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How to Get Possums Out From Under Your Home
How to Get Possums Out From Under Your Home. Possums, or opossums, are a species of marsupial found throughout the United States and Canada. Marsupial refers to a mammal that carries its young in a pouch of skin around the abdomen. Possums move about at night, foraging for food. They take up residence almost anywhere they can find a reliable food...
Possums, or opossums, are a species of marsupial found throughout the United States and Canada. Marsupial refers to a mammal that carries its young in a pouch of skin around the abdomen. Possums move about at night, foraging for food. They take up residence almost anywhere they can find a reliable food source. If you have possums living under your home, trapping and removal to a new location is a common way to get rid of this nocturnal pest.
Things You'll Need
Cage trap at least at least 10 by 12 by 32 inches
Bait
Slide the gate of the cage trap upward to the locked position, and insert bait inside on the trigger mechanism. Possums will eat almost anything, but old cheese and bread beginning to go bad will lure them with the smell.
Place the trap at dusk near a porch, back deck or any opening near the house, including storm cellar doors and crawlspaces. Possums feed at night, so that is when you are most likely to catch one.
Call the local animal control department for information on the legal disposal of wild animals in your area. In some localities, an animal control officer may have to come to your home and transport the captured possum to an approved area for release.
Tips & Warnings
Carry the trapped possum by the cage handle to a vehicle for transporting to an uninhabited area if you must release the creature yourself. Stand to the rear of the cage, and open the gate in the front so that the possum runs away from you when released, rather than toward you.
Seal the lids tightly on garbage containers, and do not leave food or scraps outdoors where wildlife may be attracted and take up residence below your home.
Do not attempt to catch a possum by hand or confront the creature. Although possums tend to be docile, they will defend themselves when threatened.
Do not use poisons to kill possums living under your house. If they ingest the poison and crawl back under the building to die, the resulting smell may last for weeks.
