Trapped Possum In The Attic

Opossum in the attic.

Trapped possum in the attic.

Don t mess up here because if you leave a possum trapped inside the attic get ready for scratching and if the animal s die get ready for the worst odor you ve ever smelled. 4 if you have opossums living under a deck shed or other structure install an exclusion barrier steel mesh around the perimeter and down at least 12 into the ground with bottom of mesh sloping outward. These traps work using a system of springs attached to the door and the bait platform. 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.

3 relocate any trapped opossum at least 10 miles from capture site. Therefore to capture a possum you will need a very large cage sometimes called a raccoon cage. Possums or opossums are nocturnal animals that grow to be about the size of a large cat. If the possum is living in your attic or garage place the trap in the center of the space.

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. 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. Choosing the right size will be quite important as you don t want to give the opossum too much room to move but also it shouldn t be too constricting. There are several oversized rodent traps and traps for nuisance animals on the market which can be used to confine opossums that have thrown down roots in your attic.

Once an opossum crawls inside the trap to take the bait the door will snap shut behind it locking it inside. 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. 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. The opossum is quite a large animal when compared with other pests that are trap and for this reason most people will prefer to use a live trap in case they catch a domestic animal.

How to trap a possum.