Opossum Removal and control

What Are Opossums?

What do an opossum and kangaroo have in common? Both are marsupials, mammals with pouches for their young. They are not meticulous eaters and will dine in or near anything. Human food waste or scrapes are perfect ways to attract them into your New Jersey home or business.  To protect your home or business, lets learn about behaviors, prevention, and wildlife control options in New Jersey.

How to Identify Opossums

Opossums are the only marsupials in North America and are about the size of a housecat. They have long pointed pink snouts, white faces, and grey fur. They basically eat anything especially insects. It is said that opossums will eat about 5,000 ticks per season.

What Problems can Opossums Cause for New Jersey Home and Business Owners?

Opossums can sometimes cause damage to your property, but mostly they are a nuisance. Looking for food, they might knock over garbage cans, rip open garbage bags, breaking into compost bins spreading food around, in turn attracting more pests to your property. One good thing is that they do not spread rabies but often carry fleas. The best way to deal with them is to call a pest management company immediately.

When Are Opossums Active in New Jersey?

Opossums needs to eat year round, they can be seen anytime throughout the year, however they tend to take shelter more throughout the winter. They are nocturnal meaning they are most active at night.

How to Get Rid of Opossums in New Jersey?

Opossums are opportunistic and nomadic eaters. We recommend keeping your garbage tightly sealed, compost bins tightly closed, to prevent them from getting inside. They typically will get in through cracks your attic and roof and use trees to gain access.  Sealing up holes, cracks, and trimming trees and bushes close to your home will help keep them out.

Resolve Pest Management Can Help Control and Prevent Opossums in New Jersey

If opossums do get inside, you need the help of a wildlife control expert in New Jersey. Opossums can be quite vicious when threatened and need to be handled very carefully. 

We use humane animal trapping techniques, and after catching them onsite release them back into a wooded where they will be safe and away from other homes.

Protecting Your Home or Business From New Jersey Opossum Control With Resolve Pest Management

Resolve Pest Management offers expert treatments designed to effectively and quickly remove and prevent pests from entering your home or business in Ocean County & Monmouth County New Jersey. Our use of Integrated Pest Management techniques focus on finding the core of the pest control issue and controlling New Jersey Opossum Control from the source. Call Resolve Pest today to schedule an inspection 732-527-5770 .

Call today at (732) 527-5770 to schedule your service. We can often schedule your NJ pest control service either the same or next day.

Gain peace of mind knowing an expert inspected and treated your home for pests and rodents. After each service follow up on our recommendations to help prevent pests from entering your home or inhabiting areas outside, increasing protection keeping them far away from sight.