Buy or build a possum boxor two and put it in a sheltered spot in your garden at least 4 metres off the.
Possum in roof space.
This is her trying to get in at 5am.
What to do if there s a possum in your roof possum boxes.
If you have possums in your crawlspaces such as your roof or under your house you may need to physically remove them.
A sydney study found that as many as 67 of people whose properties were visited by possums heard possum activity on or in roof cavities while 58 reported possums living in these spaces.
When you see the possum.
Depending on the policy in your state it may be possible to have the possum relocated to another area but this is only ever done as a last resort.
Possums will not usually run in the roof space.
In fact our clients often compare a possum moving inside the roof to that of an elephant thumping around.
Get a live holding cage trap.
Live holding traps capture possums without hurting or killing them.
You see the common brushtail possum utilises tree hollows for resting and also for nesting during the day.
Possums in the roof the reason why possums move in to our roof spaces is because of the lack of holes in their habitat.
If you ve ever had a possum living above your ceiling you know they can be quite noisy fighting screeching and running along the roof.
A sydney study found that as many as 67 of people whose properties were visited by possums heard possum activity on or in roof cavities while 58 reported possums living in these spaces.
We recently closed the areas where this possum was getting into our roof.
Get a live holding trap from a big box home improvement store or from an online retailer.
They can also leave behind the foul stench of urine and brown stains of secretion from their glands which they use to mark their territory.
If a possum is caught in your roof typical practice is to release it on your property at dusk.
Other tell tale signs that a possum is living in your roof can be stains on a ceiling or drip marks down your walls caused by urine.