Irene's Blog

CAUGHT AT LAST - I hired a possum trap and set it in the afternoon and about 9.30 last night we went out to have a look and found that this pesky possum couldn't resist the apple put in for bait and he was well and truly trapped. I'm sure my son in law was right in his assumption that we'd actually barricaded the possum in and it couldn't escape to the outside world. It was probably in the eaves cavity sleeping soundly during the day and coming into the garage once it got dark through whatever small space it could find and making a right mess of our cars. We took it to a nearby park and let it go - it ran up the closest tree so here's hoping it doesn't decide to come back and resume it's nightly raids. At least now I don't think it'll be able to get into the garage since it was probably trapped in the eaves for a couple of days with no means of getting out into the garden. If it couldn't get out, surely it won't be able to get in.

Those cute little possums we have around us are driving us nuts. We've done everything to stop them getting into our garage at night but each time they get around whatever it is we've done. I've been boarding up anywhere that they can gain access, using anything I can get my hands on. My arm is aching from hours of hammering where I've boarded up the area around the eaves but they still got in last night knocking stuff off shelves and leaving garden equipment on the floor. I am at my wits end - they're not so cute when they poop everywhere and spray urine all over the cars. I have to wash down the cars, (and one is only weeks old), every morning then sweep out the garage so we don't tread their mess into the house. Son in law came over today to get on the roof to have a look at any places I might have missed but he couldn't find any spaces of any size that they could squeeze through. He suggested that maybe one of the possums could be trapped in the eav

We had an Easter Egg hunt for the boys but I think next year we'll have to think of somewhere else to hide the eggs, they're getting far too smart and found them all too quickly. We had a really nice lunch afterwards - then the boys were allowed one of their Easter eggs. I think they've got enough to last them for weeks.