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These rat-tailed mammals may hit even closer to home by causing damage to your house as they try to gain entry. A shed is normally elevated off the ground and is perfect for bringing up a possum family. Opossums can cause damage to your yard and your home as they try to find a place to build a nest for their young. Opossum or possum control should be initiated as soon as you find possums in your yard.
QualityPro lists Pest Control License C3866741, Pest Control Business License 13666, and NWCO NY 1691. A technician checks species, access routes, den use, dependent young, contamination, and damage before recommending lawful opossum trapping, cleanup, repair, or exclusion.
After you schedule a service with QualityPro, our licensed technicians follow a structured 3-step process to safely eliminate wildlife activity.
We inspect your property to identify wildlife activity, entry points, nesting areas, and conditions attracting animals.
Our technicians use species-appropriate methods to safely and humanely remove wildlife while minimizing stress and disruption to your property.
We seal accessible entry points where appropriate and recommend preventive measures to help reduce the risk of future wildlife activity.
At QualityPro Pest & Wildlife Services, transparency, honesty, and customer satisfaction are our core principles. We stand behind our solutions and provide clear assurances while protecting your property.
Nighttime sightings, overturned garbage, disturbed pet food, tracks with five toes and an opposable hind thumb, droppings, scratching, or shelter beneath structures can indicate activity.
Opossums follow garbage, compost, pet food, bird seed, fallen fruit, insects, carrion, water, and sheltered openings beneath decks, sheds, porches, or crawlspaces.
Temporary dens may be beneath decks, porches, sheds, steps, additions, or crawlspaces, or inside hollow logs, brush piles, abandoned burrows, and drainage structures.
A professional identifies active shelter and young, follows New York permit rules, avoids unsafe handling, completes removal, and closes access only after confirming vacancy.
Opossum removal in Westchester begins by confirming whether the animal is passing through or sheltering on the property. QualityPro’s wildlife removal services inspect food sources, travel routes, den openings, young, contamination, and damage.
A site-specific plan may combine lawful trapping, cleanup, repairs, and exclusion. The opening is secured only after the technician confirms the space is clear, reducing the chance that another animal uses the same shelter.
The best way to remove opossums from your property is to call a professional wildlife control operator. Contact QualityPro today. We will do humane opossum trapping to take care of these animals. For immediate opossum trapping assistance, please call QualityPro at (914) 877-3006.
New York rules vary by circumstance: an opossum that is only a nuisance may require a DEC permit, while property damage is treated differently. Homeowners may not capture an animal and release it off their property; a licensed operator determines the lawful method.
Opossums or possums are attracted to homes in their search for food. They may tear their way into patios, decks, and homes to make a nest. They can pose a threat to your family if cornered.
Do not corner or handle the animal. A technician looks for the active route, checks whether young are present, and determines whether the opossum can leave naturally or requires professional control. Durable exclusion follows only after the shelter is vacant.
An opossum is a whitish or grayish mammal about the size of a house cat. Its face is long and pointed and its ears are rounded and hairless. Opossums living near people may visit compost piles, garbage cans, or food dishes intended for dogs, cats, and other pets. Foods preferred by opossums are mainly insects or dead animals. Opossums also eat considerable amounts of fruits and grains.
These nocturnal marsupials often use temporary shelter rather than building a permanent nest. Hissing, showing teeth, drooling, or playing dead can be defensive behavior, but people and pets should still keep their distance.
Service may address torn screening, disturbed insulation, damaged vents, contaminated surfaces, or openings below decks and sheds. Cleanup scope depends on the material and extent of contamination. Exclusion may use heavy-gauge mesh or structural repair, but the technician first verifies that no animal or dependent young remain. Food-source correction – secured garbage, indoor pet feeding, managed compost, and fallen-fruit cleanup – supports the repair. After a bite, scratch, or saliva exposure, wash the area and contact a doctor and county health department promptly.
Westchester homes and businesses often combine decks, sheds, crawlspaces, wooded edges, garbage, pet food, and compost – easy food and shelter for a roaming opossum. Common calls involve repeated nighttime visits, a den beneath a structure, contamination, pet encounters, or property damage. If you search for an opossum exterminator, opossum catcher, or opossum trapper, choose a licensed nuisance wildlife operator who can assess permit needs and removal options.
Residential opossum control usually focuses on decks, sheds, crawlspaces, pets, gardens, garbage, and building openings. Commercial sites may add dumpsters, loading areas, food waste, exterior storage, landscaped edges, and visitor traffic. Both require inspection before removal and exclusion; commercial work may also need monitoring, coordinated access, documentation, and scheduling that limits disruption to customers or operations.
An opossum beneath a deck, shed, porch, or crawlspace can lead to contamination, pet encounters, and property damage. Do not corner the animal or seal an occupied shelter. Call QualityPro at 914-877-3006 or request an inspection through the online contact form today. A licensed wildlife technician will inspect activity, access points, young, contamination, and damage, then recommend targeted opossum removal, cleanup, repair, and exclusion for your Westchester County home or business. Schedule service before repeat access creates a larger problem.
Opossums usually avoid people, but any cornered or injured wild animal may bite. Keep children and pets away, avoid handling, and seek medical and county guidance after exposure.
They inspect activity, den access, young, damage, and permit requirements, then use a lawful trapping or departure strategy. After confirming vacancy, they complete cleanup, repair, and exclusion.
Remove accessible food, keep pets inside, and do not seal the opening. A technician can check for young, determine the lawful removal method, then secure the access point.
Cost depends on access, permit or trapping needs, number of animals, cleanup, damage repair, and exclusion. QualityPro recommends a scope after inspecting the property.
