How To Keep Possums Off Roof

Fortunately i m sure the workshop community can come to the rescue of anyone struggling with neighbourhood possums.

How to keep possums off roof. Cut back trees that are growing near you home so possums don t have easy access to your roof. Possums away it will keep your lawns and plants looking lush. But it can be frustrating when they are munching on your home grown fruit and vegetables or keeping you up at night by dancing on the roof. As we know a habit is not broken in a day so keep the pressure on our furry friends.

Even if possums pose no real physical danger to you or your family it can tear up your residence and office and cause an overall nuisance that could disturb the quality your life. Get a live holding trap from a big box home improvement store or from an online retailer. Some other ways to deter them are. If you have possums in your crawlspaces such as your roof or under your house you may need to physically remove them.

Spray it with ammonia or poss off you reclaim the territory as belonging to a new possum altogether you. During the day make sure you block all access points to the roof or the possum will return. Live holding traps capture possums without hurting or killing them. We get many calls asking for devices to be put on powerlines to stop possums getting on to a roof.

If you catch a possum you must release it within 24 hours and it must be at night. The secret to keeping possums off your roof. He was almost rolled off but just made it i actually witnessed it. Read our previous blog on how to keep possums off the roof for more info and tips on safe relocation for them.

Being woken up early in the morning by an elephant on the roof can be very disruptive and annoying. Possums are adorable when they are climbing trees and dashing across electrical wires. Your case is a bit different your roof sounds like it s on the boundary of 2 territories if you have multiple possums growling up there they re fighting over who s territory it s in. If the pesky marsupial is living in your attic roof or any other high spot in your home then you need to block its access.

A brown stain around an entry or exit is also an indicator that the entrance is being used. You can also put spikes along fences to keep them from using these as a highway. This entry was posted on september 11 2017 by brian vernon. After over a year of successfully keeping the local wild possums off my roof one particularly aggressive animal found a way over it by running quickly across the pipe before he could be rolled off.

Possum sprays nurseries hardware stores and supermarkets stock a range of possum deterrent sprays or you can make your own. The footprints will also tell you whether it is a single possum or you are dealing with a family of possums. Consequently i had to update the design by buying stainless steel bird spikes. They are preferable to quick kill traps.