Ever wondered what it’s like when 2 possums face off, one defending its territory and the other trying to take over.
Chances are if you’re hearing this noise inside your roof, you have a resident possum trying to ward off some agressive action by something. Time to get Mr Possum to get rid of Possum.
If you are serious about getting rid of possums and keeping them out then material selection for your repair is critical. Possums are much smarter than you think.
They will seize the smallest weakness in your workmanship and over time, break through to get back in.
How often have you heard, “We had someone come and seal up the holes with chicken wire, but somehow they got back in”
Worst example of possum proofing a house
Here is an example of of just how effective some repairs are not.
In this case the repair would have taken considerable time to do, with the result being as useful as an ashtray on a motorbike.
If you really want to keep possums out of your roof, there must be thought put into the fact that a possum has plenty of time and plenty of patience when it comes to dismantling your efforts to keep them out.
Don’t under estimate them, possums will get beck in if you take short cuts on the repairs you do to prevent them.
They have sharp teeth and strong jaws, they will chew, gnaw and scratch their way back into their home unless the repair is done properly.
I was recently called to get rid of possums in a roof in Brisbane where they were getting into the roof and causing the people their a huge mount of grief with the running around in the night.
What was puzzling to start with was the excessive amounts of movement during the day. You see normally possums sleep during the day but this one kept move around walking from one side of the roof to the other. The tenant originally thought it was a rat in the roof.
The reason for the movement turned out to be the fact that the possum was a mum and the baby was big enough to be out of the pouch but not self sufficient and like most young ones wouldn’t leave mum alone.
Baby Brushtail possum
Fortunately when darkness fell they both went out of the roof, we blocked the hole in the roof and Mum and baby went to live in a nearby tree as they are meant to.
So if you are hearing noises in the roof, don’t automatically assume that you have rats and throw out rat poison. It could be a mum with a baby, mum will eat the rat bait and die. Baby will end up die because it has no Mum.
If you are unsure whether you have rats or possums in your roof
Mate, just Get Rid of Possums, All I want to do is get rid of these damn possums. They keep me awake at night and wake the kids up, as if we need them waking during the night.
Have you ever heard that before?
Get rid of possums
Lets have a look at what your options are.
Just about everyone has a theory about how to get rid of possums. They really mean how to stop possums annoying them, and the options range from
The bottom line is that possums are very adaptable and some of these may work for a short time like naphthalene flakes and most don’t work at all.
You see, when there is a change to the environment in which a possum lives, they just sits back and look. If the the change doesn’t affect them, they just go on with business as usual.
There are a number of electronic devices available which claim to be able to deter possums.
A device that sends out an ultrasonic way the is supposed to be detected by possums and keep them from entering the space where the device is located. The down side of these devices is that they have black spots or shadows behind roof timbers.
These area 3 or 4 strand of wire which are attached to a low voltage electronic unit which sends a pulse through the wire which give anything that touches them a small jolt which shocks them away from the area. These can be effective along the top of fences or the top of the roof to deter them from running over the roof.
There are also a number of possum removal sprays available. The idea is that you spray it around and it’s supposed to keep them away. As with the other deterrents they can have varying levels of effectiveness.
When possums are fighting in your roof and running around or more like a football team in a scrum. The only thing on your mind is to “GET THE POSSUM OUT of my roof”
Many people think that to trap a possum is the answer their possum problem.
Lets take a look for a second.
| A possum is in your roof |  |
| It’s annoying the hell out of you | |
| You want to get rid of it and get your sleep back | |
Given all these are ticked, then you are more than ready to get rid of the possum, right?
What are your options?
Trapping a possum may be an option but is usually not a very good option. The trap needs to be set and will only catch 1 possum at a time. So id there is a juvenile possum around, it is often not caught straight away and then you have a problem, because one possum is in the other is out. The hole still isn’t blocked.
There are more effective ways of getting possums out of your roof and then possum proofing the house so they can’t get back in.
If you are in doubt find a possum removal expert in your area who knows what they are talking about and who will guarantee that your roof will be free of possums for at lest 12 mths.
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