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    miritchka
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    Does anyone have any helpful advice on what to do to deter possums? Someone told me moth balls. Do i spread them out? or is putting them in a bucket hanging higher up going to work too? Any other ideas?

    #983346
    walton157
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    @miritchka: One of the problems that I have noticed in Flatbush/Midwood is the lack of covers for the trash bins that are outside peoples’ homes. If I were a possum/racoon/squirrel I would definately come to F/M. Between the thrown out gefilte fish, chulent, kugel and other delicacies it’s a virtual feast.

    #983347
    DaMoshe
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    Possums and many other animals have a natural aversion to mint, especially peppermint. They make special garbage bags which are infused with a peppermint smell, which I’ve been told are very effective at keeping animals away. You can also buy peppermint oil and soak some rags with it, then place them around your property.

    #983348
    yytz
    Participant

    Please avoid using mothballs. They smell horrible, give many people headaches, and their main ingredient is a known carcinogen. What’s worse, once you take them away the smell does not go away. Peppermint, on the other hand, smells great! Hatzlacha!

    #983349
    Torah613Torah
    Participant

    What are you trying to deter possums from doing?

    #983350
    miritchka
    Member

    Torah613Torah: They are trespassing!! lol! All kiding aside, they are quite repelling animals and i dont like the idea of them in my childrens outdoor play area. Its not just possums, its racoons too! I’ve only seen one possum and a neighbor saw a racoon..thats more than enough…

    Everyone else: Thank you!!!

    #983351
    WIY
    Member

    You likely have a opposum problem not possum. The ones in America are opposums and different species than possums. Carry on.

    #983352
    miritchka
    Member

    WIY: thanks for the clarification! so do you have any solutions?!

    #983353
    golfer
    Participant

    Move to Australia.

    That’s where possums live.

    They have no opossums.

    Or adopt a pet tiger. Much more attractive than an opossum and will take care of the problem in 1 evening.

    #983354
    miritchka
    Member

    golfer: very convenient…but the move might not work out, can you send the tiger here?

    #983355
    sharp
    Member

    miritchka, Speak to an exterminator. Some do exterior work.

    #983356
    akuperma
    Participant

    Possums are an Australian animal that resemble the American Oppossums but a totally different species (though both are marsupials). The American ones can be a health pest (they apparently carry serious diseases that they are immune to but can spread, such as rabies), so I suggest calling a professional exterminator or local wildlife control agency.

    #983357
    miritchka
    Member

    Thank you!

    Sharp: i actually just saw an ad for an exterminator that services problems with racoons, squirrels, and oppossums/possums.

    #983358
    sharp
    Member

    miritchka, tell them to take the opossum far, far away.

    Hope it works out.

    #983359
    eclipse
    Member

    Double your garbage bags, or use heavy-duty black ones.

    #983360
    yehudayona
    Participant

    Let me get this straight. Possums are Australian. Opossums are American. What do the Irish have? O’Possums?

    #983361
    👑RebYidd23
    Participant

    There is a different animal named possum, but opossums are also called possums in the hope that they’ll believe it and move to Australia.

    #983362
    WIY
    Member

    Oh-possum can you see?

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