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Opussum Trapping Experts At  BATS R US LLC

Removing Opossum Throughout Southern CT, Including Greenwich, New Cannan, Stamford, Westport And Wilton

The BATS R US Wildlife Removal Specialists have qualified Opossum Trapping Experts who will help you remove opossums on your property.

Effective Opossum Control

BATS R US LLC’s opossum crew removes opossums using humane and effective live cage opossum traps and safely removes them from homes and businesses. As highly knowledgeable opossum specialists, we know they are entering your property in search of food, water, and shelter. We not only use effective trapping techniques we also have procedures that will keep opossums off your property.

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Building and habitat modifications must follow the professionally supported opossum control trapping and removal to minimize the return of opossums. Bats R Us Wildlife opossum trapping experts detect all vulnerable areas that attract opossums into or around your buildings and property. All building access points will be closed and repaired, preventing future access.

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LEAVE OPOSSUM TRAPPING TO THE BATS R US EXPERTS

You can attempt opossum trapping on your own, but doing so often does not solve the problem if you don’t know why opossums are attracted to your Connecticut property in the first place. We believe it’s best to get professional opossum trapping expertise by calling us at (203) 885-3822.

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OPOSSUM TRAPPING REQUIRES EXPERIENCE

At BATS R US WILDLIFE, our opossum experts have extensive experience in opossum trapping and baiting. We have years of training and experience that enables us to provide the fastest and most cost-effective form of minimizing opossum issues. Contact us now at (203) 885-3822.

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Don’t wait for days to resolve your nuisance opossum problems, or you could face overturned trash cans, torn ductwork or insulation, and more. As soon as you call (203) 885-3822 about your opossum issue, we’ll get someone on your case and to your building often on the same day.

When A Opossum Feels Threatened, It Will Automatically Go Into “Playing Dead” mode. Please Do Not Touch An Opossum During This Behavior. Be Aware That Opossums Also Give Off A Very Stinky Odor For Defense.

Bats R US Wildlife Opossum Trapping Team Provide Some Opossum Insights

When BATS R US opossum trapping crew gets a call due to a nuisance opossum, we’re well prepared to deal with Connecticut’s only Marsupial, which carries its young in a pouch. Opossums are primarily nighttime critters, but they will come out during the day during the colder months to look for food in the form of berries, nuts, fallen fruit, pet food, and any food inside a stinky garbage can.

Opossums are relatively relaxed critters and seldom attack unless protecting their young. Though an opossum can bite with its 50 teeth, its “forms of attack” are hissing and using a greenish-colored anal fluid that is extremely stinky. Fortunately, an opossum cannot spray, so you must contact the liquid directly. Also, an opossum will create excessive drool from bubbles blown out of its nose, making predators think it’s sick and unpalatable.

Opossums frequently eat ticks, preventing the spread of Lyme disease. So, if you are in an area heavily infested with ticks, you may want to keep a few possums around your property. Also, almost 90% of opossums are immune to rabies, so our opossum trapping crew is quite confident any opossums on your property will be rabies-free. Still, we do not recommend anyone attempt to touch an opossum with their bare hands.

Opossums, The Only Marsupial In The US, Carries Their Babies, Called Joeys, In A Pouch Like A Kangaroo, Koala, And Wombat, For Up To Two Months While Joeys Feed. When They Get Too Large A Mama’s Pouch, She Will Keep Them On Her Back For Up To Four Months.

Photo on opossum  trapping page: A possum playing dead.

This opossum was playing dead, which is an automatic response if it feels threatened. Please do not touch an opossum in this mode, as it can bite.

Photo on opossum  trapping page: BATS R US uses humane baited cage traps. Once we trap the nuisance opossum, we can safely release it back into the wild.

Our BATS R US opossum trapping pros use humane baited cage traps. Once we trap the nuisance opossum, we can safely release it back into the wild.

Photo on opossum trapping page: We use high-quality bait like Berry Bandit or Critter Bait Bags that lure opossums into our cage traps.
Using high-quality bait like Berry Bandit or Critter Bait Bags that lure opossums into our cage traps is the mainstay of out opossum trapping team.

