Possums or opossums are nocturnal animals that grow to be about the size of a large cat.
How to trap a possum in the attic.
Choosing the right size will be quite important as you don t want to give the opossum too much room to move but also it shouldn t be too constricting.
If the possum is living in your attic or garage place the trap in the center of the space.
If you find the adult female catch her via snare pole.
There are several oversized rodent traps and traps for nuisance animals on the market which can be used to confine opossums that have thrown down roots in your attic.
Foods such as apples fish and pet food are good for this purpose and leaving a trail of food leading to the trap can actually be successful in catching the opossum.
The easiest most convenient and humane way to catch a possum is by positioning a trap in the area where their presence is the most frequent.
The best way to get rid of opossum in the attic is to either remove them by hand like in the above photo or set large cage traps 12x12x30 to catch them.
Once an opossum crawls inside the trap to take the bait the door will snap shut behind it locking it inside.
Set the traps on the roof near the entry hole or on the ground below the entry hole.
Inspect the home and find the entry hole s which are very large and obvious.
4 repair the possum entry holes to prevent the problem from happening again seal shut the entry hole s.
Live traps are available and should be left unset and baited for a few days to allow the opossum to become comfortable with taking food from the baited pressure plate.
Therefore to capture a possum you will need a very large cage sometimes called a raccoon cage.
Here are the general steps for removing opossums from an attic.
You can even set the traps inside the attic if you want.
The opossum is quite a large animal when compared with other pests that are trap and for this reason most people will prefer to use a live trap in case they catch a domestic animal.
Search the attic carefully and find and remove any baby possums by hand.
These traps work using a system of springs attached to the door and the bait platform.
A cage trap is the most common way to catch an opossum and this should be placed in the attic with a small amount of bait in the trap to draw the animal in.
