Bloody possum!!!

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Re: Bloody possum!!!

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Lol, way to make ice cream
Out of spilled milk!
Please keep us updated both of the cuttings and the possum situation.


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Re: Bloody possum!!!

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Well so far something munched my terminalia catappa leaves but it may have been a grasshopper or a grub. I cannot find said beast on the plant but I really think if it was the possum it would have eaten more and there's no way it could have climbed that one without snapping something as it's a big seedling, it's still green.
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Well the possum is definitely not able to easily get on the balcony now, but still I'm getting leaf munching. I have just found lots of tiny black and white caterpillars on everything!
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Re: Bloody possum!!!

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You should be teaching the possums how to prune and style your trees instead of trying to deter them :lol:
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Re: Bloody possum!!!

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At 0330hrs today, it was right outside my bedroom window, up a palm tree, making that noise they make... I thought that was a mating noise but it was alone. It climbed down lower to eat the big yellow seed flower thing, which hadn't even fully opened yet! I tried to make the cat notice it to let it know that the cat was everywhere and was a threat, but I spooked it before the cat got there and it left...
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