# 'Possum in My Yard... What Do I Do? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 5, 2009, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possum-in-my-yard-what-do-i-do/479933 "2009-01-05T13:09:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![bahimes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@bahimes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bahimes)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2014, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possum-in-my-yard-what-do-i-do/479933/101 "2014-01-24T14:11:10Z")
Growing up in Florida we had a saying that you could tell the season’s change by the road kill. Possum, armadillos and vultures. Possums, by far the most plentiful. Ugly stupid, slow. A good whack with a street broom MAY cause them to “play Possum” then a garbage bag and a trip to the nearest lake, river, forested area would be appropriate. Trapped them live in the attic, shoveled them out, dead and leaking from the attic, trapped them in the garden eating my beautiful eggplants. No sympathy, kill the bastard! ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2014, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possum-in-my-yard-what-do-i-do/479933/102 "2014-01-24T14:24:46Z")
Blast it with the hose. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2014, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possum-in-my-yard-what-do-i-do/479933/103 "2014-01-24T15:19:52Z")
Play dead. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2014, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possum-in-my-yard-what-do-i-do/479933/104 "2014-01-24T19:40:22Z")
> [@HeavenlyRose](#): > > I have the same problem well … kind of. Today when I woke up my dog was barking at the glass door I thought “it’s a cat”. Then after another 10 minutes of them barking I finally get up and look out the glass door. There was a huge possum drinking my green pool water :eek: . Next thing I know it starts walking up to the glass door. Like anyone I get up and grab my camera because in Florida you don’t really see possums in your yard. My grandmother wakes up and decides to grab her camera. We took pics but she decides he looks cold let’s give him a blanket. The thing growled at her I’m telling her not to but she doesn’t listen to me. So now we have a possum in our backyard and we have no idea what to do. I looked up animal control but my grandma want’s to wait to see if it leaves. Will it leave ? I think it’s cozy where it is and might think hey lets stay. Also if it doesn’t leave who should I call besides animal control because I hear that they KIll them and I don’t want it Dead but Gone. 😃 God Bless you all and have a awesome week. Take my picture and give me a blanket and I may just move right in! ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2014, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possum-in-my-yard-what-do-i-do/479933/105 "2014-01-24T20:21:40Z")
If only there was a great thread [on the subject already…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=596697)😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possum-in-my-yard-what-do-i-do/479933.md?page=5)