How do I Remove Possums
 

Hi All

I am hoping someone out there knows how to get possums out of the roof.

It is getting very smelly and noisy.

Thanks in advance

Bobby

How do I Remove Possums
 

g'day bobby,

you don't say where you are from but there used to be a possum man who
also did bird proofing among other things maybe there is one in your
town? look in the yellow pages under pest control i think.

or you can ring the wild life people from the government they should
make arrangements to trap and relocate them for you.

or you could possum proof your roof, then remove the way they are
getting up into the roof or make a barrier around the way they gain
access to your roof, if you want let me know i have some ideas.

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://members.optusnet.com.au/~gardenlen1/

How do I Remove Possums
 

Hey bobby,

Depending on where you live, your local council may supply possum traps.
They only require a refundable deposit here (melb, Sth E subs) and they'll
probably give you a number to ring when/if you catch one so the local ranger
can come and pick it up. Can't hurt to enquire anyway.

Cheers
Peter

How do I Remove Possums
 

Angela,
Try a read he

http://www.yarracity.vic.gov.au/serv...ls/possums.asp

http://members.tripod.com/wires_msc/page3.html

http://www.nana.asn.au/n2-possum.htm

Some reading there for you - good luck.
Jock

"Angela Byrnes" wrote in message
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| Hi All
|
| I am hoping someone out there knows how to get possums out of the roof.
|
| It is getting very smelly and noisy.
|
| Thanks in advance
|
| Bobby
|

How do I Remove Possums
 

Hi
Thankyou for your help I am from Canberra and apparently Urban Services
have authorised private pest controllers to remove possums from roofs so
I will call one of those next week.

Bobby

How do I Remove Possums
 

Send a ferret up there...problem solved
Not sure where can borrow one from however......


"Angela Byrnes" wrote in message
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Hi All

I am hoping someone out there knows how to get possums out of the roof.

It is getting very smelly and noisy.

Thanks in advance

Bobby

How do I Remove Possums
 

On Mon, 15 Mar 2004 13:33:18 +0800, "M. Atta" wrote:

Send a ferret up there...problem solved
Not sure where can borrow one from however......

A brushtail possum would do a ferret.

How do I Remove Possums
 

On Mon, 15 Mar 2004 13:33:18 +0800, "M. Atta" wrote:

Send a ferret up there...problem solved
Not sure where can borrow one from however......

A brushtail possum would do a ferret.

How do I Remove Possums
 

"Ken Oaf" wrote in message
...
| On Mon, 15 Mar 2004 13:33:18 +0800, "M. Atta" wrote:
|
| Send a ferret up there...problem solved
| Not sure where can borrow one from however......
|
| A brushtail possum would do a ferret.
|
|
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

How do I Remove Possums
 

"Ken Oaf" wrote in message
...
| On Mon, 15 Mar 2004 13:33:18 +0800, "M. Atta" wrote:
|
| Send a ferret up there...problem solved
| Not sure where can borrow one from however......
|
| A brushtail possum would do a ferret.
|
|
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

How do I Remove Possums
 

"Jock" wrote in message
...

"Ken Oaf" wrote in message
...
| On Mon, 15 Mar 2004 13:33:18 +0800, "M. Atta" wrote:
|
| Send a ferret up there...problem solved
| Not sure where can borrow one from however......
|
| A brushtail possum would do a ferret.
|
|
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

How do I Remove Possums
 

"Jock" wrote in message
...

"Ken Oaf" wrote in message
...
| On Mon, 15 Mar 2004 13:33:18 +0800, "M. Atta" wrote:
|
| Send a ferret up there...problem solved
| Not sure where can borrow one from however......
|
| A brushtail possum would do a ferret.
|
|
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

How do I Remove Possums
 

On Mon, 15 Mar 2004 13:33:18 +0800, "M. Atta" wrote:

Send a ferret up there...problem solved
Not sure where can borrow one from however......

A brushtail possum would do a ferret.

How do I Remove Possums
 

On Mon, 15 Mar 2004 13:33:18 +0800, "M. Atta" wrote:

Send a ferret up there...problem solved
Not sure where can borrow one from however......

A brushtail possum would do a ferret.

