PROFICIENT OPOSSUM TRAPPING IN LOS ANGELES
You have opossums causing problems? Possibly eating your pet's outdoor food or harassing your dog... you have come to the right place. Opossums are relatively harmless but are considered an invasive species and common nuisance in the greater Los Angeles area. Experience hassle-free opossum trapping services with one of the most efficient companies in Los Angeles County.
Contact All Star Animal Trapping at (323) 540-2011 today if you have observed any of the following signs of an opossum infestation on your property:
- Tipped trash cans with garbage strewn.
- Damaged ductwork, insulation, or wiring.
- Raids on poultry resulting in missing chicks, eggs, and/or mutilated adult birds.
- Large quantities of odorous feces.
- Nocturnal thumping/thuds in attic, or under house/porch.
- Tracks consisting of five-fingered front footprints and five-toed hind footprints with an opposable big toe.
OPOSSUM TRAPPING
We will dispatch a professional opossum trapper to inspect your home and property, determine which wildlife pest species are present and active (in addition to attractants that draw opossums may bring other pests), and place humane live traps as necessary. When the opossum is caught in the trap, upon notification, we will remove and relocate the animal as humanely as possible, like you can see at www.opossumpestcontrol.com. This means avoiding placing the animals under undue stress and, when possible, relocating litters with their mother.
DIRECT OPOSSUM REMOVAL
In some instances, our professional opossum trapper may be able to capture and remove the animal immediately. In cases where an opossum is injured or orphaned, we will take it to a shelter where it can be cared for until it is ready for release
EVICTION
EXCLUSION
Upon opossum trapping, we can identify and seal any potential points of re-entry. This includes the professional repair of structures that otherwise would permit access.
CLEAN-UP
Our opossum trapping services include protecting our clients from the dangers associated with potentially zoonosis-laden pest feces and property destruction, with professional clean-up in your attic and other affected areas of your home.
Call us at: (323)-540-2011 to book an appointment for Inspection Now!
AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION…
It is best for humans and opossums alike if infestation can be prevented before it begins. In addition to following the tips below, contact us at All Star Animal Trapping today for professional, preventive exclusion services to avoid damages incurred due to an opossum infestation.
If you still have doubts, read what our customers have to say about our animal removal services. Exclusion will also spare the animals undue stress or potential injury associated with displacement, removal, or relocation. Measures to prevent opossum infestation include:
- Take up all outside pet food before dark.
- Make sure garbage cans are equipped with tight-fitting lids and occasionally cleaned.
- Clean up any spilled birdseed from feeders.
- Pick up all fallen fruit from trees.
- Fill in any abandoned animal burrows.
- Keep limbs trimmed at least 10 ft. away from your home.
- Eliminate any brush piles on the property.
- Contact All Star Animal Trapping at (323) 540-2011 to arrange for one of our experts to inspect your property. We will identify and properly seal any potential points of entry, such as skirting, vents, attic spaces, and crawl spaces. We pledge to provide a free do over if the need arises, to honor our commitment with our clients.
How to Humanely Remove an Opossum from Your Home
Opossums are one of the most interesting creatures found in the United States. These bare-tailed marsupials are very common in urban areas, as they have adapted to live well in more urban environments. While this has occurred, more and more opossums come onto people’s properties and even into their homes, in some cases. Continue reading to learn more about the opossum and how you can humanely banish them from your home.
What problems do opossums cause?
When it comes to opossums, they seem pretty harmless. This is not the case, however, and there are a couple of reasons. The first, most important reason is that opossums spread all kinds of diseases to humans and pets. Some of the more common opossum diseases are tularemia, leptospirosis, and tuberculosis, just to name a few. Since these can all potentially kill humans and pets, it is very important to have opossums removed from your home and property as soon as possible. These diseases can be spread in a couple of ways. The most common transmission method is through humans or pets coming into contact with opossum feces. Another method, though rare, is by humans or pets being bitten or scratched by a sick opossum. Finally, any places where the opossum has urinated or left saliva can be infected, as well.
Beyond the health risks, opossums can potentially get in serious fights with young children or smaller pets. Even larger pets can be attacked if they corner an aggressive, frightened opossum. Any small animals or fowl you have on your property will likely be eaten by opossums, as they are opportunistic feeders, and any eggs will likely be eaten quickly, as well.
How do I prevent opossums?
Much like many other nuisance wildlife, the best way to prevent opossums from coming into your home is to prevent them from coming onto your property in the first place. Securing pet food and any garbage is a great start, as it eliminates easy food sources. In the same vein, removing any fallen fruit from trees will also keep them away. Clean up any wood piles, areas with tall grass, or any other debris commonly found in yards, as this will provide less cover for small prey for opossums to feed on.
