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Old 16-03-2004, 10:12 AM
Jock
 
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Default How do I Remove Possums

That's good they reckon but the downside is that your home will smell like
an old ladie's smalls drawer.
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Jock
"M. Atta" wrote in message
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| What about a few boxs of moth balls
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| "Jock" wrote in message
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| bzzzt. Not nice at all.
| Jock
| "M. Atta" wrote in message
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| | Ok maybe not a good idea...
| | What about a couple of cans of Mortein Bomb up there which you use to
| | fumigate small rooms/sheds
| | The gas might send them packing as smoke from a bush fire would.
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| | "Jock" wrote in message
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| | "Rod Out back" 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
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| | | 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.
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| | | Cheers,
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| | | Rod.......Out Back
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| | LOL.
| | I had the same with a possum here I had excluded from the roof. It
| was
| | daylight & it was in the deep gutter hiding for the day. I went up
| the
| | ladder with gloves on to remove it from the gutter. As I held it's
| tail
| | in
| | 1 glove and started to pull it back, it turned over onto it's back
and
| | gave
| | me a little reminder of how many things it had to shred, bite and
maim
| me
| | with.
| | I let go and left it to the gutter. 'OK, enjoy the gutter!!!''
| | Serious respect.
| | Jock
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