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.....in the loft. How do I catch the little f**ker?

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Aw how cute. I am still not bored of possums. :o

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Try one of these.

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Here's another way:

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I heard a strange noise this morning at around 5am. Thought it was ROMFT farting as he was sleeping on the sofa in the family room after being too pished to make it to bed:rolleyes:

Turns out it was a possum

Possum farts

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Send for someone else to do it!!

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Neither am I - when I don't have one pissing and shitting on my loft insulation!

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Looks good

Someone at work has suggested that I call the ranger and the shire will lend me a trap

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Strong pair of gardening gloves and a big sack. And block up the possum sized hole that allows him into the loft. The DH had to remove one that had taken up residence in our slow combustion stove on his recent holiday back in Canberra and then make a possum proof cap for the chimney. They are stinky little beggars and will pee constantly as you remove them (so perhaps a large plastic bin bag or you'll have a smelly pee trail as you trek it through the house and out the door!)

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Apparently Possums are scared of Koalas so put one of those in there.... errrm after that your on your own.

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No Koalas in WA unfortunately - apart from in zoos

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Are you sure it's a possum?

We get rats. Don't do what I did, I accidentally poisoned our pet rabbit yesterday. My kids are gutted, I'm pretty upset too. That rabbit was cool.

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And be bloody careful it doesn't get loose in the house! :eek:

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It's a Possum. I had a look up there yesterday evening and saw him/her

No poison. He don't deserve to die

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Sorry to hear about your rabbit.It's not the first one you lost is it .?? We used to have rats in our roof.They only waited till bedtime to do river dance up there.

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Thanks irishbloo. We've had 3 rabbits, first one got killed by we think a snake. Second one had to go back to the shop because it wouldn't stop humping the guinea pig but this one was really cool.

It used to run about the garden, gambolling like a lamb. I'm actually quite upset about it. I think we'll have to get another one just like him.

Rats in the roof are come and go but every year I chuck about 15 or 20 baits up there and most of the previous years baits have been taken.

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Mitre 10 & bunnings both sell possum traps. We find apple is a good bait.

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You will find it hard to get rid of them long term. They will eventually come back. If possible you might want to invest in a Possum house in a nearby tree, that can often attract them away from the roof.

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True, unless you block all entry points to your roof space, moving on one possum just creates a vacant home for another to move in. But not sure if creating possum houses really solves the problem either - unless you're into provisioning another possum house every time a new one moves into an area. The local tree could quickly become Possumville: full of possums on welfare :D

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You can try hanging some Campher in the loft, they don't like the smell and should leave after a couple of days. Buy Campher at the local hardware Bunnings / Mitre 10 /Masters etc. When they have gone, cover up the hole where they were getting in.

If you use a trap and catch one, local council regs say you must release it within 50m of where you found it. Bugger 'em ( the council ) , take it 10kms away and let it go there - someone else can have it.;)

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I've got a mate lives just down from you had them in his roof so he blocked all the holes to the roof and the noise got worse. he'd trapped it in the roof.:rofl:

Just one of the joys of living on the scarp.

Keel

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Sounds like fun!

Interestingly, the is the first Possum that I have seen in my area in the 8 years that we've lived here. Every other form of wildlife is in abundance , but not Possums. 2kms away though it's Possum city

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It will die- they are incredibly territorial, hence the 50m rule.