

[Ric]

Look, up in the sky.

It's a bird, It's a plane.

No, it's Super Pony

[ving (David)]

farting horses... whats this place coming to? LOL