How do I Remove Possums
 

"Ken Oaf" wrote in message
...
| On Mon, 15 Mar 2004 13:33:18 +0800, "M. Atta" wrote:
|
| Send a ferret up there...problem solved
| Not sure where can borrow one from however......
|
| A brushtail possum would do a ferret.
|
|
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

How do I Remove Possums
 

"Ken Oaf" wrote in message
...
| On Mon, 15 Mar 2004 13:33:18 +0800, "M. Atta" wrote:
|
| Send a ferret up there...problem solved
| Not sure where can borrow one from however......
|
| A brushtail possum would do a ferret.
|
|
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

How do I Remove Possums
 

"Jock" wrote in message
...

"Ken Oaf" wrote in message
...
| On Mon, 15 Mar 2004 13:33:18 +0800, "M. Atta" wrote:
|
| Send a ferret up there...problem solved
| Not sure where can borrow one from however......
|
| A brushtail possum would do a ferret.
|
|
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

How do I Remove Possums
 

"Jock" wrote in message
...

"Ken Oaf" wrote in message
...
| On Mon, 15 Mar 2004 13:33:18 +0800, "M. Atta" wrote:
|
| Send a ferret up there...problem solved
| Not sure where can borrow one from however......
|
| A brushtail possum would do a ferret.
|
|
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

How do I Remove Possums
 

"Rod Out back" wrote in message
...
|
| "Jock" wrote in message
| ...
|
| "Ken Oaf" wrote in message
| ...
| | On Mon, 15 Mar 2004 13:33:18 +0800, "M. Atta" wrote:
| |
| | Send a ferret up there...problem solved
| | Not sure where can borrow one from however......
| |
| | A brushtail possum would do a ferret.
| |
| |
| 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
|
|

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

How do I Remove Possums
 

"Rod Out back" wrote in message
...
|
| "Jock" wrote in message
| ...
|
| "Ken Oaf" wrote in message
| ...
| | On Mon, 15 Mar 2004 13:33:18 +0800, "M. Atta" wrote:
| |
| | Send a ferret up there...problem solved
| | Not sure where can borrow one from however......
| |
| | A brushtail possum would do a ferret.
| |
| |
| 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
|
|

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

How do I Remove Possums
 

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.


"Jock" wrote in message
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"Rod Out back" wrote in message
...
|
| "Jock" wrote in message
| ...
|
| "Ken Oaf" wrote in message
| ...
| | On Mon, 15 Mar 2004 13:33:18 +0800, "M. Atta" wrote:
| |
| | Send a ferret up there...problem solved
| | Not sure where can borrow one from however......
| |
| | A brushtail possum would do a ferret.
| |
| |
| 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
|
|

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

How do I Remove Possums
 

bzzzt. Not nice at all.
Jock
"M. Atta" wrote in message
.. .
| 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.
|
|
| "Jock" wrote in message
| ...
|
| "Rod Out back" wrote in message
| ...
| |
| | "Jock" wrote in message
| | ...
| |
| | "Ken Oaf" wrote in message
| | ...
| | | On Mon, 15 Mar 2004 13:33:18 +0800, "M. Atta"
wrote:
| | |
| | | Send a ferret up there...problem solved
| | | Not sure where can borrow one from however......
| | |
| | | A brushtail possum would do a ferret.
| | |
| | |
| | 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
| |
| |
|
| 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
|
|
|
|

How do I Remove Possums
 

What about a few boxs of moth balls

"Jock" wrote in message
...
bzzzt. Not nice at all.
Jock
"M. Atta" wrote in message
.. .
| 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.
|
|
| "Jock" wrote in message
| ...
|
| "Rod Out back" wrote in message
| ...
| |
| | "Jock" wrote in message
| | ...
| |
| | "Ken Oaf" wrote in message
| | ...
| | | On Mon, 15 Mar 2004 13:33:18 +0800, "M. Atta"
wrote:
| | |
| | | Send a ferret up there...problem solved
| | | Not sure where can borrow one from however......
| | |
| | | A brushtail possum would do a ferret.
| | |
| | |
| | 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
| |
| |
|
| 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
|
|
|
|

How do I Remove Possums
 

What about a few boxs of moth balls

"Jock" wrote in message
...
bzzzt. Not nice at all.
Jock
"M. Atta" wrote in message
.. .
| 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.
|
|
| "Jock" wrote in message
| ...
|
| "Rod Out back" wrote in message
| ...
| |
| | "Jock" wrote in message
| | ...
| |
| | "Ken Oaf" wrote in message
| | ...
| | | On Mon, 15 Mar 2004 13:33:18 +0800, "M. Atta"
wrote:
| | |
| | | Send a ferret up there...problem solved
| | | Not sure where can borrow one from however......
| | |
| | | A brushtail possum would do a ferret.
| | |
| | |
| | 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
| |
| |
|
| 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
|
|
|
|

How do I Remove Possums
 

"M. Atta" wrote in message
.. .
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.



