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Our possum removal starts from $350 for a single-storey brick and tile home, which covers trapping, the legal same-property release and sealing the entry points. Two-storey or tin-roof properties start from $450 because of the access and the different seal. Rescue-only is from $220 and dead possum removal from $149. Melbourne market rates run from about $280 plus GST up to $700, so compare what is included before you compare the number – a price with no proofing is not a finished job.

No, and neither can anyone else legally. Under the Wildlife Act 1975 (Vic) a trapped brushtail must be released on the same property, within 50 metres of where it was caught, after sunset on the day of capture. Any company offering to take your possum away is either breaking the law or not telling you the truth about what they do with it.

Because it kills them. A possum dumped in unfamiliar bushland walks into territory that is already occupied, gets driven off by the resident possums, and usually starves or is taken by a predator within weeks. Studies of relocated brushtails show very high mortality. The law reflects the biology – the humane answer is to make your roof impossible to get back into, not to move the animal somewhere it cannot survive.

Then the answer changes completely. Ringtails cannot be trapped at all without a permit from DEECA. If we identify a ringtail we will not put a cage up – we proof the building and work on the surrounding habitat instead. Telling brushtail from ringtail is the first thing our technician does on site, and it is why identification matters more than trapping equipment.

Seal the way in. Trapping alone is temporary because a roof with an open entry point is prime real estate – the next possum moves in within weeks, often the same season. A permanent result is: find every gap, evict the current animal, then screw steel mesh or capping over each entry and trim the branches giving roof access. That is why every quote we write covers proofing, not just the catch.

Twelve months on the entry points we sealed and the workmanship on them. It does not cover new damage from storms or other trades, gaps opened up after we leave, or – and we would rather say this before you book than after – re-entry through a shared roof cavity in a townhouse or unit block, because we can only seal the part of the roof you own.

Yes, the phone is answered 24/7. A possum trapped inside the living area, one caught in a chimney or wall cavity, or an injured animal is a genuine emergency and we will come out. A possum thumping around in the roof at 2am is horrible to sleep through but it is not dangerous – we will book you the first available slot rather than charge you for a night call you do not need.

Heavy, deliberate thumps and a slow drag – a brushtail weighs two to four kilos and sounds like it. You will usually hear it leave shortly after dusk and come back before dawn. Fast, light scurrying that carries on all night is rodents, and hissing or coughing screeches mean two possums are arguing over the space.

Yes, and the damage is usually worse than the removal. Urine and droppings soak through insulation and stain plaster, insulation gets flattened and stops working, and possums chew wiring. Ceiling replacement runs into the thousands, which is why a stain spreading across the plaster is the point to stop waiting.

Yes. We locate the carcass – usually in a wall cavity, roof void or subfloor – remove it, then treat and deodorise the area. From $149. The smell peaks around a week to ten days and flies at a single window are the usual giveaway for which room to open up.

The animal is not harmed at any point. Cage traps are checked so the possum is never left sitting in one, it is released on its own property the same evening, and the actual solution is a sealed roof rather than anything done to the possum. We do not use poison on possums – it is illegal and it leaves you with a carcass in the ceiling.

Yes – we cover all of metro Melbourne, from the CBD out through the northern, eastern, southern, bayside and western suburbs, with no travel surcharge inside the metro area.

The inspection and quote take about an hour. Sealing the entry points is usually the same visit or the next one, and the trap stays up until the animal is out – typically one to three nights. You are not left waiting weeks for a result.