Humane Opossum Trapping & Relocation in Louisville
Opossums are genuinely beneficial animals — a single opossum can eat thousands of ticks in a season, along with mice, slugs, and garden pests, and they're highly resistant to rabies. They just don't belong in your attic or under your porch. Our approach is strictly no-kill: professional live traps, careful handling of mothers with young, and lawful relocation in line with Kentucky and Indiana wildlife regulations.
Call (502) 200-9833 — Free QuoteHow Humane Live Trapping Works
We place professional-grade live cage traps directly on the opossum's established travel routes — along fence lines, at den entrances, and near food paths — baited appropriately for the season. Traps are checked frequently so no animal sits stressed or exposed. Because opossums are nocturnal and solitary, most captures happen within the first one to three nights.
Mothers and Joeys Are Handled Together
From roughly February through October, many female opossums in Kentucky carry young — up to 13 joeys in the pouch, later riding on her back. Separating a mother from dependent young is a death sentence for the joeys and creates an odor problem for you. We check every captured female and always keep family groups together during removal and relocation.
Legal, Responsible Relocation
Kentucky and Indiana both regulate how nuisance wildlife may be captured, transported, and released. As licensed nuisance wildlife operators, we relocate opossums to suitable habitat in compliance with state rules — and we pair every removal with exclusion work at your property, because humane removal only sticks if new animals can't take over the same den site.
What's Included
- No-kill professional live trapping
- Frequent trap checks — no prolonged confinement
- Pouch checks & family-group handling
- Relocation compliant with KY & IN regulations
- Entry point exclusion to prevent repeats
- Honest advice — if the opossum will move on by itself, we'll tell you
Humane Opossum Trapping & Relocation FAQ
Do you kill the opossums you catch?
No. We are a humane, no-kill operation. Opossums are live-trapped and relocated in accordance with Kentucky and Indiana wildlife regulations, and family groups are kept together.
Can I trap and relocate an opossum myself in Kentucky?
Kentucky allows homeowners limited rights to deal with nuisance wildlife on their own property, but transport and release of live wildlife is regulated, and mishandling a mother with young creates bigger problems. A licensed operator handles it legally and safely.
Are opossums dangerous?
Rarely. Their hiss-and-show-teeth display is nearly all bluff, and their low body temperature makes rabies extremely uncommon in opossums. The real risks are fleas, droppings-borne bacteria, and property damage — all solved by removal and cleanup.
Got an Opossum Problem?
Don't wait for the damage to get worse. Call Louisville's trusted opossum removal experts now for fast, humane service—available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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