we love our local wildlife, we really do. we even have a plaque to proof it. but, and i say this in the nicest possible way, we really do not appreciate it when they move into our home before we had a chance to do so.
and as cute as possums are (although many people consider them pests and generally don’t mind getting rid of them permanently), they are not really what we would call ‘potty trained’. in fact, they are actually very territorial, and of course love to mark their territory using their refuse. which i why we had to make it abundantly clear that this was ours, and not their, territory.
we borrowed a non-lethal trap from a mate, and natalie used her trapping skills and mixed up an irresistible concoction to lure our illegal inhabitant. it took a few nights, but finally we succeeded. we were, however, in for a bit of a surprise. if you look carefully at the first picture up top you may notice that the camera captured four, not only two glowing eyes: our little nuisance was a single mum, clearly squeezed by the current rental crisis.
we are sorry to say we still evicted them. we’re sure they’ll be ok out there, after all that’s where they are supposed to be. land for wildlife, right?