Possums

Expert Florida opossum control and removal from residential and commercial property.

Opossums enter attics for warmth and safety. Once an opossum picks your attic as a Florida home, it will stay there as long as it can. Opossums enter by climbing trees and gutters to get to the roof and then taking advantage of weak points in the roof, soffit, or eaves. In the attic, the opossum will nest and nurture a litter. They create problems by dislodging sensitive attic structures, entering air conditioning vents, keeping the homeowners awake, and leaving a large mess of droppings / feces.

The opossum is the only marsupial in North America. This means the animal carries its young in a pouch, much the same as does the Australian kangaroo. Once a female opossum mates, she gives birth a mere 13 days later to a litter of roughly a dozen baby opossums that are each no bigger than a honeybee. These tiny, blind, and naked babies crawl on their own all the way to their mother’s pouch. There they each latch on to a teat from which they receive milk. They remain there for nearly three months.
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