I need some advice how to get a possum out of my garage. I've tried leaving the door open at night and leaving food outside but he/she's still in there. But the food was gone this morning. So he/she ate it and went back in. I'm wondering if it's a female and she had babies?

I feed feral cats and I'm so afraid for them. I haven't seen them for 2 days and I'm getting worried something happened to them.

I've called animal control and they keep connecting me to a wildlife sanctuary and they don't even return my calls. I can't even go in my garage because I'm terrified.
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I don't see how they would interfere with your feral kitties. The most aggressive thing
I've seen them do is hiss.

We have them all the time, and our cats just stand there and watch the
possum walk by. Mother possums carry their young for quite a while. When the babies
get to be the size of rats, she will park them in a bush/low growing tree and leave them there
when she goes to eat. We found some babies once that way.

If you really want him out--(we had a raccoon once do this)...
put the food out in larger distances away from the garage and you will
have to stay up and when she comes out finally (when the food is a ways away),
you make it impossible for her to return. Make sure there is no hole on the backside of your garage...they dig you know. We had one under our study here one year.

Once she learns you are putting food out, she will come forth quickly, and venture farther and farther out. That is when you get her. You can rent HavAHART live traps at some hardware stores, and you could trap her too and drive her to a less populated spot and release her. You might have an old, sick one in there, who is going to be resistant to coming out. You'll just have to see.

leave a trail of food to your neighbors garage?

I call it a garage but it's really a miniature version of my house. I can't get a car in there. It has workbenches and all my gardening tools and the bird feed for my feeders.

He's up now and making quite a racket in there banging against the window and showing his teeth. I thought they slept in the day? I don't know if I should open the door again and let him out. Do they bite? Will they bite Hooper?

Possums are harmless just like mrsd said. My 3 cats just sit and watch the possum come and eat then leave. when they are threatened they play dead roll on back feet up get stiff and a gland releases a stinky .."I'M dead odor" . which is what it may do if hopper..dog?? corners him...The possum is probly up set it is in your shead . dose it stay in shead as its home?? anyways I also have 2 racoons and a armadillo all of them scamper up on back proch every night and eat cat food and or just drink water. my 3 cats I have are outside most all the time they have their shoots and are fixed.
my new dog wants so bad to chace after the racoons but I know racoons can be a ugly fight so not if I can help it .
by the way arent the baby possums sooooo dang cute??? I think they are
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Id place the food away from area if you dont want it comming round. or can call animal controll to take it away...but I dont think it would not hurt you or bite..just wants to eat then be on its way with no hastle .thats what I think.
good luck with your possum adventure ..keep us posted.
PEACE
BMW
lol curious pass it off to the neighbor
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I'm going in. I have to get in there because all my bird feeders are empty and I have some unhappy birds right now. I can't see him through the window but I know he's in there.

how did entering the shead go? did you leave the door open?
It sounds like it has made that places its home for now ...I should of read post more clearly but just wanted to let ya know it probly wont bite you.
long busy few days here sorry mind not focused when over tired.
if your really scared grab a rake and bat it gently towards the door.
or throw blanket over it .
hope things are working out and it leaves on its own.
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I haven't had the nerve yet BMW. I'm having an anxiety attack and my heart is going a bazillion miles and hour. I'm sorry you're feeling so tired, must be the season. I have a terrible head cold and my head is pounding but I'm determined to get him out.

I have a big broom in there and I'm going to try to swish him out the door. I hope it works but first I have to get in there to get it and find out where he's hiding.
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I don't want to hurt him but those teeth scare me and I'm worried for Hooper, yes she's my dog, a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel and she's only weighs 15 lbs. She's like a little baby.
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Okay heart slow down
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I'm going to try again.

Did you kill and eat it?
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Everyone says they're harmless, but all I know is that I don't like being all too close to them. Years ago we had a total house fire and our neighborhood possums seemed to "help out" afterwards. LOL When we took all of the food out of fridge and chest freezer, among other items that we damaged, we tossed them into a big dumpster that had been parked in our driveway. Overnight, Mr. Possum found his way into the dumpster to feast on some of the spoiled foods. Afterwards he went "exploring" only to find the board that had been nailed up to one of our basement windows, move it out of the way and fall into our basement!!! Trauma levels already tremendously high the following morning as we were inventorying things in the house...only to see this possum go strutting past our feed and crawl into one of the plastic trash bags!!
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Police department wouldn't come and help us catch it..they told us to call the fire department.
Fire dept. asked if it was a "threat to anything", that's when we just hung up and figured we'd trap it ourselves somehow.
He had a ride inside a plastic trash can with a lid on it to the park a mile away where he was turned loose.


Good Luck,


Marilyn