Possum Traps- How to get rid of possums

Trapping and Removing a possum from your roof

Possums usually live up in trees, but with de-forestation of urban areas, their natural homes have destroyed.

As they are highly territorial, these native fauna do not relocate easily & so they often take shelter in your roof.Unproofed Roof

Follow these actions to make sure possums are removed and don't return to your roof.

  1. Construct a weather-proof possum cubby house.
  2. Securely mount the possum house to a tree in your yard. Then place it well out of reach of domestic cats and dogs,
    at least 4 metres from the ground.

    Place half an apple or banana in or near the possum house to lure it inside.
  3. If you have any overhanging branches, trim them in order to remove the possum's access to your roof.
  4. You can repel the possum by placing one or two boxes of mothballs or bags throughout the roof void.
  5. As possums are nocturnal, keep a light in the roof cavity & keep it switched on for at least 3 days & nights. The combined strategies of the light & the smell should keep the possum out of your roof void & into the possum house.
  6. To prevent the possum from coming back, proof the access points into your roof with timber, vermin wire or both. Don't proof the access points unless you are absolutely certain that the possum or possums have been removed from your roof.

Possum Traps



If the above steps don't work in deterring the possum, you may need to resort to trapping the possum.

Where to get a licence and a trap

Don't try to trap possums without a license and proper equipment. Possums are a protected species in NSW & catching possums without a current license is illegal in New South Wales. Possum Trappers need to be licensed.

Licences to trap possums on your property are issued free of charge from any NPWS office.

Traps are available for hire from A1 Pest Control
Call Bruce on 0417 251 911 or send him a message for more information on possum traps.Alternatively, we can catch and trap the possum for you.

Remember to proof the entry points into your roof, & to provide a possum house if you trap them.

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What happens to the possum after it's caught
Most catchers know that possums once had be released within 50 metres of your property. Now the rules have changed, and they have to be releasedwithin the boundariesof your property. So you need to know that they will be safe, have a place to go and your home is sufficiently proofed so that they can't return!

The NPWS may relocate the possums into other areas, but this is only a last resort in most circumstances.

Are you hearing noises in your roof?
Noises in the roof like scratching or thumping will annoy and even cause you to lose sleep. These are generally caused by either rats or possums. If you have rats or possums in your roof, you will need to tell professional possum trappers where and when the noises occur.

Possums
Possums come out at night at roughly the same period of time as they are nocturnal. There are 2 species of possums are encountered by pest controllers, the ringtail and brush-tail opossum

The ringtail possum and the brush tailed possum are very powerful animals, and our animal trappers have seen them using their snouts and claws to lift roofs after scuurying up poles and trees. The animal trapper in the video below located this one after it fell through an office building in Sydney recently:



The owner of the above building was advised to contact a builder to proof off entry points before releasing the animal within the boundaries of the property in a safe area.

 

Possums naturally live in cavities of trees. They shelter there during the day and emerge to feed and explore during the night. Possums enter roof voids when their natural nesting sites have been removed, mainly through broken tiles, damages eaves and displaced roof capping.

They make scurrying noises at night, and may urinate and defecate, causing ugly stains and odours. Chimneys are favoured hiding places. If after reading and watching all of our information, you are still asking "How to get rid of Possums?"

Call Bruce on 0417 251 911 or send him a message if you have a problem with possums.

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