can't you all just leave me alone???

[laylee]

I think there may be possums in my roof. Bloody big possums, judging by all the thumping that's going on. And I also suspect that Mousey Mousey is back because I heard a scratching sound coming from the spot where he used to get into my kitchen before I blocked it up.

Why is nature picking on me?

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[lamentables.livejournal.com]

You're the third Aussie on my flist with possums in the roof (in just a couple of months), so I deduce that nature is picking on your entire country.

[laylee.livejournal.com]

Mother Nature is not being very kind to Australia at the moment, what with droughts, gale-force winds and plagues of possums. Not kind at all.

[sansets]

*dies of laughter* I am sorry - I probably shouldn't be laughing about this, but seriously, does your government know that you guys are having a possum epidemic?! EVERY person on my flist from Australia in the past few months has posted about their possum problems, and I just think that there is a point where it is Time To Declare open season on possums!

[delurker.livejournal.com]

They're actually protected animals, and killing them is illegal. No matter how many baby elephants possums are thumping across your roof, hissing evilly all the way, you have to leave them be.

[sansets]

*laughs* Actually, jamethiel_bane's rants on the subject have been oddly instructive, so I did know that! I just ... do the possums have a natural predator that is also protected and so the government is waiting until that becomes less endangered to eat them all up? Because these just sounds HIDEOUS!!

[laylee.livejournal.com]

I don't think possums do have any natural predators. We're somewhat lacking in carnivorous wildlife in Australia that would potentially eat a possum. But they protected because so much of their natural habitat has been destroyed by progress and because of introduced species like foxes and cats. Also, because I live near a river, there's more possums than usual in my area due to the nature reserve at the bottom of my street. On the whole I don't mind them, and I think they're on the roof rather than in it, but they were being most alarming last night!

[sansets]

Ah - so they are kind of like deer in that respect! (Except my government is made of gun lovers, so deer hunting is SERIOUS BIDNESS YO. *rolls eyes at hillbilly neighbors*) In that case then, I shall resist bad feelings toward the possum, because the tree hugger in me thinks that I shouldn't blame the animals, but still! They are harassing my friends! NOT COOL POSSUMS!

[laylee.livejournal.com]

Anyway it's not the possums that are worrying me at the moment, it's the thought of doing battle with that bloody mouse again. I swear, I find one nibbled banana in my fruit bowl, I'm going out and buying a cat!

OMG, abs!

[laylee.livejournal.com]

And don't forget their marvelously 'melodic' mating call. A dying cat sounds sweeter :~\