We thought it was a ground hog. But I accidently flooded the hole and out they came! We want the gone, but don't want to pay a lot of money.
2006-06-11 10:21:36 · 15 answers · asked by ajflib 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
Only an idiot would come on yahoo answers looking for advice on how to kill an opossum family. And only bigger idiots would give advice on how to go about it.
2006-06-11 10:40:46 · answer #1 · answered by sean1201 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Get another person or two first and arm them with baseball bats or shovels (or hard boots). Then re-flood the hole. Have them kill the possums by whacking them. That's not very humane, but it's cheap.
However, you can flood the hole and get the other people to trap the possums in bags. Then relocate the possums to a park far away.
2006-06-11 17:24:32 · answer #2 · answered by King Yellow 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
A pest control service is relatively inexpensive and a good alternative to trying to exterminate them yourself. However, they have taken up refuge in your hole because it is a good possum home. You could also wait until after dark, when they are likely to be out feeding, and plug the hole up. They will probably move elsewhere rather than try to dig another hole under your foundation.
2006-06-11 17:27:22 · answer #3 · answered by Chris 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
don't keep flooding the holes, or it will undermine the concrete slab. You could try baited hav-a-hart traps at both entrances, and just relocate them as they are caught in it
2006-06-11 17:30:31 · answer #4 · answered by wellaem 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I understand your concern but if you just leave them alone, they will move on. - No need to kill them. Possums perform a "good dead" - they are one of the "good-guys". - Yeah, they aren't pretty, but they are VERY shy and harmless to us.
I have had them on my property and they have never been a problem to me or anyone else - except for a stray dog or cat!
2006-06-11 17:30:21 · answer #5 · answered by poormigalito 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Once they're out block their entrance and they'll relocate- Opossums are NOT rats -they eat rats and cockroaches- knowing this - kind of nice to have around.
2006-06-11 17:59:49 · answer #6 · answered by justamom 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Call animal control and let them earn their tax money if flooding them out doesnt work.
2006-06-11 17:26:06 · answer #7 · answered by Victor ious 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You should flood them out again and ensnare them in nets. Then you can kill them.
2006-06-11 17:29:34 · answer #8 · answered by malganis_raistlin_hahadragon 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just keep it flooded for a while, and they'll move to the neighbor's yard.
2006-06-11 17:23:17 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
put a hose on the tail pipe of your car and gas them or pour gasoline down the hole and they will be gone
2006-06-11 17:37:29 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