How To Keep Possums Off Your Roof

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How to keep possums off your roof.

The females often seek out a safe place to live once they have young and a possum on the roof is often a possum that is seeking to live in your attic. All you need is some 9x32mm pipe insulation foam. 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. Ensure your trash is covered properly and inaccessible and any pet food is inside or where possums cannot access it.

Live holding traps capture possums without hurting or killing them. 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. If you have possums in your crawlspaces such as your roof or under your house you may need to physically remove them. A packet of stainless steel nails they won t rust and 4 longish cable ties.

Cut off about a 375mm piece of insulation to use. Cut back trees that are growing near you home so possums don t have easy access to your roof. Click here to hire us in your town and check prices updated for year 2020. They are preferable to quick kill traps.

Opossums do occasionally go on the roof. 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. So here s an easy way i devised to keep possums off your roof if they re getting onto it via a cable like your power line.