#germ the possum

[sunflowergem]

I am still on my Sonic the Hedgehog bullshit. I got to see the live movie in English and Japanese during vacation this winter and it has not helped anything. Although these sketches are from before that so some things are out of date. There's a good couple of details that need to change as I've thought about how the world works that I've been building and thought more about group dynamics and such.

These are some additional characters that have popped up. I have so many OC's now😭 I've been cooking hard on the world building and actually ended up doing some rough draft work on the first chapter of a fan fiction for it so look forward to some of that eventually

So in case it's a little bit hard to read these folks are as follows plus some info

Pitt the Panda, Germ the Possum, Rover the Shark, and (not pictured since they were a recent addition to this group) Bones the Velociraptor make up The Harbingers. They are an additional music group at the same music company (Harmony Music Agency=HMA) as Three of a Kind (Spade, Clover, and Diamond's group name). They each have a particular music style they are best at, not sure what their like main style of music would be yet.

Star the Hedgehog is Clover's father and is the headmaster of one of the largest magic academies in their world. Was aming for an excentric wizard/superstar vibe. Not too happy with his anatomy, looks too noodley to me rn but hey rough drafts乁⁠ ⁠˘⁠ ⁠o⁠ ⁠˘⁠ ⁠ㄏ

Last is some of the folks from HMA. Shield the Cobra, Taxy the Chinchilla, and Poppy the Capybara. Shield is the manager and taxi is the publicist for the three of a kind and the harbingers. They work the closest with the groups and act as kind of pseudo-secondary parents to be honest. Taxi and shield are also married to each other and not pictured here but they have a little snake kiddo named Bow. The groups always adore when Bow gets to come to work with his parents. Poppy is the president of the entire agency. So he doesn't have as much interaction with them but I'm picturing like Mayor from Townsville vibes.

So yeah add these to the list of folks that can also be asked about at this point whenever I post like ask list or if anyone gets interested and wants to just stick some questions in.

If you want to feel free to do this but if not totally ignore but here are some tags @evocationwriter @ahiddenpath @nowonderi-nc and if anyone else wants to hop on please do. I am now going to try and shut down for the night cuz I kind of feel like I'm getting a cold and I have to go to work tomorrow. Hopefully I'm just tired 😩

WIP Wednesday

Tagged by the lovely @andrigyn last week, tysm 💕

No. What he truly despised—what he loathed more than the man himself—was the undeniable truth that they had once been close enough for this to even be possible. That once—long ago, in a life he could scarcely remember—they had stood side by side. That he had been foolish enough to work with a man like this. That he had trusted him. That the remnants of it lingered still, clinging to them both like a ghost that refused to be purged.

I had hoped to have some art but uhhhh, apparently the writers curse is very very real, this week has been an absolute mess and the "most progressed" WIP I have is a dark blob. Sooooooo here's a bit of the next chapter that I edited in my lunch break skyxkskss

No pressure but if y'all would like @flamemittens @elinorbard @defira85 @quacaserous @beecreeper

[m00nstera]

Have a good time in Possum Springs

[okcoolthanks]

Fuckit when I get home I’m gonna play nitw

[soupkiddo]

if I could go back in time I would teach my younger self about the life changing art of putting dead things in jars so I could be the coolest little 4th grader freak

[opossum-by-night]

Update: feeling slightly better today but honestly still fucked up and god I hate this so much!!!!!!!

Me yesterday: "Wow, I did a lot of tiring social stuff this weekend and I actually don't feel too bad today! A little irritable and tired, but that's okay!"

Me today:

"Oh."

[lovebirdgames]

In the end we got 36 likes so here are 36 random facts from Band Camp Boyfriend!

1 - Most people probably know this one, but it’s a good spot to start. The majority of names in BCB are music/instrument puns. Tom, trombone, TOMbone. Peter, trumpeter, trumPETER. Susie sousaphone. You get it.

2 - Cadence's dating history. She's already had her first kiss (which is why she doesn't make a big deal out of it), but not her first love, which is far more important. <3

3 - Initially Olive’s name was Angryphone, then Francis (for French horn) as she grew into a bigger character, then we finally settled on Olive (for oboe).

4 - Peter was the first character conceptualized and the first boy we asked Flora to draw. Don't tell him, he will get a big head.

5 - In this background, the football goalposts are missing because Blue Mountain High School is having them replaced…just kidding it’s because we the devs did not realize we forgot them because marching band is all that matters.

6 - Mr. Wiley has some of his roots in a Hunger Games OC I made in college. Namely the name, hair, and glasses…and the fact they both go crazy. Hunger Games Wiley had a much grislier fate though.

7 - Peter can’t remember his first kiss because he went around kissing all the girls when he was little until his mom gave him a stern lecture on germs.

8 - Tom is the only one allowed to ride in Peter’s car (which he got as a graduation gift) but he’s not allowed to bring food in.

9 - This one's right out of my old fact doc: Clark got bullied a lot as a kid for being a teacher’s pet. Got called names like tattle-tale, four-eyes, Clark eats tanbark, Clark the narc, etc. but who graduated top of class & got the good citizenship award from the Principal? hIM.

10 - Samuel was a super quiet kid, but somehow extremely popular. His fellow children craved his approval for some strange reason. Got good grades but the teachers got on him to participate more and be more outgoing. Of course, he didn’t. He just did his own thing.

11 - Poptart’s albinism affects his depth perception, making marching a little bit harder for him.

12 - Doug’s least favorite food is black olives. Also he drives an old clunker truck to practice (when he can get it started) and gives an illegal amount of kids a ride every day (namely the whole drumline). He makes everyone duck if he spots a cop.

