My dog already killed two possums but they were babies. And he attacked one but he got fooled by the possum so it lived. And now it's back I saw it a couple nights ago and my dog was barking at it and it was on top of the fence. After that I didn't see it agian so I thought he scared it away. UNTILL ! Last night I saw it agian on top of the fence. What I'm worried about is my dog fighting it cause it's much much bigger and I don't want him to get shredded. We have a plum tree so I think that's it's food and my neighbor has plums in there yard. I wanna know how to get rid of it without killing it and why it came back after a couple months. I did some research and I wil be doing more I wanna know what you think.

Don't let the dog near it....Common sense.

My dog already killed two possums but they were babies. And he attacked one but he got fooled by the possum so it lived. And now it's back I saw it a couple nights ago and my dog was barking at it and it was on top of the fence. After that I didn't see it agian so I thought he scared it away. UNTILL ! Last night I saw it agian on top of the fence. What I'm worried about is my dog fighting it cause it's much much bigger and I don't want him to get shredded. We have a plum tree so I think that's it's food and my neighbor has plums in there yard. I wanna know how to get rid of it without killing it and why it came back after a couple months. I did some research and I wil be doing more I wanna know what you think.

Have your local animal control unit swing by and set a critter friendly trap. Once trapped, they will (should) release the animal in a nonresidential area, preferably a very woodsy area reserved for animals.

I'll call animal control I can't beleive I didn't think of that. Silly me (: Thanks !

I'll call animal control I can't beleive I didn't think of that. Silly me (: Thanks !

No problem.

I hit one with my jeep once, stupid thing ran in the road and didnt realize there was a big median there...and when he turned around...well....it was just too late. :sleep:

Like nutt said, either call animal control or if you have a live trap or can get one just trap it and take it out in the country/woods away from your house and let it go. Use the plums as bait Thats the same thing that animal control will do. But I wouldn't take chances with it and the dog. Its possible the possum might get the upper hand next time and your dog might not be so lucky. I mean look at those teeth...

Edited September 6, 201213 yr by NickieB

hum,

hum,

that seems like something you would find in New Jersey

Catch it and take it somewhere at least 1 body of water away (like a lake or bay) or it'll come straight back. Just use a cage with an apple on the door trigger.

What we used to do (since we had a whole bunch of them living in our roof) was catch them in an animal trap and drive them about 5KM's up the road and release them in a bush area.

Well, I think my dog scared it away last time he barked at it. But i will put a trap out cause I know it will come back