2 reasons I dont like this idea:

1) The idea of using chemicals when they arent necessarry will get you into
problems in the future. They may also kill the possum in a section of the
roof that cannot be accessed without opening the roof. Some buildings have
cavity brick, and animals can actually die down in the wall.

2) You are using a chemical that has a stong residual effect in the space
above where you live. Any cracks or gaps in the ceiling allows that
dust\smoke to filter down into the living areas of the house. Not good if
it isnt necessary.

However, along these lines, it may be worth investigating if there are any
non-dangerous things that you could put in the roof that would incite them
to leave(as suggested in a later post with the moth balls). I dont think I
would use napthalene, but arent there naturally occurring moth repellants?
I thought cedar balls were moth repellant. Maybe they'd have an adverse
effect on the new inhabitants. Maybe something else than smells bad to them,
but doesnt hurt anything else.

Ultimately, the name of the game is to make them realise that life would be
better living elsewhere, rather than leaving a biohazard zone in your roof.

My thoughts alone.

Cheers,

Rod.......Out Back

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That's good they reckon but the downside is that your home will smell like
an old ladie's smalls drawer.
This is covered by links in post:

Jock
"M. Atta" wrote in message
.. .
| What about a few boxs of moth balls
|
| "Jock" wrote in message
| ...
| bzzzt. Not nice at all.
| Jock
| "M. Atta" wrote in message
| .. .
| | 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.
| |
| |
| | "Jock" wrote in message
| | ...
| |
| | "Rod Out back" wrote in message
| | ...
| | |
| | | "Jock" wrote in message
| | | ...
| | |
| | | "Ken Oaf" wrote in message
| | | ...
| | | | On Mon, 15 Mar 2004 13:33:18 +0800, "M. Atta"
| wrote:
| | | |
| | | | Send a ferret up there...problem solved
| | | | Not sure where can borrow one from however......
| | | |
| | | | A brushtail possum would do a ferret.
| | | |
| | | |
| | | 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
| | |
| | |
| |
| | 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
| |
| |
| |
| |
|
|
|
|

How do I Remove Possums
 

Jock wrote:
|| That's good they reckon but the downside is that your home will
|| smell like an old ladie's smalls drawer.
|| This is covered by links in post:
||
|| Jock


Tried it our place - the possums did leave and moth free for 20 square
Kilometres!
Once the smell was gone - about a week, the possums returned
--
Tricia

How do I Remove Possums
 

Jock wrote:
|| That's good they reckon but the downside is that your home will
|| smell like an old ladie's smalls drawer.
|| This is covered by links in post:
||
|| Jock


Tried it our place - the possums did leave and moth free for 20 square
Kilometres!
Once the smell was gone - about a week, the possums returned
--
Tricia

How do I Remove Possums
 

"Tricia" wrote in message
...
| Jock wrote:
| || That's good they reckon but the downside is that your home will
| || smell like an old ladie's smalls drawer.
| || This is covered by links in post:
| ||
| || Jock
|
|
| Tried it our place - the possums did leave and moth free for 20 square
| Kilometres!
| Once the smell was gone - about a week, the possums returned
| --
| Tricia
|
|
You have to block the holes so they stay out - put up a nesting box in a
tree.
this is all a little ground hog day for me I am afraid.....
Jock

How do I Remove Possums
 

"Tricia" wrote in message
...
| Jock wrote:
| || That's good they reckon but the downside is that your home will
| || smell like an old ladie's smalls drawer.
| || This is covered by links in post:
| ||
| || Jock
|
|
| Tried it our place - the possums did leave and moth free for 20 square
| Kilometres!
| Once the smell was gone - about a week, the possums returned
| --
| Tricia
|
|
You have to block the holes so they stay out - put up a nesting box in a
tree.
this is all a little ground hog day for me I am afraid.....
Jock

How do I Remove Possums
 

Jock wrote:
|| That's good they reckon but the downside is that your home will
|| smell like an old ladie's smalls drawer.
|| This is covered by links in post:
||
|| Jock


Tried it our place - the possums did leave and moth free for 20 square
Kilometres!
Once the smell was gone - about a week, the possums returned
--
Tricia

