PRISONER OF WAR


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.

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