Possum attacks HELP!

[Bananabread]

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could be the very side of the coop, but that hole is only 1 1/2 inch in width. In length its around 4 inches. im setting up a live trap tonight, what should i put in there?

an egg

 

[Bananabread]

^joking...kind of.

do you have an automatic door on the coop? is it working? i often realize my battery has died by the incessant cries in the morning protesting their incarceration, riot gear at the ready if i don't let them out. I haven't fortunately been in the scenario yet in which the door fails to close because of the batter but suppose one of the only ways I would find that it is the following day once a possum had run amuck...

 

[TexasBlues]

Anything smelly will catch a possum like canned cat food or sardines.

 

[Plaid Dad]

Night vision scopes have gotten cheap. There are a ton of ways to address this problem but picking them off one by one with a night vision or thermal scope is the only one I can think of that's actually entertaining.

 

[lagrange chicks]

Hoping to dispatch a family of possums with an air rifle.

You may need more than a air rifle, there tough to kill.

 

[speedy2020]

Use live medium/large trap and get rid of it. Air rifle will do if you don't mine the wait and like little fun.

 

[Hatch in chicks]

Thank you for all of your answers and tips. So, the possum comes out every night at
7:00 pm sharp. The live trap is medium/large and the bait is= eggshell,tuna,apples,oranges, and dry cat food (did not have any canned cat food ). i have a trail cam set up tonight that is videoing the trap.

 

[Hatch in chicks]

^joking...kind of.

do you have an automatic door on the coop? is it working? i often realize my battery has died by the incessant cries in the morning protesting their incarceration, riot gear at the ready if i don't let them out. I haven't fortunately been in the scenario yet in which the door fails to close because of the batter but suppose one of the only ways I would find that it is the following day once a possum had run amuck...

I do not have an automatic coop door... YET.

 

[speedy2020]

Thank you for all of your answers and tips. So, the possum comes out every night at
7:00 pm sharp. The live trap is medium/large and the bait is= eggshell,tuna,apples,oranges, and dry cat food (did not have any canned cat food ). i have a trail cam set up tonight that is videoing the trap.

The left over scrap or bone will do. There is no need to spend $ on it.

 

[Hatch in chicks]

oh ok