Ammonia and garlic are scents that possums tend to flee from.
Possum smell in roof.
Spread something that smells potent.
The subsequent liquid release will leave a mark as well as a pungent odour.
Pets including cats and dogs will also alert you to the fact that a possum is living with you.
If using ammonia pour a small amount of ammonia into a coffee can with a lid.
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Leave it in the roof for a few days for the possum to investigate and start putting its scent on.
The usual signs of having possums in the roof are heavy bangs on the ceiling or roof at night as they run around hissing or coughing noises and stains or a strong ammonia smell caused by their urine.
Return to the roof a few days later when the possum has gone out to feed around 10 pm is usually a good time and remove the nest box.
They can also leave behind the foul stench of urine and brown stains of secretion from their glands which they use to mark their territory.
A possum is a large animal and it has no qualms relieving itself in your roof.
Place it around 4 m up in a nearby tree.
Possum living in whirly bird while we can generally locate most dead animals in the ceiling space of homes some manage to get into wall cavities or inaccessible places in the roof.
Place a rag inside the ammonia and bring one end up through a hole cut into the lid.