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Post #375,645 by hnick 5/31/13 7:18:36 AM Reply	Try mothballs We've used them successfully for skunks and racoons. We haven't had possums or elephants either, so it may work for them as well...
Post #375,646 by Another Scott 5/31/13 7:21:05 AM Reply	:-) Thanks.
Post #375,655 by malraux 5/31/13 10:16:24 AM Reply	Just throw them under the deck? That's an idea... thanks. Regards, -scott Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.
Post #375,660 by hnick 5/31/13 10:35:35 AM Reply	That's what we did. Out at the cottage, something burrowed under the shed. We tossed a handful of mothballs down the burrow and it has been apparently unoccupied ever since. We also just scattered them behind the garage where they liked to nest and they went away.

Dang! this keeps happening. - (Andrew Grygus) - (31) - May 28, 2013, 10:30:24 PM EDT

Some weird looking beasts there. - (Another Scott) - (28) - May 28, 2013, 11:29:40 PM EDT

We have cats and raccoons under our deck. - (malraux) - (27) - May 28, 2013, 11:46:54 PM EDT

We had some opossums a few years ago. - (Another Scott) - (26) - May 30, 2013, 09:29:30 PM EDT

"It is illegal to be a possum in the state of California" - (Andrew Grygus) - (21) - May 30, 2013, 09:54:56 PM EDT

Yeah, it's understandable, but still disconcerting. - (Another Scott) - May 30, 2013, 10:07:05 PM EDT

Would never have considered a possum stupid. - (static) - (15) - May 30, 2013, 11:08:48 PM EDT

Australian possums are totally different. - (Andrew Grygus) - (7) - May 31, 2013, 02:35:15 AM EDT

Yep. Totally different. - (static) - May 31, 2013, 06:30:54 AM EDT

This girl is about to need you - (crazy) - (3) - May 31, 2013, 10:02:51 AM EDT

I always wondered why they were called "opossum". - (static) - (2) - May 31, 2013, 05:09:47 PM EDT

They also have a long naked tail like a rat . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - May 31, 2013, 06:09:09 PM EDT

Note also that the Australian and American "possums" . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - May 31, 2013, 06:32:24 PM EDT

I've chased them with a pitchfork - (malraux) - (1) - May 31, 2013, 10:14:49 AM EDT

My father-in-law beat one with a broomstick - (drook) - May 31, 2013, 10:50:16 AM EDT

They're strange animals. - (Another Scott) - (6) - May 31, 2013, 08:07:03 PM EDT

Well, I sure haven't ever seen one do that. -NT - (Andrew Grygus) - (5) - May 31, 2013, 09:17:25 PM EDT

Me neither. - (Another Scott) - (4) - May 31, 2013, 10:04:06 PM EDT

Wheeeee - (crazy) - (3) - June 3, 2013, 10:20:17 AM EDT

Dumb as a soapdish -NT - (malraux) - (1) - June 3, 2013, 10:48:19 AM EDT

But not as foamy ... you hope -NT - (drook) - June 3, 2013, 11:08:12 AM EDT

Surprise ending. :-) -NT - (Another Scott) - June 3, 2013, 07:42:30 PM EDT

Well, you could always eat them! - (a6l6e6x) - (3) - May 31, 2013, 11:37:47 AM EDT

Those things are so ugly NOTHING wants to eat them. -NT - (Andrew Grygus) - (2) - May 31, 2013, 12:27:53 PM EDT

taste like squirrel -NT - (boxley) - (1) - May 31, 2013, 12:47:34 PM EDT

If I ever make Brunswick stew . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - May 31, 2013, 03:39:58 PM EDT

Try mothballs - (hnick) - (3) - May 31, 2013, 07:18:36 AM EDT

:-) Thanks. -NT - (Another Scott) - May 31, 2013, 07:21:05 AM EDT

Just throw them under the deck? - (malraux) - (1) - May 31, 2013, 10:16:24 AM EDT

That's what we did. - (hnick) - May 31, 2013, 10:35:35 AM EDT

No B52s reference? I'm disappointed -NT - (drook) - May 29, 2013, 08:22:05 AM EDT

Typo - (crazy) - May 29, 2013, 07:39:51 PM EDT

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