These included naphthalene flakes blood and bone and garlic spray.
How to deter possums from your roof.
If there is no ban on hunting.
Dissolve a cup of molasses in a liter of water overnight and put the solution in a spray can.
Build a possum box.
Shooting and hunting.
Cut back trees near your home.
Trap the possums and seal up entry points.
Sprays spikes and spotlights.
If they are getting into your roof sleeping on top of your roof under solar panels or in open gable areas give us a call and we can give you a quote to block off the areas and change the reason for the possums to regularly visit your house.
Collect pet hair after brushing your dog or cat.
Use possum deterrents e g.
Place the hair in small mesh bags and hang them or scatter them around areas at which possums frequently gather.
Place ammonia on the floor because its smell annoys them and to make sure that they are gone you need to sprinkle the flour on the floor of your top story and check daily if there will be any footprints of them in the floured area.
How to get rid of possums.
But five of the 10 odour repellents appeared to have some effect.
You can also remove them manually using a snare pole but take cautions.
Remove any food sources.
Scatter dog or cat fur in the areas that possums frequent.
Leave a bright light on in the roof or basement or wherever you suspect them to be lurking.
The smell of a potential predator might be enough to deter many possums from hanging around.
You should also use chicken wire to cover up the fruits and vegetable plants in your garden.
Possums are night time animals so we cannot recognize them.
To get rid of possums in the attic you should start with traps either by diy possum traps or commercial traps.
Regardless of whether you are positive there are possums at your place.
Using traps are the easiest way to get rid of them and you can use the traps.
Possums will only be on your roof regularly for three reasons they are living in your roof they are living on your roof or they are using your roof to get from a to b.
The most radical way to get rid of possums is shooting them but it is banned in many states.
You may also add a bit of liquid dish washing soap to it which makes it more adhesive.
A recent deakin university study into 14 alleged taste and odour repellents found that when possums were hungry none of the taste repellents tested stopped them from eating what they wanted.
5 ways to get rid of the opossums as recommended by the scientists.
Getting rid of them in the attic.