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Possum Removal Hawksburn 3142 | Licensed Technicians
Possum in the roof in Hawksburn 3142? Licensed possum removal with the entry points sealed and joeys checked for first. Call 0436389114, seven days.
- Entry points closed, not just the possum caught
- Straight advice on what will not work
- Fixed price before we travel
- Licensed for wildlife work, seven days a week
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Possum Removal in Hawksburn: how it works
The law shapes this job more than the animal does, so it is worth knowing what is actually allowed before anyone quotes you. Possums are protected under the Wildlife Act 1975, and under the Wildlife Regulations 2024 a possum caught at your property in Hawksburn 3142 must be released within 50 metres of where it was caught, on the same property, after dark. No operator may lawfully move it off your property. So catching on its own achieves very little: the same animal is outside your house that night looking for the way back in. Sealing the building is the fix, and nothing is closed until we have checked for dependent young inside. Call 0436 389 114, seven days.
One call, one price, seven days a week.
Possum Removal in Hawksburn 3142: what changes here
Hawksburn is terraces, period conversions and apartment buildings, nearly all sharing walls. Anything in a cavity here is in a shared cavity, and buildings split into apartments carry problems between levels through the risers.
The village strip keeps food premises and bin rooms close to residential buildings, which is usually where the supply comes from.
- Shared walls and risers between converted dwellings.
- A village strip with food premises close to housing.
- Period buildings with cavities that cannot be seen into.
Ask us what the job actually involves.
Possum Removal Hawksburn: what the job covers
A possum job is really a building job. Everything below is aimed at getting the roof empty and keeping it that way.
Damage assessed honestly
Torn insulation, soiled ceiling plaster and chewed cabling all get written down, including when something needs replacing rather than cleaning.
Straight advice on what will not work
We will tell you when a deterrent, a light or a sound device is a waste of money, which is most of the time.
Work planned around the animal
Sealing is timed for when the possum is out, which is after dark, rather than shutting it inside during the day.
Entry points sealed properly
Lifted tiles, broken valley irons, gaps at the fascia and barge boards, and the branch that runs to your gutter.
A written record
Species, entry points, what was done and what still needs work. Useful for a landlord, an agent or an insurer.
Subfloor and undercroft checked
On stumped or sloping blocks a possum under the floor is as common as one in the ceiling, and it is missed constantly.
Straight answer on the call, no callback required.
What we check on Hawksburn housing
The village strip keeps food premises and bin rooms close to residential buildings, which is usually where the supply comes from.
That is why two jobs in the same street can run differently. The pest is the same, the building is not, and the building decides how long it takes and what it costs.
- Shared walls and risers between converted dwellings.
- A village strip with food premises close to housing.
- Insulation checked for soiling and damage.
- Dependent young checked for before anything is closed.
Ask us what the job actually involves.
Brushtail or ringtail
The species changes what is lawful and what works, so it gets settled first. Brushtails are cat sized with a bushy black tail and they are the ones thumping across a ceiling after dark.
Ringtails are smaller with a thin white tipped tail, and they usually build outside in dense foliage rather than living in a roof. Finding a ringtail in a roof is unusual and changes the approach.
- Brushtail: cat sized, bushy tail, heavy movement in the roof.
- Ringtail: smaller, white tipped tail, usually nesting outside.
- Both are protected, and the species decides what may lawfully be done.
One call, one price, seven days a week.
From your call to a finished job in Hawksburn
No surprises, and no price that changes once we are on site.
Check for dependent young
Before anything is sealed. This is the step that separates a finished job from a dead animal in a wall.
Confirm the species
Brushtail or ringtail, because it changes what is lawful and what works.
We inspect the roof and the outside
The void, the roofline, the eaves and the trees that reach them. The entry point is usually visible from the ground once you know where to look.
Deal with the route in
Overhanging branches and fence lines flagged, because they are how anything reaches the roof in the first place.
Seal the entry points
Tiles, valley irons, fascia gaps and vents, closed once we know the roof is empty.
Ask us what the job actually involves.
Possum Removal near me, around Hawksburn and nearby
We cover all of metropolitan Melbourne and the Geelong region. If your suburb is not listed, call with your postcode and we will confirm on the spot.
Melbourne
Geelong region
Outside Hawksburn? Call with your postcode and we will confirm.
Possum Removal in Hawksburn at a glance
| Service area | All of metropolitan Melbourne and the Geelong region |
|---|---|
| Availability | Seven days a week, with same-day appointments where available |
| Suburb | Hawksburn 3142, inner south east |
| Legal status | Protected under the Wildlife Act 1975 |
| Release rule | Within 50 metres of capture, on the same property, after dark, per the Wildlife Regulations 2024 |
| Species | Brushtail and ringtail possums, handled differently |
| Before sealing | Checked for dependent young, every time |
| What actually works | Sealing the building, rather than catching alone |
| Possum catcher limits | A possum catcher or possum trapper may only release within 50 metres, on the same property, after dark |
| Possum proofing | Entry points sealed, and possum spikes fitted only where a route is clearly being used |
| Possum relocation | Not lawful in Victoria. Release is within 50 metres on the same property |
| Possum exterminator | No such lawful service exists for a protected species |
| Possum removal near me | We cover this suburb and the ones around it, seven days a week including weekends |
| Quoting | Fixed price confirmed before we travel, not an estimate that moves on the day |
| Contact | Call 0436 389 114 or email info@swiftpestcontrol.com.au |
Everything above in one visit, seven days a week.
Possum Removal questions, answered
How fast can you get to Hawksburn 3142?
Is it a brushtail or a ringtail?
Why possum relocation is not lawful in Victoria
How much does possum removal cost?
So why catch it at all?
Can the possum be taken somewhere else?
Why there is no such thing as a possum exterminator
Still have a question? Ask us directly, we answer seven days.
Something heavy moving above the ceiling in Hawksburn?
Say where it is worst and when it started, and we will work out where it actually is.
Tell us what you hear, and where
Where it is worst, when you first noticed it, and whether there are flies. Those three things are all we need.
No obligation. Your details are only used to quote your job.