Invaders (part two)

I'm glad to report that the last invaders, after a very gallant battle, finally gave up. A combination of pest control and back up ant baits did a very fine job.

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Our second invader battle started many years ago and this is the chronology:

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Around March, 2005: Matt and I were in the family room one night after Mike was in bed and the rest of the family were out at fencing. We heard a strange noise on the roof so we poked our heads and the torch out of one of the windows, which didn't have a fly screen at that stage. We saw the face of a possum peering into the torch light over the roof's edge. Cute, we thought, until we realised it was living in our cathedral ceiling (in the empty box area) and chewing it to pieces:

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Finally, in November, 2006 (it's a long story), Hubby puts a possum box into our Jacaranda tree but Possum decides there's no place like home and remains in the ceiling (after all, there's free ukulele entertainment every day).

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December, 2006: The roof is resealed and one night the repairers seal off the entrance with a fibreglass mesh gutter guard with lots of blocking of the hole underneath. Possum can be seen the next morning poking it's sleepy head outside of the possum box. Over time Possum chews through the gutter guard but cannot get through the other material. We thought it was the end of the fight but not so.

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November, 2008: Possum finally manages to chew through the defences and gets back in! More chewing of roof.

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April, 2009: Our roof leaks are repaired and one night stainless steel mesh is put over the gutters once Possum is out for the night. I think we might have won this time, but if you see a Possum around our place with an oxy-acetyline torch let us know won't you.