Bloody Possums

[disenfranchised]

Possums have invaded my roofspace.

Noisy little buggers they are too.
Anyone ever had the same thing? How did you get rid of them.

I only found one pest control place that seem to deal with them (rentokil) and they are way to expensive.

So if anyone has a great method, or know a bloke - especially in the West Auckland region...some hints would be appreciated.

[kevfromcoro]

Contact DOC. HAVE THE same problem here..darn possums everwhere.
got a bag of poison called baitbusters or something..
nails them good. dont die in the roof
have to go outside and drink some water.
$20 for a 5 kg bag...lasts for ages

[disenfranchised]

Sounds alright..except I don't think they can get out...the hole they come in is like a trap itself...and has sharpish corrugated iron edges.

Will try DOC. Seeing as I'm residential I'm not sure if they'll be interested, but will give it a go.

[FlangMasterJ]

A 2x4 does the trick. Just watch the plumbing and electricals.

[MSTRS:Me]

Sounds alright..except I don't think they can get out...the hole they come in is like a trap itself...and has sharpish corrugated iron edges.
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If they can't get out, then just wait a week or two. Get some airfreshener in. You'll be needing it.

[The Pastor]

buy an air rifle and go shoot them? - note you'll need alot of pellets to drop a possum. (your welcome to borrow my air rifle, but you'll need lots of pellets!)

[ManDownUnder]

Contact Pest control and tell them your problem. Get a possum trapping cage off them.

Start putting apples on the lawn so the possum gets used to finding them there (look for possum poo around the place - they are creatures of habit and will tend to stay on their regular walking paths...)

The possum should start finding the apples in a day or two, and when they do hang the apple in the cage and set the trap. Crash bang wallop - the possum gets caught and it's all over (Animal control will come and take it away).

An alternative is to use a neck chopping trap (will kill it in the roof space so check regularly before the stink sets in...)

[ManDownUnder]

buy an air rifle and go shoot them? - note you'll need alot of pellets to drop a possum. (your welcome to borrow my air rifle, but you'll need lots of pellets!)

You need to improve you aim and/or get a more powerful air rifle. One good hit from a good gun is enough (.177 I'm talking too...) but it's not overly humane.

[Ixion]

Get a cat with balls.

[jrandom]

Do what my father-in-law once did and start blasting holes in the ceiling with a .22 when you hear the possum shuffling around.

He got the bugger, too!

(He reckons that the fun was entirely worth having to crawl up and retrieve the body and then repair the ceiling after mother-in-law proclaimed her lack of amusement.)

[Finn]

Contact DOC. HAVE THE same problem here..darn possums everwhere.
got a bag of poison called baitbusters or something..
nails them good. dont die in the roof
have to go outside and drink some water.
$20 for a 5 kg bag...lasts for ages

Cool. Do they work on cats?

[ManDownUnder]

Cool. Do they work on cats?

If you want pussy - just buy her a drink.

[crazybigal]

get a TIMMS trap
http://www.ebop.govt.nz/Land/Animals/Possums.asp
DOC used to rent them out, you give them 20 bucks and when you take the trap back they give you a refund.
we used to do it in Queenstown for sport!

[ManDownUnder]

get a TIMMS trap
http://www.ebop.govt.nz/Land/Animals/Possums.asp

THAT's the bugger - they're good!

[crazybigal]

i once got a big male with nuts the size of lemons, trap wouldnt finish him off so it was on the end of a rope and in the lake for him!!
but yes a good trap to use on these beasties and your cat wont get caught in it

THAT's the bugger - they're good!