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Old 06-05-2008, 07:20 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Default Pavel Possum - newest pest

Finally found what was eating my pole beans and the habanero pepper plant (peppers and all). This must be one tough critter. Also found a little one sleeping in my cast net in the garage

Have researched methods of riddance - everyone has their own idea.

Has anyone on the forum gotten rid of them effectively? And I don't mean potted or creamed possum recipes from La or Tenn.



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Old 06-05-2008, 07:43 AM   #2 (permalink)
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all i find around my house are dead ones, my dogs dont like them in there area i guess. they are cute with there little hands!!
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A live trap and a drive to the country! That is the cutest pic... I didn't know they ate plants. I'm babying my first banana bed ever and I won't be against stringing up an electric wire if something harms a nana!

Our dog unearthed a huge mole a couple days ago. He hears them moving around and runs around the yard barking at the ground. Hubby transported the mole to the pasture. It was as big as a rat. I had no idea they were that big, had the funniest feet.

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A live trap and a drive to the country! That is the cutest pic... I didn't know they ate plants. I'm babying my first banana bed ever and I won't be against stringing up an electric wire if something harms a nana!

Our dog unearthed a huge mole a couple days ago. He hears them moving around and runs around the yard barking at the ground. Hubby transported the mole to the pasture. It was as big as a rat. I had no idea they were that big, had the funniest feet.

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they are a favorite dish of my dogs also, i try to saveing as many as i can get to before the dogs do, i think they are cute also Deb!!!!
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Try placing scent deterrents such as mothballs, predator scents or ammonia-soaked rags in the area the animal is using (Do NOT use ammonia when babies are present from May to August, as it can kill them).
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if you have a dog brush them out and put the hair along the areas you dont want the possum. and what do you mean remidies from tn....thats just nasty and gross! yuck, makes me want to vomit. i am sam, sam i am, and i aint eatin no possum ham!
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Well as a voice of one of the other Tennesseans, I too will not eat possum. But the neighbors dog sure likes them. It is true that in Tn there is a road kill law that says if you hit it you can eat it. Oh well
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Haha Sam - you kill me!!!
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Look for frequency generating devices - they won't have on labeled specifically for possums, but they work like a hot darn on mice and rats. Try to find the ones that are for rodents; this should make the possums go away.

On another note, we have had experience with a possum-like critter called a Huanchaca which we preferred to keep around (or really couldn't get rid of) however he was confining himself to our compost heap, which is full of tasty fruit rinds etc. Some people here let them fatten up on the yard waste, and then eat them. We do not.
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I lived in Charlotte, NC when that "If you whack 'em , you can cook and eat 'em law was passed. Deer was the boef de la road they had in mind. But if you think mice are nice - just get out the kitchen knife and dice. Boy, I miss Charlotte, and the best Piedmont BBQ there is! Pork of course.

Everybody - answer up now - what is your favorite part of a squirrel???

I love it. Makes the best spaghetti sauce you ever et!

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Look for frequency generating devices - they won't have on labeled specifically for possums, but they work like a hot darn on mice and rats. Try to find the ones that are for rodents; this should make the possums go away.
If you install a sonic deterrent, please let your neighbors know so that they won't wonder why their pets are slowing going insane.
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We have them around here to. They love to get into cat food if we leave it out since we have indoor / outdoor cats and usually feed them outside in the summer. Stupid things, like giant rats.
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If you want giant rats, c'mon down.... Or at least take a look at Capybaras.
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i dont eat squirrel,rabbit or any other type of rodent. make me gag! i dont eat gator either( they are my family...hahaha...gator fan... LOL! i dont eat duck, dove,turtle,bay scallops and i dont eat snake,brussel sprouts, asperagus or possum. i eat vinison, beef, chicken, turkey,shark,sword fish,shrimp,lobster,clams,muscles,sea scallops,and almost every other veggie there is, crab(soft shell, oh heaven!!!) and occasionally i will eat pork. goodness i miss the ocean. i do want to try buffalo and the next pow-wow i go to i will try it. buffalo burger....sounds great to me...btw why would anyone want to eat an animal(and i use the term loosley) that starts at the butt-end of a dead animal and eats its way to the head??? i aint never been that hungry! there are plants i can eat in the wild before i ever got that far. lol. now if i hit a deer with my car and it dosent kill me, dont think i wont call my daddy and say "come and get it"....
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mskitty -- you are a hoot!!!

lorax -- I have a sister-in-law from Equador, and she has confirmed that the South American mountain rat, called Vizcacha, is eaten in several ways. There is Vizcacha with rice cassarole, as well as the ever popular pickled version - Vizcacha en escabeche. Yum Yum. Check out the mountain rat pic I found.

Oh boy, I can see mskitty now just a drooling away!!!

Kidding aside, I'd try this critter before possom.

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looks like a cute rabbit.....
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Old 06-06-2008, 08:53 AM   #17 (permalink)
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are you serious??? I agree.. that looks like a cute bunny!
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dead serious, like a cute little fat bunny.....
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EWwwwwww!!! Possoms are soooooo GROSS!!!!
Eat a squirrel ?? ~~NEVERRRRRRRRR!!!!~~~~~~
Now that little rat bunny is cute!
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