cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/44759758
been having car troubles (think the battery i warrantied and swapped got swapped for another dud 💀 checked for a parasitic draw and didn’t find one) and i discovered a critter in the car today. it’s alive but didn’t seem very enthusiastic about moving, i think it was probably sleeping. not sure how it survived in there in this heat, but whatever. might be an opossum?
any advice for getting it out of my car if it’s still there tomorrow? i’m a suburb baby, i’ve only heard of finding animals in your cars in myths and legends 💀 was thinking i would gear up from the waist down and poke it till it leaves with my umbrella, but i’d appreciate a more experienced perspective
Id just put on a nice thick glove and remove any nesting material, chances are the creature wont be home (if its an opposum try the evening, i think theyre crepescular) Also, if you keep killing batteries then I would check your alternator, they do wear out after a while.
Yeah. Wear them big gloves that go past your elbows, if you must. Possums in the US are just adorable trash goblins. Trap and release far away.
I read their body temp does not tolerate the rabies virus. I do not believe they prevent ticks, however
They eat the hell out of ticks.
That alone is reason enough for me to be very welcoming of them in my yard.