Lately, the backyard has been bombarded by possums' shit. We now have two possums lurking around on the trees late at night.

Possums are cute and cuddly but only when they live in someone elses roof.

We were walking back home after dinner the other night when I saw a possum dashing across the road and onto a tree. I gleefully ran up towards the tree all excited. Meanwhile, the possum heard footsteps and decided, unsuccessfully to hide behind the tree, thinking that if it kept still, we wouldn't be able to see it. How clever!

I frantically peeled a mandarin (which I happened to have on hand) and offered it to the possum who was meanwhile trying to devise an escape route. The tree it had picked was quite short and isolated from any nearby fauna... keke... TRAPPED! Unrelentlessly, I cooed and clucked at the terrified possum. Think Elmira! Muahaha

It was sooo cute!

But a few days after that, we have now decided to wage a war on our resident possums. We just simply cannot tolerate the green poop that is now littered all around our backyard!

However, a quick check on google has informed us that possums are protected. Possums can only be prevented from entering into your roof cavity but it is illegal to trap and relocate them. Studies have shown that 90% of relocated possums die within days of relocation to a foreign environment.

What I don't get is how does sealing the entrance to their home make it a more humane solution? Wouldn't they die if they didn't have shelter anyway?

Maybe we should get a massive cat....