subject: Possum Removal Methods [print this page] Possums generally dwell on trees; their usual abode is hollows in trees. With the increasing number of this rather cute but pesky animals and their natural habitat in the wilderness being slowly destroyed (they actually eat forest trees), some of them now dwells in peoples homes. That is why you would find possums comfortably nesting in someones garage, shed, under the porch, ceiling or anywhere dry and warm. These creatures do not move to other places easily since they are highly territorial. When these creatures cant find anything to eat, they might turn gnawing electrical wirings in your homes which could be both dangerous for you and to the creature itself. Moreover, they are used to gnawing at woods that left without food in sight they might find the wooden structure of your home a sumptuous meal. Besides, possums are believed to be carrier of a particular disease bovine tuberculosis. Hence, it is crucial that these possums be removed from their abode at the soonest possible time but without harming or killing the creature.
Possum removal however is not an easy endeavor. Since they are territorial creatures, evicting them from your roof or ceiling would not be that simple. Before you initiate their removal you need to get familiar with the ways of possum. These are nocturnal creatures which would nest in your home, probably the roof or ceiling during the day but they go out at night to find food. Hence, if you are serious about conducting possum removal on your own, you need to find their nest in your roof during the night, when they are probably out in the field. If you just wish to evict the possum from your house but do not wish to harm or displace it altogether, you might need to do some preparations before embarking on possum removal.
To ensure that you will be able to drive away the creature from your house altogether and prevent it from coming back, you need to do the eviction as humanely as possible. Driving it away from your home by running after it without any thought for its welfare would not simply solve the problem. You can build a sheltered possum house in a tree within your land, which should be out of reach from other pets. The next thing to do is to get to the possums nest in your roof (you can follow the scent to locate it) and transfer it to your self-made possum house. You can then place some food around it to entice the creature to its new house. To prevent the creature from coming back inside your house, you need to cover up the opening through which the possum goes in and out. You can use chicken wires or timber to close off the entryway to assure that they wont be able to come back again.
To ensure that the possum which inhabited your roof will not be attracted anymore to come back to his former abode, you might want to place camphor oil or moth balls around the area where they used to dwell. Combined with a powerful beam aim straight at the entryway to the hiding place, this will deter any possum to come close. You can keep up this set up for three to four days. By such time, the creature will have find itself a new home or might get use already to the new home you have made for it.
