We love possums
We love possums....
Ever since we moved into our house we have seen possums. They are one of the nocturnal features we'll miss when we return to Wyoming. They're super laid back like everything/everyone else in Australia. When you go up to a possum they just look at back at you and hang out.
We hear them make this little growl noise at night sometimes as they make sure their territory is maintained. We hear them run and jump across trees and onto the roof of the house and we have to work super hard to keep them out of our deck herb garden.
The last couple of weeks, we've been hearing something closer... in the ceiling maybe. We just knew it was those little possums!
Last week, Tanner and Jessica were heading to the backyard to get dried laundry (when it was dark) and they screamed because a possum landed in their laundry basket just as they walked onto the deck! We laughed so hard because the possum and Jessica were both terrified... looked at each other in the face and they both ran!
OK, then a couple of nights ago, I heard a very lound thump! Since possums jump on the roof from trees alot, I just thought it was the possums jumping. The next day a brick was laying on the deck. Strange! We finally figured out that something had pushed the loose brick out so they could enter a little crawl space under our roof! A small opening just got bigger.
We didn't want to lock the little guys inside (since they sleep all day and chances are they're inside) so we put some Christmas bells near the opening so we would be able to hear when there was some traffic and we could catch the culprits!
At about 10pm last night, we heard the bells clump and jumped up and there they were... a momma, daddy and baby possum yawning and looking at us after their wonderful night sleep in our ceiling. They were so cute and just looked back at us in a relaxed manner, not afraid at all.
David quickly stuffed the wad of metal bells in the hole to block it. We were so happy to have solved that problem and now the owners of the house can just seal the hole and we can be assured that there won't be a little possum family inside... forever!
This morning, the bells are removed and the possums are in our ceiling!
Our possum adventure continues.........
Ever since we moved into our house we have seen possums. They are one of the nocturnal features we'll miss when we return to Wyoming. They're super laid back like everything/everyone else in Australia. When you go up to a possum they just look at back at you and hang out.
We hear them make this little growl noise at night sometimes as they make sure their territory is maintained. We hear them run and jump across trees and onto the roof of the house and we have to work super hard to keep them out of our deck herb garden.
The last couple of weeks, we've been hearing something closer... in the ceiling maybe. We just knew it was those little possums!
Last week, Tanner and Jessica were heading to the backyard to get dried laundry (when it was dark) and they screamed because a possum landed in their laundry basket just as they walked onto the deck! We laughed so hard because the possum and Jessica were both terrified... looked at each other in the face and they both ran!
OK, then a couple of nights ago, I heard a very lound thump! Since possums jump on the roof from trees alot, I just thought it was the possums jumping. The next day a brick was laying on the deck. Strange! We finally figured out that something had pushed the loose brick out so they could enter a little crawl space under our roof! A small opening just got bigger.
We didn't want to lock the little guys inside (since they sleep all day and chances are they're inside) so we put some Christmas bells near the opening so we would be able to hear when there was some traffic and we could catch the culprits!
At about 10pm last night, we heard the bells clump and jumped up and there they were... a momma, daddy and baby possum yawning and looking at us after their wonderful night sleep in our ceiling. They were so cute and just looked back at us in a relaxed manner, not afraid at all.
David quickly stuffed the wad of metal bells in the hole to block it. We were so happy to have solved that problem and now the owners of the house can just seal the hole and we can be assured that there won't be a little possum family inside... forever!
This morning, the bells are removed and the possums are in our ceiling!
Our possum adventure continues.........
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