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Old 16-03-2004, 12:46 AM
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Default How do I Remove Possums


"Jock" wrote in message
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"Ken Oaf" wrote in message
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| On Mon, 15 Mar 2004 13:33:18 +0800, "M. Atta" wrote:
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| Send a ferret up there...problem solved
| Not sure where can borrow one from however......
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| A brushtail possum would do a ferret.
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I have to agree. They have significant claws and the most impressive

array
of teeth I have seen so close up - well, but for the M.I.L. . Definitely
better covered in fur too. By the time the ferret got through the fur,

the
Possum would have shredded it's stinking backside.
Jock

It amuses me that the cute, cuddly, possum on the shelf in the corner of the
back shed suddenly becomes a hissing multiclawed beast with big bitey teeth
the minute you think you might grab him to have a look. It is only at this
point people realise how many claws they have, and how nasty those claws
are.
Years ago we were in the stock-feed storage room of a neighbour. He used to
keep a number of cats around to keep mouse numbers down. This day we were
checking out the new apprentice (kitten) mouser, who was pretty excited
about his new job. Knowing a mother possum & infant lived on some old doors
up in the rafters of the shed, we hoisted the apprentice mouser up onto the
far end of the doors. Little kitten looks around with much interest, and
suddenly sets sight of the largest, angriest mouse with the largest claws he
has ever seen! Instant puffball from the kitten, and you could see his
brain crunching the numbers, and deciding he might be in for a short life
this time around. Suddenly, all his interest was in finding a quick exit
down right away. Pressing business elsewhere.

We bought him back down to ground level before Mrs Possum ate him for lunch.
It took the kitten about half an hour to calm down, and he kept looking back
up where he had seen the mouse from hell and hissing...We probably gave him
nightmares for the rest of his life.
My few experiences with handling possums make me damn certain I will leave
such folly to someone with far less experience about bitey things....or a
lot better handling equipment.

Cheers,

Rod.......Out Back