If you catch a possum you must release it within 24 hours and it must be at night.
How to keep possums off roof.
As we know a habit is not broken in a day so keep the pressure on our furry friends.
A brown stain around an entry or exit is also an indicator that the entrance is being used.
If the pesky marsupial is living in your attic roof or any other high spot in your home then you need to block its access.
Remove the trap from the roof put it in an area of your house that is quiet and cool and cover it with an old towel or blanket to keep the light out.
If you have possums in your crawlspaces such as your roof or under your house you may need to physically remove them.
Consequently i had to update the design by buying stainless steel bird spikes.
He was almost rolled off but just made it i actually witnessed it.
Fortunately i m sure the workshop community can come to the rescue of anyone struggling with neighbourhood possums.
Spray it with ammonia or poss off you reclaim the territory as belonging to a new possum altogether you.
Read our previous blog on how to keep possums off the roof for more info and tips on safe relocation for them.
Your case is a bit different your roof sounds like it s on the boundary of 2 territories if you have multiple possums growling up there they re fighting over who s territory it s in.
You can also put spikes along fences to keep them from using these as a highway.
Possums are adorable when they are climbing trees and dashing across electrical wires.
Cut back trees that are growing near you home so possums don t have easy access to your roof.
These possum removal tips can help you keep possums off your property and away from your garden and trees in your yards.
After over a year of successfully keeping the local wild possums off my roof one particularly aggressive animal found a way over it by running quickly across the pipe before he could be rolled off.
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This entry was posted on september 11 2017 by brian vernon.
Get a live holding trap from a big box home improvement store or from an online retailer.
During the day make sure you block all access points to the roof or the possum will return.
Being woken up early in the morning by an elephant on the roof can be very disruptive and annoying.
Possums away it will keep your lawns and plants looking lush.
Some other ways to deter them are.
The secret to keeping possums off your roof.
The footprints will also tell you whether it is a single possum or you are dealing with a family of possums.
They are preferable to quick kill traps.
We get many calls asking for devices to be put on powerlines to stop possums getting on to a roof.
Even if possums pose no real physical danger to you or your family it can tear up your residence and office and cause an overall nuisance that could disturb the quality your life.
