I have an old trailer house that is for storage, but its in poor shape
and I intend to demolish it this summer. Actually the roof is fine, but
the crappy particle board floor is just falling apart. I'ne replaced
parts of it over the years, but rather than constantly fixing that floor
which seems to be an endless job, I just built a pole shed which will
get a concrete floor. this summer. I ran out of decent weather last
fall, and didn't get the shed finished.

Anyhow, I went in the old trailer house to get some stuff, and expected
to find some mice, which have done a lot of damage in there. But I was
not expecting to come face to face to a hissing opossum.

I can see there is another bad spot in the floor (hole), so I know how
it got in, but before I nail something over that hole, I need to get the
opossum out.

This is a farm, so I can shoot it, but I'm not the best shot for one
thing, and I only have a single shot 22. I could borrow a better gun,
but I dont want to shoot inside the building, for several reasons.
First I'll damage the stuff stored in there, second, there are aerosol
cans of spray paint and other stuff that could explode if I hit one of
them. Plus I'll be making more holes in the building.

So, I'm looking for another method to get rid of this opossum. I'd like
to do it as humanely as possible, but will do whatever I must, since
it's already done a lot of damage by knocking things over and crapping
on stuff.

Any suggestions on what to use? Such as poison????
I do have a live trap (made for raccoons), so it's the right size. But
I have no idea what to bait it with for an opossum. But I'd really
prefer to use poison, because I dont really want to deal with a hissing
critter in the trap, which I'll have to somehow kill anyhow.
(There may be more than one of them too, but I did see one, and as soon
as I did, I got the hell out of there). Just the thought of going in
there to set a trap or something is making me uncomfortable. I'd rather
deal with a raccoon, they will usually run away, (inless they have a
nest of babies), but an opossum will attack a person any time.

Thanks for all suggestions.