damn possums!

[Pete]

i put a some of my seedlings outside coz we're having a nice stretch of weather down here in melbourne. i checked on them the other day and there was one less and a chewed up bit of a leaf that looked strangly familiar. i'm not keen on the idea of chicken wire. i've been spraying deoderant arround there to give it a 'human' smell maybe dettering some of the wildlife. but i was looking for a spray, powder or something that'll actually do the job without hurting the plants. Anyone know a good one??

Pete

[Tom]

Try putting a few old apples and other bits of fruit over the other end of the garden and train the possums to go other there to look for food, if you have a neighbour’s tree hanging other your fence then put them in that so that they go looking for food in the yard next door after that. Out bush human urine is effective, don't know about the suburbs though, you could always check a nursery for possum repellents.

 

[boulder]

Where i live the council supply residents with traps to catch the wildlife for relocation.

Cheers

[Guest Urbanhog]

Or get gun licence and get a shotgun..... :: and make some "Possum Canna-Pies"

[Pete]

fanx for all the help fellas, i'd go with urbanhog's idea but i don't have any good recipes . i think i'll go with toms idea seems the cheapest.

Pete

[notgail]

You could try pepper sprinkled around the plants. I don't think this would interfer with the plants but you may need to sprinkle a fair bit.

[boe~pimp]

yer the shot gun would be a good idea but i wouldn't advise on carrying it through unless your prepared to either pick about 450 small pieces of lead out of them before you cook them or while your eating them

~Boe~

[Guest Urbanhog]

(slaps head) I should have known about the shotgun's pellets

 

Also, speaking of guns, in USA, if you get busted with drugs and you have a gun with you in your house, car or whatever, you will get into more deeper shit, even you were licenced gun owner.... I read somewhere about some USA states where "criminals" loses their houses just because they had few ounces, plants, etc along with their firearm collection.... But hey, thats USA, I personally have strong anti-yankie views, but I don't go further....

 

Urbanhog

[love4sensi]

There are a number of product around, i myself use quassia chips, but there is a new product that i have just being giving called Possum Shot Gel. It is waterproof and lasts for several months. Send an email and i will supply the address of the suppler

[Guest billy bonger]

There's this stuff on the market called pisorf. It's supposed to keep dogs and cats out of ya garden.i think you can get it from hardware stores.i've never used it myself so don't know if it works on possums. cheeper than a shotie any way