Advice From Our Opossum Trapping Experts On How To Keep Opossum Off Your Property

  1. Since opossums are nocturnal, placing motion-activated bright night lighting on your property can help scare opossums off your property.
  2. Habitat modification also helps keep opossums from living on your property. Keep your garage and shed doors closed. Make sure there is no way an opossum can get access underneath your buildings, including your porch and crawlspaces. Our BATS R US crew can protect these areas using strategies and materials that are proven effective.
  3. Make sure your trash cans are firmly closed,  no pet food is left outdoors, and bird feeders are high enough that opossum cannot reach them.
Photo on opossum trapping page: This opossum took up residence under this porch. But the BATS R US opossum trapping team was able to quickly lure it into a baited live cage trap and removed it.

This opossum took up residence under this porch. But the BATS R US opossum trapping team was able to quickly lure it into a baited live cage trap and removed it.

Photo on opossum trapping page: Even though opossums are nocturnal mammals, they will come out during the day in search of food, especially during the cold fall and winter weather.

Even though opossums are nocturnal mammals, they will come out during the day in search of food, especially during the cold fall and winter weather.

What Do I Do If I Find A Baby Opossum All Alone?

In Connecticut, opossums start breeding in early April and have a very short gestation period of 13 days. Yes, 13 days! When born, the joeys immediately climb into the mother’s pouch and feed for two months before they crawl out, hanging onto their mother’s back.

Joeys become orphaned if their mother dies or if they fall off their mother’s back. If you find an injured or dead opossum, check if there are babies nearby or in her pouch. Bring the mother and her babies to your local wildlife rehabilitation center if possible. If the joeys are inside the pouch, do not take them out. Do not handle the possum with your bare hands.

On several occasions, clients have called our opossum trapping expert saying they have found a baby opossum without their mother. Some of the calls regarding finding baby opossums have to do with whether they can be kept as pets. Baby opossums may appear cute, but they are high maintenance, and having them as pets is illegal for Connecticut residents.

So if you have found a baby opossum and don’t want us to take it away, our opossum trapping experts highly suggest you contact a local rehabilitation center like Claws N Paws Rehabilitation Center. By talking with Claws N Paws, they can give you options of volunteering or becoming a wildlife rehabber. Their information session lasts about an hour, and you will need your phone, Internet, FB, and FB messenger. Study materials and hints on how to get ready are supplied. Information on registration for a compulsory workshop and you must pass a final test. Options to connect with a mentor are furnished.

Photo on opossum trapping page: If you see baby opossums alone there's a good chance their mother has been killed by a predator though most likely a car.

If you see baby opossums alone there’s a good chance their mother has been killed by a predator though most likely a car.

Photo on opossum trapping page: A baby opossum can be cute, but they are a handful to raise and illegal to have in Connecticut unless you are a licensed rehabilitator.

A baby opossum can be cute, but they are a handful to raise and illegal to have in Connecticut unless you are a licensed rehabilitator. 

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Another Great BATS R Us Wildlife Testimonial

“…One Of The Honest Ones.”

“I called with concerns regarding bats in my home — we had seen a black object flying across the house, plus my son marks on his leg that resembled a bat bite. Joe was extremely responsive, texting me shortly after to say that he didn’t have cell service but could communicate via text.

We scheduled an inspection with Joe two days later, and for $25 they took infrared photos of the exterior of my 3 story home and inspected areas of concern inside. 24 hours later I got a text indicating that there was no sign of bats (the fluttering sound in my chimney was caused by black chimney swift birds, two of whom had escaped through an open flue).

I make a point of calling out honest — and dishonest — businesses, because we’ve all been ripped off. Thankfully this is one of the honest ones. I’m hoping we don’t need them, but they’ll be the first we call if we do.”

Sharon K. Ridgefield, CT

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Bats R US Wildlife Removal Specialist LLC
80 Walnut Hill Road
Bethel, CT 06801
Telephone: (203) 885-3822

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