How do I Remove Possums
 

"Tricia" wrote in message
...
| Jock wrote:
| || That's good they reckon but the downside is that your home will
| || smell like an old ladie's smalls drawer.
| || This is covered by links in post:
| ||
| || Jock
|
|
| Tried it our place - the possums did leave and moth free for 20 square
| Kilometres!
| Once the smell was gone - about a week, the possums returned
| --
| Tricia
|
|
You have to block the holes so they stay out - put up a nesting box in a
tree.
this is all a little ground hog day for me I am afraid.....
Jock

How do I Remove Possums
 

Jock wrote:
|| You have to block the holes so they stay out - put up a nesting box
|| in a tree.
|| this is all a little ground hog day for me I am afraid.....
|| Jock

Yep I know, but hubby is just about to do it when they return - still
it's only been 25 years we have been trying - we think we are up to the
last 2 holes now ;)

--
Tricia

How do I Remove Possums
 

Jock wrote:
|| You have to block the holes so they stay out - put up a nesting box
|| in a tree.
|| this is all a little ground hog day for me I am afraid.....
|| Jock

Yep I know, but hubby is just about to do it when they return - still
it's only been 25 years we have been trying - we think we are up to the
last 2 holes now ;)

--
Tricia

How do I Remove Possums
 

"Tricia" wrote in message
...
Jock wrote:
|| You have to block the holes so they stay out - put up a nesting box
|| in a tree.
|| this is all a little ground hog day for me I am afraid.....
|| Jock

Yep I know, but hubby is just about to do it when they return - still
it's only been 25 years we have been trying - we think we are up to the
last 2 holes now ;)

--
Tricia


Tricia,

There is a stuff used to stop birds roosting in aircraft hangars called 'Hot
Foot', which you smear over the places they roost. It apparently irritates
the birds feet, and causes a burning sensation, but isnt supposed to do any
serious harm to them. I was wondering how feasible it would be to smear
this stuff at the points where the possums enter\exit. Maybe not this exact
stuff, but something similar.

Maybe there is a marketting opportunity to produce a 'Hot Foot' for
Possums...I wonder how unpleasant they would find it to have something like
vaseline mixed with chilli on their feet.

Mind you; I dont want to kill the little devils; just get them to sleep
elsewhere.

I have this same challenge looming; I think I am going to have to discourage
the possums that have started camping in the attic of our laundry building.
I note they are using only one or 2 places to enter, so am thinking of
trying some sort of discouragement at these points.
I havent even begun to count how many holes they might have to get up
there....

Cheers,

Rod.........Out Back

How do I Remove Possums
 

"Tricia" wrote in message
...
Jock wrote:
|| You have to block the holes so they stay out - put up a nesting box
|| in a tree.
|| this is all a little ground hog day for me I am afraid.....
|| Jock

Yep I know, but hubby is just about to do it when they return - still
it's only been 25 years we have been trying - we think we are up to the
last 2 holes now ;)

--
Tricia


Tricia,

There is a stuff used to stop birds roosting in aircraft hangars called 'Hot
Foot', which you smear over the places they roost. It apparently irritates
the birds feet, and causes a burning sensation, but isnt supposed to do any
serious harm to them. I was wondering how feasible it would be to smear
this stuff at the points where the possums enter\exit. Maybe not this exact
stuff, but something similar.

Maybe there is a marketting opportunity to produce a 'Hot Foot' for
Possums...I wonder how unpleasant they would find it to have something like
vaseline mixed with chilli on their feet.

Mind you; I dont want to kill the little devils; just get them to sleep
elsewhere.

I have this same challenge looming; I think I am going to have to discourage
the possums that have started camping in the attic of our laundry building.
I note they are using only one or 2 places to enter, so am thinking of
trying some sort of discouragement at these points.
I havent even begun to count how many holes they might have to get up
there....

Cheers,

Rod.........Out Back

How do I Remove Possums
 

I wonder if you could run a speaker wire up into your roof cavity, install a Big
Mother speaker and play a tape of a growling dog? Or, maybe, the sound of a
wedge-tailed eagle? (I'm serious! Really!) Or white noise? Or maybe Aerosmith in
concert would do the job?

Surely if it were in the roof cavity, loud noise wouldn't bother *you*, but it
might deter the possums? Might be worth a try anyway...?

--
Trish {|:-}
Newcastle, NSW, Australia

How do I Remove Possums
 

--

"Trish Brown" wrote in message
...
I wonder if you could run a speaker wire up into your roof cavity, install
a Big
Mother speaker and play a tape of a growling dog? Or, maybe, the sound of
a
wedge-tailed eagle? (I'm serious! Really!) Or white noise? Or maybe
Aerosmith in
concert would do the job?

