How To Get Possums Out Of Your Roof

If you have possums on your roof they re likely looking for shelter or have taken shelter in your house or most likely your attic.

How to get possums out of your roof.

A possum got in the chimney couldn t get out and died. Live holding traps capture possums without hurting or killing them. The pros and cons of possums in your roof. A brown stain around any possible entry exit point is a good indicator that the hole is being used.

Emma power and jane degabriel. They are preferable to quick kill traps. Install a one way door. 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.

When you see the possum leaving the roof block the gap with wood or chicken mesh. If you re not sure whether a possum could use a hole to get in stuff it with crumpled newspaper and check it over the next few nights. Possums will climb on the roof of your home shed or outhouse as a source of foraging and scavenging when looking for food. While the possum is out of your roof block up the entry holes that it was using to get in.

If you re struggling to see when your possums are leaving the roof or concerned that one will be left behind and become trapped a pest controller will be able to advise on how to install a one way door that will let the possums out but. Block up all the holes you can find. Possums on the roof. Get a live holding trap from a big box home improvement store or from an online retailer.

The smell was god awful. This will usually be under the eaves or through a gap under your tiles. Put some fruit near it to attract the possum. If the possum has pushed all the.