Found A Few Month Old Possum In Attic

By cleaning things up you re removing the opportunity for the opossum to be left alone in its solitude.

Found a few month old possum in attic. She had several young. To get rid of possums in the attic you should start with traps either by diy possum traps or commercial traps. Getting rid of them in the attic. Possums are great climbers.

If your attic is disorganized and let s be honest most attics are opossums see this as prime real estate to settle down and spend a few weeks or months. Bright lights discourage possums and most pest mammals as they prefer to den in dark enclosures. It will more than likely scurry away as these animals are very shy and passive in nature. Soak a few rags in ammonia and scatter them in the attic.

This opossum in the attic tried to hide down a crevice but i found it. Position one or two high wattage lights in the attic. An attic floor with an opossum resident can quickly be covered with feces and debris resulting in a putrid stench and damage to underlying flooring. The noxious odor is likely to discourage the possum from nesting in the attic.

Here s a mother opossum in an attic. You can also remove them manually using a snare pole but take cautions. There they will call out with a kind of chirping call and if not removed will die and cause an odor problem. Using traps are the easiest way to get rid of them and you can use the traps.

They can make their way up the walls or access the roof via downspouts or adjacent trees. If you see a opossum on the roof it is likely accessing your attic via open vents or open.