*Bin trap works as do commercially avail ones (be prepared to drive!)
[A similarly simple trapping devise can be made with a student ruler & a bucket to catch mice with out any serious harm to animal( look up on nett)]
*Inspecting and boarding up all entry points to house.
*Bird netting around trees they like it confuses them as they can not see it only feel it at night.
*we cut back tree branch's within 3 feet of house and each other so they can not climb up and jump across onto roof or follow tree highways! (our possums are wild acrobats!
* I have heard the piss in a bucket and sprinkle around theory too .I know it works for trespassing cats as well (they think its a huge wild cat LOL)
I live in Australia we have possums (Phalangeriformes) and you have Opossums (Didelphimorphia): not totally different looking but opossums do look a bit more "super rat" like. Where as ours look a bit more bear like and indigenous . But Some very similar behaviors .
We have trouble In our Australian gardens as they stripe ornamental/ fruit trees of leaves,until the tree literally dies's . They enter our house to fossick for fruit etc if a window is left open ,Ands they live permanently in our Roof's , wall and garages if given the chance. Highly territorial they keep other possums away from garden but can house up to 20 on one block if enough homes for them such as in a house! We should make them tree boxes!
Although they don't seem eat cats LOL They are a major pain for us too. Unfortunately We may not harm or remove them further than 12 feet from property by law as they are a native protected species!!
If you do trap them in one of the pre mentioned garbage bin traps (which do work on you're type) or in 'Elliot" traps here.
Then illegally Australians take them at least 15-20 km away or closer if somewhere over a river because they can always find there way back somehow if you drop them in the nearest park. Also for there sakes they have huge trouble finding new available home nest as they are so territorial.
WE found out from a local gardening shop that put us onto Blood & Bone (you add it to soil as a powder) It worked a treat they hate the smell Sprinkle everywhere they like to hang out!
As an Experiment I am now sewing it into fabric bags and planting them around garden. also I have heard smoky flavored tea in a spray bottle works but I have not tried that yet. Post back if these work for Opossums as well. good luck
{The opossum is North Americas only marsupial and is related to the Kangaroo and Koala from Australia!Opossums, Didelphimorphia: they are commonly also called "possums", though that term is more correctly applied to Australian fauna of the suborder Phalangeriformes} ... View related article.
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Hi there I loved this thread as I had very stained cream counters.It took a bit of research to find Tarn X like product We don't sell it in Australia but the main Ingredients are Thiourea & sulfamic ascid so I found Tarn-Off which is basically the same thing foe Aussies. Magically it worked for me too. (this after trying "silvo" which didn't work at all) After discovering Tarn offs magical properties I thought I better see if it was a safe chemical as it had very little smell which worried me more. In one of these threads a women was using her hands to spread it over counter tops and another had been using it for 2 years every week. I found out it can mess with you're reproductive system and cause birth defects . HMMM?
SO WARNING THIS IS A DANGEROUS CHEMICAL DO NOT BREATH IN OR PUT ON HANDS. Prolonged or repeated exposure may cause reproductive and fetal effects.
Probable carcinogen and mutagen: Thiourea causes cancer in rats. Wash hands thoroughly after use.
It may work but Be very careful fellow fighters of stains. check out these sites before deciding on whether white or stained cupboards matter that much given the health dangers of this product.
