Get a licensed removal agent ... If that thing is rabid you want no part of it ...
I second that. They can be nasty little buggers.
They rarely get rabies and despite sounding/acting aggressive, they are fairly docile.
The possum is not rabid. It is not a mammal. Fish and kangaroos don’t carry rabies, either.
Highly unlikely that the possum has rabies.
Never heard of a rabid possum...their body temps are too low for the virus to survive.
“Get a licensed removal agent. If that thing is rabid you want no part of it.”
I agree. Even if not rabid, any frightened animal may bite.
It might have actually had babies, so you want them all out. A professional is best. Call your county Ag office.
You might try pounding on the wall or blasting loud music to drive it out, then seal whatever ingress got it in there so it can’t get back in.
Whatever you do, don’t try to fumigate it out.
If it—and possibly babies—dies in your wall-—yech!
SAD:” Get a licensed removal agent ... “
I agree — this is the best and most reasonable thing to do, whether or not the possum is rabid or ill.
It’s worth the money, rather than struggle yourself with approaches that may or may not work. Also, ending up with a dead possum in your walls is not a good thing either.
Possums almost never get rabies. It’s been postulated it is because of their unusually cool body temperature. While it is theoretically possible for a possum to turn up with rabies, possums that look rabid are just demonstrating normal possum behavior.
http://opossumsocietyus.org/faq-opossum/
http://www.humanesociety.org/animals/opossums/tips/solving_problems_opossums.html
Coons, on the other hand, should always be avoided at night.