The Problems With 'PossumsPosted by Borg Lorentzen on June 3rd, 2021 A lot of us feel better nature by setting up bird feeders in our backyard. One of the problems related to bird feeders will be the unwanted guests that the bird feeder may attract. If you are to put together a camera and take nighttime photos in the area under your bird feeder, selecting in awe of the range of animals that will arrive. Opossums (possums), as well as all kinds of other species seem to have a built-in GPS that knows the venue of each and every bird feeder inside the neighborhood. These animals and then make nightly house calls to wash up the seeds that birds have scattered on the floor under the bird feeder. Although Possum Removal Melbourne convey more teeth (50) than every other North American animal, they often acquiesce to raccoons, but will often fight with skunks over those discarded bird-seeds. Some with the nighttime skunk odors you smell are caused by those skunk and possum confrontations. As these nocturnal animals go to and out of your bird feeder, sometimes their route will need them down the foundation of your own home. They may visit to your ac to get a drink of water with the condensation pipe around the unit. That's when the true trouble begins. Many ac units have openings within the frame on what the machine sits. Animals can squeeze through these openings and gain access into the crawlspace. Now they use a safe home to call home, next to a water and food source. Not being house-broken, these animals deposit waste (usually over the inside foundation wall) through your house, and you may will experience unpleasant odors filtering up into your own home. Another problem primarily linked to possums are fleas. Over time, as fleas multiply on these animals some with the fleas will will surface over the floor and in to the house. Possum Catcher Melbourne gets several messages or calls each month from your home owners with flea problems who don't even own pets. Many times those fleas include the response to a possum and other animal inside the crawlspace. Now onto a few of the more unpleasant possum problems. One is odor. Possums will exude a really unpleasant green secretion from time to time of distress and it's also a good smell to behold. Possums also use a very short lifespan. Whether it's a design flaw, bad luck or simply plain lack of intelligence, possums survive average only 24 months within the wild. If Possum removal Caulfield have one living inside the crawlspace vid whole new a higher level possum problem. Of all the dead animals we remove from crawlspaces, approximately 80% are possums. The smell of a dead possum is something you truly need to avoid, as would be the fleas looking for any new "live" host. I hope scanning this piece has enabled one to learn a little new things about possums as well as the problems they are able to pose.Like it? Share it! More by this author |