How Do You Know If You Have An Opossum Under Your Shed Or Porch?

Identifying an Opossum Under the Shed or Porch

You know there is likely something under the shed or porch, but you are not entirely sure. One possibility is an opossum, a small mammal that lives around human environments.

They love to find attics, sheds, and porches to live in, as these all give them access to shelter and food. With their diet, human environments have everything they could need. It is a perfect place for them.

For you, it is a problem. It is the source of health hazards and potential property damage. Knowing they are there can help you to make the proper moves to remove them and secure your property.



Know the Signs

As with any animal, there will be signs of their presence. When they live on your property, they make it known to you in some way.

Typically, you can see their presence through droppings and disturbances around the area. Feces and urine are the most common and easy to spot, obviously.

Take a look around the areas you think the opossum can enter. Try to find these signs, or look into the hole to see if there are any in there.

The best way to know this is an opossum is to get eyes on it. Grab a light and look under the shed or porch. If you can see it, you know it is your problem. If not, try to get eyes on it later. This is not necessary, but it is helpful.

Removing It

Knowing the signs are not enough. Knowing that you have an opossum on your property is not going to be enough. You need to know how to deal with it, too.

Removing an opossum is easy. Opossums go into traps with little effort. So long as you place the trap and bait it well, you should have a caught opossum in little time.

You can then pick up and relocate the opossum somewhere it is not going to bother you. The entire process is straightforward and simple, with few problems along the way. Opossums are easy to find, trap, and relocate in nearly every instance.

Opossums are trouble when they are on your property, but finding and trapping them is easy. Once you know the signs and where to look for an opossum, the rest is going to come without a problem. Make sure you close up the holes when you are done so that they cannot come back.


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