Your tips for keeping possums away

[Jason]

Possums are adorable when they are climbing trees and dashing across electrical wires. But it can be frustrating when they are munching on your home-grown fruit and vegetables or keeping you up at night by dancing on the roof.

Fortunately, I'm sure the Workshop community can come to the rescue of anyone struggling with neighbourhood possums. 

What are your tips for keeping possums out of your garden or away from your house?

Jason

Community manager's note: Due to the popularity of possum discussions on the site, we have created two helpful guides:

• How to protect your plants from possums

• How to deter possums from your roof

[ladydove]

Yay

i have stray cats trying to get to my doves and chooks

this looks great 

[RGF]

We used to have a blood plum tree in our backyard. Possums must have a sixth sense because on the very morning when I went out to start harvesting  some, the possums had eaten every plum! No mean effort as there were at least 150 to 200 plums on the tree. The following year I employed about ten packs of naphthalene flakes in small plastic containers around the tree which was again straining under the weight of an abundance of fruit.

I'm pleased  to report that it worked a treat. We didn't lose one plum and they were delightful to eat without any hint of contamination.

We have since planted two passion fruit vines and they are already carrying significant quantities of green fruit. It's my intention to again employ the flakes as a deterrent. Bunnings used to sell them for $2.00 a pack so they're inexpensive and an excellent deterrent.