Glad to hear you don’t plan to kill the possum-they are seldom rabid and can’t kill you-I don’t know if you live in a town/city or in the country, but I see some Freepers here saying omigod-kill the monster, crush it in a trap or blow it away, danger, danger! I assume those people either live in a city or in an enclave someplace where there is no wildlife to speak of...
Out here in BFE, if a varmint becomes a nuisance, we live trap it and turn it loose a few 100 ft in the woods by the river-they usually don’t come back-probably think they’ve been abducted by aliens, and don’t want it to happen again-
I’ve only found two possums on this property-both attempting to get into my locking trash can on the deck-yelling get outta there was enough to send them off...
My pets always live indoors, and are never fed outside-pet food attracts deer, coons and possums-and with the woods so close, those can attract a mountain lion-also, an outdoor pet is an even better snack for one-easier to catch than the wild critters...
Hi, one county over from you. I shoot them. They are a vector for Chagas Disease. For a pet dog who contracts it, there is no cure. Doggy Death Sentence. I know Chagas is becoming more common here, but since it’s a third world disease, lots of times it gets diagnosed as congestive heart failure.