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Old 12-16-2023, 12:16 AM
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thank you for all of the suggestions, folks. I am currently trying on the spike methods for now. Flooring the spikes and on benches every night. It might be tedious, but hopefully they'll just find another less hazardous path. As for the fallen orchid sigh. My beaultifully arranged Eulophia Petersii lost most of it leaves leaving only one left...

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You can fasten those bird spikes to benches and such with zip ties.
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A motion detecting sprinkler works well for lots of other species, but I'm not certain how well it would work on opossum. On high strung critters like deer and squirrels, the sudden sound of the sprinkler has the critters moving before the water reaches them. Opossum are different. They're more...deliberate, shall we say? Yes, that definitely sounds nicer than "slow witted"...I could see them freezing at the sound, getting hit with the spray then realizing it's only water and carrying on with what they were doing.
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