Do Pest Control Companies Remove Opossums?

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There is a marked difference between pest control companies and wildlife control companies in terms of their specializations within the animal control space. And any homeowner looking to hire a professional to solve their opossum problem had better be informed about it.



Pest control companies are abundant in every area and they mostly spray poisons on infested areas of your property to exterminate insects and small vertebrates. This is what they do, and larger animals like mammals and reptiles are beyond their scope.

Now, the opossum is a medium-sized mammal and the only way to control it and prevent further damage to your property is to trap it with a cage trap and remove it. They cannot be controlled by poison. Besides, no poison is approved by the law for the purpose of killing opossums.

Ordinarily, opossums possess this Lethal Toxin-Neutralizing Factor (LTNF) in their body system, which neutralizes the effect of many simple poisons - up to snake poison on the carrier.

While searching for who to call for your opossum problem in the local yellow pages for instance, don’t look at providers listed under Pest Control or Pest Exterminator. You would get better results when you search under the Animal Removal or Wildlife Control section.

It saves you a lot of time and cost when you go for the right professional the first time round. Wildlife experts are trained and experienced in handling large mammal pests unlike pest exterminators like Terminix and Orkin who majorly deal with insect pests.

A wildlife control company would:

• Handle the entire process for you and even recommend repairs and precautions to ensure that the animals do not return. A non-professional is likely to stop after the sighted opossum has been removed.
• Evaluate the extent of the infestation and damage, and customize an effective trapping and removal plan for your peculiar situation. There are several different approaches to remove an opossum.

It is in your best interest to solve your possum problem in an effective and responsible manner. The services of wildlife experts include animal trapping, capture and removal, animal damage repairs and even recommendation of preventive measures.

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