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possum help needed
Hi I need some help with getting rid of possums
We have a huge plum tree in our yard which the possums like to inhabit at night and we are at our wits end. They fight and carry on during the night and our footpath and front lawn is COVERED with poo and it stinks. You cannot walk on the lawn or footpath without your shoe getting covered in poo. I have read a previous thread about detering them, but we actually want to get rid of them and the only way to do that is kill them (preferably humanely). Shooting is not an option as we are in a residential area. Can anyone give some other suggestions as to how to do this? |
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possum help needed
g'day emma,
yes shooting is out of the question whether you live in suburbia or not, they are a protected species. you could contact your local councilor or ring the EPA office they are able to make decisions to trap and relocate protected animals. not sure if this will work but you could put a tin collar around the trunk of the tree, flat sheet tin around 18 to 20 inches wide and long enough to surround the trunk can be purchased from most hardware stores or plumbing supplies. this collar should cover the tree trunk from about 1.5 meters above ground level and above that to the width of the tin, you can buy aluminium as well. keep us informed len snipped -- happy gardening 'it works for me it could work for you,' "in the end ya' gotta do what ya' gotta do" but consider others and the environment http://hub.dataline.net.au/~gardnlen/ |
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Sounds good Len, the only problem is they don't get up the tree via the
trunk. They run across the power lines then into the tree. "len brauer" wrote in message ... g'day emma, yes shooting is out of the question whether you live in suburbia or not, they are a protected species. you could contact your local councilor or ring the EPA office they are able to make decisions to trap and relocate protected animals. not sure if this will work but you could put a tin collar around the trunk of the tree, flat sheet tin around 18 to 20 inches wide and long enough to surround the trunk can be purchased from most hardware stores or plumbing supplies. this collar should cover the tree trunk from about 1.5 meters above ground level and above that to the width of the tin, you can buy aluminium as well. keep us informed len snipped -- happy gardening 'it works for me it could work for you,' "in the end ya' gotta do what ya' gotta do" but consider others and the environment http://hub.dataline.net.au/~gardnlen/ |
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possum help needed
Would the tin collar keep them in the tree so they cant get into your yard?
They must like something that you have in your yard, unless everyone in your neighborhood has the same problem. You might get on the internet and type in "get rid of possums" and see what comes up. I did that with squash bugs and learned how to control them from a college in Oklahoma. Good luck. Dwayne "Emma" wrote in message u... Sounds good Len, the only problem is they don't get up the tree via the trunk. They run across the power lines then into the tree. "len brauer" wrote in message ... g'day emma, yes shooting is out of the question whether you live in suburbia or not, they are a protected species. you could contact your local councilor or ring the EPA office they are able to make decisions to trap and relocate protected animals. not sure if this will work but you could put a tin collar around the trunk of the tree, flat sheet tin around 18 to 20 inches wide and long enough to surround the trunk can be purchased from most hardware stores or plumbing supplies. this collar should cover the tree trunk from about 1.5 meters above ground level and above that to the width of the tin, you can buy aluminium as well. keep us informed len snipped -- happy gardening 'it works for me it could work for you,' "in the end ya' gotta do what ya' gotta do" but consider others and the environment http://hub.dataline.net.au/~gardnlen/ |
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The tree is in our yard. they just shit from the tree branches.
"Dwayne" wrote in message ... Would the tin collar keep them in the tree so they cant get into your yard? They must like something that you have in your yard, unless everyone in your neighborhood has the same problem. You might get on the internet and type in "get rid of possums" and see what comes up. I did that with squash bugs and learned how to control them from a college in Oklahoma. Good luck. Dwayne "Emma" wrote in message u... Sounds good Len, the only problem is they don't get up the tree via the trunk. They run across the power lines then into the tree. "len brauer" wrote in message ... g'day emma, yes shooting is out of the question whether you live in suburbia or not, they are a protected species. you could contact your local councilor or ring the EPA office they are able to make decisions to trap and relocate protected animals. not sure if this will work but you could put a tin collar around the trunk of the tree, flat sheet tin around 18 to 20 inches wide and long enough to surround the trunk can be purchased from most hardware stores or plumbing supplies. this collar should cover the tree trunk from about 1.5 meters above ground level and above that to the width of the tin, you can buy aluminium as well. keep us informed len snipped -- happy gardening 'it works for me it could work for you,' "in the end ya' gotta do what ya' gotta do" but consider others and the environment http://hub.dataline.net.au/~gardnlen/ |
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g'day emma,
ask the power company to put collars around their poles, you may find they don't want the possums on their equipment any more than what you do. ring them put up a good story like maybe you would hate to see the possums get electrocuted and cause damage to the equipment maybe causing blackouts. keep us updated. len snipped -- happy gardening 'it works for me it could work for you,' "in the end ya' gotta do what ya' gotta do" but consider others and the environment http://hub.dataline.net.au/~gardnlen/ |
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G'day Emma,
If your local 'National Park' type people will not help, ( try WIRES), then I would deal with the plum tree. They,(possums), feel at home in the tree because they know that once a year they beat the local bats to most of the fruit. Maybe it is time for you to give that tree a serious pruning, and set it up for some nice new growth for next year, (I'll bet they got all last years fruit)! China Wingham NSW |
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possum help needed
gday,
my experiance is that the possums seem to get a taste for a particular tree and will decimate it, but if you can stop them, even for a short period, they seem to loose interest and move on. i suggest cutting back the plum till its more than a reasonable leap away from the power line. in conjunction with the collars suggested, the possums will find something else to eat. that worked for a lemon scentd gum in our front yard. failing that, a cat.A frearms licence and a .177 air rifle and the neibours will never know! nah, seriously, you canne shoot the things, but there are heaps of people will come and trap them for you if all else fails. our council used to hire out traps too. ive already posted once about the dead possum theory too. i tend to think that theyre part of the garden. just like the resy of the plants and bugs and all. Emma wrote: Hi I need some help with getting rid of possums We have a huge plum tree in our yard which the possums like to inhabit at night and we are at our wits end. They fight and carry on during the night and our footpath and front lawn is COVERED with poo and it stinks. You cannot walk on the lawn or footpath without your shoe getting covered in poo. I have read a previous thread about detering them, but we actually want to get rid of them and the only way to do that is kill them (preferably humanely). Shooting is not an option as we are in a residential area. Can anyone give some other suggestions as to how to do this? |
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