Surely if it were in the roof cavity, loud noise wouldn't bother *you*,
but it
might deter the possums? Might be worth a try anyway...?

--
Trish {|:-}
Newcastle, NSW, Australia
Trish,

I like the idea, but I keep thinking of those trials they keep doing to
reduce the black spots on country roads where kangaroos keep getting hit by
cars. They have tried randomly flashing lights, closely spaced guide-posts,
and I think a noise-maker, and the kangaroos still keep getting hit. I
understand a lot of our more tenacious (and possums would surely rate in
this category) will blank out noise that they dont see as immediate threats.
They get used to it very quickly.

That said, I do think the solution is something like noise, or something
else that makes them uncomfortable, without turning the house into a
disaster zone.

Rod new project; what makes possums uncomfortable, or how to incite an angry
daschaund to spend his life in the attic...

Cheers,

Rod.......Out Back

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Rod Out back wrote:
| Tricia,
||
|| There is a stuff used to stop birds roosting in aircraft hangars
|| called 'Hot Foot', which you smear over the places they roost. It
|| apparently irritates the birds feet, and causes a burning sensation,
|| but isnt supposed to do any serious harm to them. I was wondering
|| how feasible it would be to smear this stuff at the points where the
|| possums enter\exit. Maybe not this exact stuff, but something
|| similar.

I know the stuff we tried it to stop the cockatoos from sitting on our
veranda and chewing the solar heating! Now they were a huge problem! The
stuff never worked and they continued to chew away. I ended up putting
bird netting over the area and that helped a lot. The cockies have
mostly moved on now.

|| Maybe there is a marketting opportunity to produce a 'Hot Foot' for
|| Possums...I wonder how unpleasant they would find it to have
|| something like vaseline mixed with chilli on their feet.

You try it and let us all know! lol

|| Mind you; I dont want to kill the little devils; just get them to
|| sleep elsewhere.

Yeah me too!

|| I have this same challenge looming; I think I am going to have to
|| discourage the possums that have started camping in the attic of our
|| laundry building. I note they are using only one or 2 places to
|| enter, so am thinking of trying some sort of discouragement at these
|| points.
|| I havent even begun to count how many holes they might have to get up
|| there....

One idea I thought might work would be to be a bright light up where
they get in (inside the roof) so that they wouldn't enter because of the
light either in their faces or in the entire area since they only like
dark places. We have a metal roof which is about 30 degree incline and
slippery the possums climb up the ridge capping and enter via the roof
vents up the very top so only have to block the vents now - just have to
get around to doing it!
The possums have never really been too much of a problem until the last
few years now they eat the magnolias and clivias. Although years ago one
chewed a hole through the weatherboards - must have wanted more air! lol
Oh and recently one chewed throught the plasterboard - same reason I
guess!
--
Tricia

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my boss baited rats in his roof space.......worked a treat
weeks later a nasty odour could be smelt.....he could not work out where it
came from
Finally found the prob....
the rats had died in the wall cavity.........
I remember Olivier Newton John having a show on the long term effects of
chemicals we use every day.......not real good news...
maybe leave the mortein .......

go for the light in the roof space u can turn on & off & the animal
sounds.......
Making them uncomfortable is the key......

agree

"Rod Out back" wrote in message
...

"M. Atta" wrote in message
.. .
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.



2 reasons I dont like this idea:

1) The idea of using chemicals when they arent necessarry will get you
into
problems in the future. They may also kill the possum in a section of the
roof that cannot be accessed without opening the roof. Some buildings have
cavity brick, and animals can actually die down in the wall.

2) You are using a chemical that has a stong residual effect in the space
above where you live. Any cracks or gaps in the ceiling allows that
dust\smoke to filter down into the living areas of the house. Not good if
it isnt necessary.

However, along these lines, it may be worth investigating if there are any
non-dangerous things that you could put in the roof that would incite them
to leave(as suggested in a later post with the moth balls). I dont think I
would use napthalene, but arent there naturally occurring moth repellants?
I thought cedar balls were moth repellant. Maybe they'd have an adverse
effect on the new inhabitants. Maybe something else than smells bad to
them,
but doesnt hurt anything else.

Ultimately, the name of the game is to make them realise that life would
be
better living elsewhere, rather than leaving a biohazard zone in your
roof.

My thoughts alone.

Cheers,

Rod.......Out Back

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