Their open mouth defensive hissing is merely a bluff to look vicious.
Pictures of dead possums in attics.
Possums have several unique traits.
Just set a large cage trap at least 10x12x32 or a raccoon sized trap in the area where the opossum frequents.
This is your standard dead squirrel in the attic removal.
Click here for photos of possum poop.
The baby opossums usually cling to their mother but they drop off one by one as they grow and it s very common for small ones to rome around in the attic and fall down walls or other cavities.
How to get rid of possums.
The opossum also commonly called the possum is actually named the virginia opossum didelphis virginiana and it is the only marsupial native to north america.
In addition possums very frequently die inside buildings inside the attic or walls and the smell of a rotting opossum body is horrible.
A dead opossum removed from an attic go back to the main photograph page or the home page.
Prevention with any wild animal the best way to keep and opossum out of your home to eliminate any reason the opossum might want to stay there to begin with.
While other wild animals allow a number of different control techniques when it comes to opossums the only real way to get rid of them is via trapping and removal.
They can also cause destruction in houses and attics.
If there is an opossum in the yard don t worry.
Sound will be your best hint that there are still baby possums in the attic as they will be calling out for their mother.
When an opossum lives in an attic it makes the attic its personal toilet and leave a lot of droppings.
In this situation you will have to look through the attic and find the babies.
Yes this does happen quite frequently see photo to left and below and this is a very complex case this almost always involves an adult female with baby possums.
Opossum in the attic.
And if that doesn t work they play dead when really scared.
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.
Foods such as apples fish and pet food are good for this purpose and leaving a trail of food leading to the trap can actually be successful in catching the opossum.
The best way to keep them from visiting is to have.
I had to pry up attic floorboards for this dead opossum.
A stinky dead opossum the regular followers of my posts must be well aware that i do not just specialize in live animal trapping but also remove dead animals from people s homes.
I removed this dead raccoon from inside the air handler.
You can grab them carefully with a gloved hand and reunite them with your mother.
Most people know that they sometimes play possum which is a form of playing dead and they also know that opossums can hang from their tails.
Opossums are very easy to catch.
A cage trap is the most common way to catch an opossum and this should be placed in the attic with a small amount of bait in the trap to draw the animal in.
