No one wants a gaze of raccoons living in their yard or near their home.
Possum or raccoon in attic.
There are several oversized rodent traps and traps for nuisance animals on the market which can be used to confine opossums that have thrown down roots in your attic.
And i didn t know that possums can survive in the winter time.
Raccoons are intelligent crafty little thieves.
Prevention with any wild animal the best way to keep and opossum out of your home to eliminate any reason the opossum might want to stay there to begin with.
If you have a pregnant mother raccoon or a mother already with babies this method is best for you and the raccoons.
The female possum likes a safe place to stay and keep her babies safe and an attic fits the bill.
Using raccoon eviction fluid is the single best way to remove raccoons in the attic.
Then i told my mom about it.
Be sure all raccoons have moved out before you seal their entry opening especially between march and july when there may be babies.
While this may seem like a good idea in theory it doesn t work as well.
Afterwards you would have to clean up the possum.
They are smelly creatures and their droppings make quite a mess in your attic.
And you certainly don t want your property to be their restaurant of choice every night.
Possums just come to our house.
The young start in a pouch possums are marsupials and then as they grow they cling to momma s back.
I know that it s in the animal kingdom and possums are related to skunks and raccoons.
They ll find brilliant ways to get into your trash and rummage through whatever else they can get their little paws on.
Possums are excellent climbers and often live in attics.
Shooting the possums if you live in a rural area you may be tempted to just shoot the opossum and get rid of it.
These traps work using a system of springs attached to the door and the bait platform.
If you do encounter an opossum in the attic during the spring you will have to deal with babies.
I thought they hibernate.
Possums are actually strong so if you see damage that looks quite extensive on your home roof or soffit chances are you re dealing with possums in the attic and not raccoons or squirrels.
Possums also cause damage to the soffit.
The only way to remove possums from your attic is via trapping and.
An attic floor with an opossum resident can quickly be covered with feces and debris resulting in a putrid stench and damage to underlying flooring.
Once an opossum crawls inside the trap to take the bait the door will snap shut behind it locking it inside.
I know a little about possums.
Possum damage is not generally covered by insurance.
The possum looked like it was either digging or drinking water before that.
Since possums are rarely seen during the day you would have to spend your whole night looking for them.
