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Thanks Max,
I will keep pushing on , I WILL eventually win

Hi Norm
l can say from firsthand experience that the motion detection light at my place did not worry old poss one bit .
The only owl that will really scare old poss is the powerful owl as he likes eating them . See if you can cut something down of put something up so they have to go another way .

Possums have not been too much of a problem for the last couple of weeks, not sure what the reason is. Waiting to see what the new neighbours do about the cypress trees but if they remain and the possum problem continues I will resort to a scrambled egg with 3 asparin mixed in

Be carefully with a mix like that as many desirable animals will eat eggs. Personally I prefer live traps and use only deadly force as a last resort; except in the case rodents like mice. For those use regular mouse/rat traps and feed the trappings to the chickens that way I don't poison my chickens or other wildlife.

Matter of fact I working on clearing my shop of mice. Yesterday morning I went to clear the trap and found a half eaten mouse in it where the mice had done it to the victim of the trap. I have heard and seen the dog eat dog comment to be true but I never seen it with mice before.

It has been reasonable for a while but last night was really bad so at the moment I am pretty angry. Don't know how many are there but there is a lot going by the noise on the roof . Not sure why they want to run around on the roof so I am going to have to take action. I even thought about running electric fence wires all over it but I would need to have an earth method across the roof as well, maybe chicken wire across the roof with the fence wires just above it. I have gone through packets of rat bait over the last couple of weeks because on one side I have a woman with birds and at the rear they have chooks. I said I would win but at this stage I think they are winning. Seems like the cockatoos don't like the owls because they have only come once since the owls went up

We think cloudy ammonia on a rag seems to keep them away. You might need a lot though

Jeff

This afternoon was good, sitting having lunch and I heard a chainsaw next door and within a couple of hours 9 trees had been removed and everything cleaned up. Marvelous what a team of young blokes and some good equipment can do Should be able to get a good nights sleep tonight. Anybody want a couple of owls and a hawk I didn't even get to put up, it was supposed to scare the cockatoos away

Hello Possums

Norm, I have been following Possumgate.
A great story!

My fear is that possums n your area are evolving ...
These are early days post tree felling ...



Cheers
Jack

Excellent news Norm - hope they don't take refuge in the roof

I was shown this video the other day, Immediately thought of your issue

Apparently there is a new wave of 'ethnic' humour - Contains a bit of language haha. Cracks me up every time

Here is the link to the point in the video - only a 5 second bit while he's up the ladder

Was a possum hunt in Kingswood country from memory - can't remember who got shot though

Jack, Boy now I think I found myself a new Avatar.

Hi Jack,
That look is exactly like the contempt that these possums are showing for me. Still driving the dog nuts but they weren't running across the roof last night so that is an improvement

Hopefully they will quickly learn to find a big tree an even bigger distance away

hello NormK.
this might not be relevant to you but i too had a possum problem like that.
i purchased one of those high pitched non audible to humans squealer pest deterrents and put it inside my roof with an extension lead going down to beside my bed. whenever i heard a possum on the roof i would switch the thing on. I could here the possums eagerly trying to escape the noise.
as you have a dog this might not help.but it may just shut your dog up also.

Hi Gizmo,
I have a solar powered ultrasonic one but that doesn't seem to bother them. Will see how we go tonight

It is bad when you guys are making coffee cups about the problem.

Thanks AVB,
I can see the funny side of it, dog hasn't made a sound so far tonight so they may have moved on hopefully

Norm,

At least you haven't lost your sense of humor but I know how well they are irritating you. I got a mouse or rat under my floor that keeps gnawing on the floor joists. I about got him or her to stop as I have been ringing its ears by taking a hammer like a machine gun to the area right over where he is gnawing. Makes me so mad that if I could get to him or her I would take it out. Just about the time I get all settle into bed the gnawing starts. It was quite last night as far as I know so I have stumped my toes lately. OUCH.

G'day Norm and AVB
I'm a mug if I didn't love AVB's mug [coffee cup].

Yes, Australians do laugh at themselves.
Norm has a great sense of humour, a sort of Rumpole of the Bailey,
where 'she who must be obeyed' rings true to me.

I love AVB's North American take on this.

It makes for great members' reading.

Cheers
Jack

Hello all

Yes I think Norm has a good choice of Possum Mugs.

I have flying (glider) Possums here.

Cheers
Max

G'day all possum ambivalents

I don't often laugh, but when I do ...
Thanks Max and all for a laugh.

Cheers
Jack