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I Didn't Know

grandmoon — Fri, 12 Dec 2014 23:28:45 GMT

that possums like zucchinis.

They are eating my zucchinis before they are big enough to pick.

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dwilke33 — Fri, 12 Dec 2014 23:37:54 GMT

I think they'll eat most anyting. Including one's hand if they can get their mouth around it. They used to love my mom's peaches. She used to say the same as you.....they eat them faster than I can pick them!

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aps1080 — Fri, 12 Dec 2014 23:38:26 GMT

They will eat almost any fruit or veg, or flower as we found out.

Best to get rid of them.

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purple_haize — Fri, 12 Dec 2014 23:40:08 GMT

Darn possums they eat my roses too

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grandmoon — Fri, 12 Dec 2014 23:44:24 GMT

@aps1080 wrote:
They will eat almost any fruit or veg, or flower as we found out.

Best to get rid of them.

We are not allow to get rid of them as they are a protected species

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lind9650 — Fri, 12 Dec 2014 23:45:26 GMT

Spray the zucchinies with garlic spray. This is one taste the possums don't like.

I had possums eat my roses and hated the thought of my roses smelling of garlic, but at least I could enjoy the flowers after the possums left them alone.

Erica

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aps1080 — Fri, 12 Dec 2014 23:46:07 GMT

They go our roses, plus stripped a bush tree of all new growth so all that was left was 6 inch spikes.
After that, war was declared, the vacant block next door with tea trees on it raided and many others ended up as road kill.

Once the population was thinned out. Bit, they were ok to live with.

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j*oono — Fri, 12 Dec 2014 23:46:32 GMT

Good idea. Garlic and zucchini go well together.

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k0llectable5 — Fri, 12 Dec 2014 23:46:57 GMT

@grandmoon wrote:
@aps1080 wrote:
They will eat almost any fruit or veg, or flower as we found out.

Best to get rid of them.
We are not allow to get rid of them as they are a protected species

There'd have to be ways to deter them from eating your veggies though wouldn't there Grandmoon? I dont think they deserve to be gotton "rid" of just because they are oppertunists 🙂

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purple_haize — Fri, 12 Dec 2014 23:47:03 GMT

it is a shame they are protected, our council has cages to catch them in and then take them to another location, but take them and others take over, cant win.

Must admit, they havent eaten many of my roses this yr.

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aps1080 — Fri, 12 Dec 2014 23:56:56 GMT

Try different things to stop them eating your stuff.

Get the cages, catch them, bash them on the head and drop them on a main road.

The problem is too many possums - small numbers are ok but large numbers just overtake a garden,
Hence the extreme measures.

Agree, they should not be protected.

There are far more than the natural population should be. Thy are thmynahs of the animal world.

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grandmoon — Fri, 12 Dec 2014 23:57:24 GMT

@purple_haize wrote:
it is a shame they are protected, our council has cages to catch them in and then take them to another location, but take them and others take over, cant win.

Must admit, they havent eaten many of my roses this yr.

If the rangers catch them here they will realise them in the same area. Some time ago we had one trapped in our chimney and the rangers came and removed it from the chimney and they took it away that morning and they came back that evening and released it on the tree out the front.

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aps1080 — Fri, 12 Dec 2014 23:58:47 GMT

Which is pretty pointless.

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grandmoon — Fri, 12 Dec 2014 23:59:48 GMT

@lind9650 wrote:
Spray the zucchinies with garlic spray. This is one taste the possums don't like.

I had possums eat my roses and hated the thought of my roses smelling of garlic, but at least I could enjoy the flowers after the possums left them alone.

Erica

The garlic spray can you buy it ? or do yyou make it ?

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crusader-rabbit48 — Sat, 13 Dec 2014 00:01:14 GMT

@grandmoon wrote:
@purple_haize wrote:
it is a shame they are protected, our council has cages to catch them in and then take them to another location, but take them and others take over, cant win.

Must admit, they havent eaten many of my roses this yr.
If the rangers catch them here they will realise them in the same area. Some time ago we had one trapped in our chimney and the rangers came and removed it from the chimney and they took it away that morning and they came back that evening and released it on the tree out the front.

And I bet it felt duely chastised.

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k0llectable5 — Sat, 13 Dec 2014 00:01:15 GMT

@aps1080 wrote:
Try different things to stop them eating your stuff.

Get the cages, catch them, bash them on the head and drop them on a main road.

The problem is too many possums - small numbers are ok but large numbers just overtake a garden,
Hence the extreme measures.

Agree, they should not be protected.

There are far more than the natural population should be. Thy are thmynahs of the animal world.

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That just sounds viscious... Why drop them on the main road?

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j*oono — Sat, 13 Dec 2014 00:03:34 GMT

Possums are territorial and it's a shame to move them.

Hitting them over the head and dropping them on the road is not allowed. We can't do that to the wildlife (or to immature boardies).

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myoclon1cjerk — Sat, 13 Dec 2014 00:10:32 GMT

Garlic and onion in water.Boil and reduce.Strain and you've got something that'll get rid of aphids too.

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aps1080 — Sat, 13 Dec 2014 00:16:36 GMT

Well you cant drop them in a rubbish bin, unless you want to get busted.

Drop them on a road and they look like road kill, ie that they were hit by a car the night before.

Possums are one case where the aw hasnt caught up with reality.

Luckily where i live we dont have possums.

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aps1080 — Sat, 13 Dec 2014 00:17:41 GMT

Make it.

I think pepper or vinegar works on some things as well.