Opossum Removal in Spring, Texas

An opossum under a Spring deck, shed or crawl space is usually one slow, quiet animal that found a dry place to sleep. Michael Gerbino of Cypress Critters & Pests handles opossum removal in Spring himself: he catches the opossum alive in a cage trap, makes sure no young are left behind, and closes the space with buried mesh so another one cannot move in. Call Michael at 713-775-8799.

Why do opossums settle under Spring houses?

Spring Creek and its greenway give opossums a long strip of cover that runs right behind many neighborhoods. At night they walk the fence lines into backyards looking for pet food, fallen fruit, compost and grubs. By morning they want somewhere dark and dry to sleep, and a gap under a deck, a shed with a washed-out corner or the crawl space of an older house near Old Town Spring is exactly that. Once one finds a good spot, it may use it for weeks.

What are the signs of an opossum at a Spring home?

• A worn path under the deck. Packed dirt or a pushed-out piece of lattice at one corner.
• Pet food gone overnight. Bowls on the patio or in the garage emptied by morning.
• Tipped trash and dug-up beds. Opossums dig shallow holes for grubs and pull open bags.
• A musky smell near a crawl-space vent. Strongest on warm, damp days.
• The dog going wild at one spot after dark. Often the first clue people notice.

How Michael handles it in Spring

He walks the deck, shed, foundation and garage to find where the animal goes in and to confirm it is an opossum and not a skunk or rats. A cage trap goes on the path it uses and is checked often. The opossum is removed alive and handled following Texas rules. In spring, a mother may be carrying young in her pouch or on her back, so Michael makes sure the space is empty before he closes it.

Then the space is sealed. Galvanized mesh is run from the deck or skirting edge down into the soil and bent outward in an L, so a digging animal hits wire and gives up. Broken crawl-space vents get metal screens. That sealing is the part that keeps the next opossum out, and it is explained on the animal exclusion in Spring page.

Nearby

The main opossum removal page covers how opossums behave and how to tell them from other animals. Michael also handles opossums in Cypress and The Woodlands. See the Spring, Texas page for every service in town, or call 713-775-8799.

What goes into the quote?

Michael gives a number after he has seen the place. It depends on how many openings there are around the deck, shed or foundation, how long a run of deck edge or skirting needs buried mesh, whether crawl-space vents need new screens and whether more than one animal is living there.