When trying to prevent opossums from entering inside your home, there are a couple of very important steps you can take. First, be sure to inspect your house thoroughly, from top to bottom. Look for any cracks, gaps, or holes that would provide entry for opossum-sized creatures. If you find any trouble areas, be sure to patch them up with an all-weather sealant or aluminum sheeting. A very common trouble spot where opossums enter homes is along the attic and roofline. Be sure to check this area extra well, as it can save you serious headaches down the road.
How can I trap opossums?
Since opossums are larger nuisance animals, most people believe it would be simple to remove them on their own. While a single opossum can be relatively simple, in most cases it can be deceptively complicated. Generally, when an opossum comes into a home, it will be a mother opossum looking for a warm place to raise her young. Once in your attic, the opossum will birth her young. If you remove the mother with a cage trap, the babies will die in your attic and create a terrible odor throughout your home, in addition to all the needless suffering. This complexity alone is why it is highly recommended to have a professional wildlife removal service come to remove your opossums for you. Even if there does not end up being baby opossums, you will know you did the right thing by not allowing them to suffer if there would have been any. It is also recommended to hire a professional wildlife removal company, as they know how to humanely remove opossums while keeping you and your family safe.
Why Hire All Star Animal Trapping?
If you have opossums in your home or on your property, it is important to hire the right wildlife service to remove them. All Star Animal Trapping is proud to provide high-quality, humane removal of opossums and many other nuisance wildlife species from homes and properties. If you are looking for low-cost, big-results animal removal, give us a call at All Star Animal Trapping, as we love to humanely remove animals for our clients while keeping them and their families safe.
How to remove possums from under your porch?
Opossums are either seen as cute little harmless critters or as a dangerous pest to get rid of. It is up to you to decide which point of view you stand from. What we do know in reality is that in most cases they can settle under your house, outside in the yard, or inside your home, resulting mostly in chaos.
This is a species of marsupial, which are mammals that carry their young in a pouch that forms in their stomach like kangaroos, which tells us that even if you notice only one, there are probably two of these little animals fighting fiercely for food and a cozy place for their young.
They are nocturnal animals, and they will seek out safe places that will provide them with food. They can settle almost anywhere and make their way to achieve their survival purposes. They are not difficult to hunt, but not doing so can bring serious health risks to the family or pets you have at home.
Some risks of having a possum infestation.
From strong odors, food theft, and the threat of aggression to small children or pets at home, they are also characterized by leaving traces of garbage, which could bring contamination to your home.
They also cause diseases, such as equine myeloencephalitis caused by protozoa. They damage your property, causing serious damage to the infrastructure of your house, and they are very good at imitating the odors of dead opossums, which is often nauseating.
How can you get rid of them?
- The first thing we can recommend is that you contact Animal Control or some competent agency to inform yourself of the restrictions or penalties that would arise from keeping this pest neutralized. They will also be able to give you some advice on the appropriate and accepted ways to get rid of opossums.
- You can resort to different home remedies that would be harmless to you and your family, but totally effective in keeping possums away:
- Don't leave any kind of nest, because those could turn out to be a burrow for them. Keep spaces clear and tidy.
- Don't leave pet food out in the open, they have a very good sense of smell, so if food is left out they will come to it.
- Do not store leftover food in uncovered garbage cans.
Some tips to keep possums away.
- Use mothballs
It is an economic and inoffensive method, the smell of these balls is unbearable for the opossums, and they won’t come close to your property. You can place them in closed places, so the smell will be stronger.
- Close all possible entrances.
From placing plastic tape at the foot of the door to covering all the vents that can open a way in for them. Do you have a hole in the wall or a broken window? Seal them immediately!
You can also use electric fencing, or simply a good fence to keep them away.
- Keep your yard and porch clear
Prune the trees, pick up leaves and fallen fruit, to pick up debris and boxes that can serve as dens, and it will be very easy to see when they try to approach.
- Keep a sprinkler device in the yard
It will make them think that they were detected and will try to flee immediately.
- Ammonia is an excellent repellent
This smell is unpleasant to them and will surely drive them away since it is very strong. If you distribute it strategically in some points of your home, you will correctly eliminate pests.
- Spices work
The smell of chili displeases them, they also find it very strong and unbearable, spray it around the yard, and you will keep them away.
- Dog or cat hair
It seems silly, but your pet’s hair has a truly repellent effect, placing our own or our friends’ pets’ hairballs around will make them believe that there is an aggressive animal nearby. They will think, therefore, that approaching your home can be dangerous.
Finally, choosing how to hunt them exactly is your entire responsibility, many times it is better to catch them by traps, and to be relocated later in a more appropriate habitat for them, so they stop affecting you and your family.