13 - Leon has an older brother, Buck, who lives in the woods and owns a possum named Beauford. If they ever met, Beauford the possum and Bandit the raccoon would have been rivals.

14 - Susie’s a dog person. Her family owns a fluffy Newfoundland named Benji.

15 - Felicity was initially going to be a “mean girl,” until we decided her being a “pick me” was more realistic and less stereotypical.

16 - There’s an easter egg for our next game, Heartbreaker, in Band Camp Boyfriend, and vice versa. Players already have the concept and names of the LIs, they just don’t know it.

17 - In the end, Garth lands the leading role as Harold Hill in The Music Man musical and no bitches needed to be cut.

18 - As a child, Doug wanted to be the Kool Aid man when he grew up.

19 - A lot of stuff in BCB is inspired by our real lives. One of the craziest things is that our college marching band had a man auction to win dates with the guys. I showed up with $40 trying to summon the courage to bid on my crush at the time.

20 - Aaron has OCD and used to tap his fingers on everything, but drumming has helped him get a lot of his nervous energy out.

21 - All of the Drum Corps named in BCB are parodies of real life corps.

Red Angels = Blue Devils Yellowjackets = Bluecoats Tennessee Tiara = Carolina Crown Space Cadets = The Cadets

22 - You can find song motifs from Gustav’s Holsts “Planets” hidden within the BCB soundtrack. For example, Mars hides within “Run Like Hell” and Venus is in the romance theme, “Venus and Mars.”

23 - Drum and Drummer were the last characters to make it across the line into spritedom. Next up would have been Erin and Cornelius, but you gotta draw the line somewhere.

24 - The Warden is based on Mr. Friendly from Lost.

25 - All of the band directors have a clever name theme. Wiley, Craft(y), Knowles (Knowledgeable), Savage (Savvy), Brighton (Bright).

26 - Initially Tom was going to have a Triforce on his shirt, but we switched it to hearts because it’s more generic and fits with multiple games. Also we joke that you can either fill up his hearts or let them run out!

27 - Sabrina is an orchie dork and plays violin 2 in the orchestra.

28 - Marian, Garth, and Sabrina are all choir kids. Felicity is a former drama club kid.

29 - In my head Eugene resembles Eugene from The Walking Dead so…yeah his sprite definitely low-key has his look haha.

30 - Alex came up with our little heart trumpet logo. She used to draw it everywhere in high school!

31 - The original Higurashi anime was definitely an inspiration, with it’s cute-on-the-surface look and darkness waiting in the wings.

32 - There’s always a kid with a nickname in the band and it’s used so often you have no idea what their real name is. Poptart was the first thing I blurted out so that’s what we went with.

33 - The story of Rebecca was told to me when I was at camp in 5th grade. Still surprised our principal told a bunch of 10-year olds a story involving matricide and suicide. I made some modifications for BCB but…who knows…maybe she’s real.

34 - The rock in this background marks the grave of Rebecca and her family.

35 - Doug was originally going to carry the smallest bass drum for comedic purposes, but then we had a reality check.

36 - Some names that were suggested and didn’t make the cut: Clarence (Clark), Fleur (Felicity), and Gordon (Garth).

Bonus: Ms. Craft's maiden name is Kim.

[video-game-birds-tournament]

Side A - Round 2 - Match Up 4

Propaganda:

Germ Warfare

real name Jeremy Warton. he hangs out by the abandoned Food Donkey. has a pet possum named Rabies and a cool, if kinda weird, family. he's friends with gregg and if you visit him every day Mae can be super good friends with him too. he's a good egg <3

Has a pet possum that he hangs out with in a pipe at the bottom of a big hole. It's name is Rabies. Hangs out near the train while watching people jump on and off. Was followed home by one once, possibly being related to something that is spoilers for the end of the game (idk it's been awhile.) Overall very neurodivergent and good for him

Nageki

he's just a shy little dove :(

[schnanko]

she germ on my trampoline til i warfare

she donut on my wolf til i grow

she cult on my small rural town til i leave her to die after an avalanche

she explores my dreamworld til i awaken four musicians in a rousing melody

she possum on my spring til i nuke

[rjjameshiii]

RJ's Platinum Collection #22: Night In The Woods

Achieved on 3/13/2023 at 11:11 PM

This is another game that I have already played and loved. I played Night In The Woods back when it first released on Steam, and I was absolutely in love with this charming - and secretly horrifying - game. So when I discovered that Night In The Woods was available on PS5, and with it's own Platinum, of course I had to play it again!

Night In The Woods sees you playing a 20-year old cat named Mae who drops out of college and moves back to her small hometown of Possum Springs. What starts off as a slice-of-life game slowly turns into a dark existential nightmare as Mae and her friends discover that something evil is slowly digging its hooks into the town.

Getting the Platinum is pretty simple, requiring 2 full playthroughs and two partial playthroughs. During my first playthrough, I did EVERYTHING. And I mean that. Every day, I explored every inch of town, and talked to every single person I came across, and looked at every possible thing I could look at. If you do that, you will unlock a majority of the trophies as they are all related to what I call "storylines" involving all the characters. If you explore everything, you'll also quickly fill up your sketchbook, as you need all sketches in the game to get the platinum, but you don't need all sketches on a single playthrough.

While you can talk to all the side characters as much as you want, you have to choose between hanging out with Bea or Greg at the major story points. For my first playthrough, I chose to prioritize Bea, and once I finished the Bea playthrough I had 20 trophies.

1/32: You Killed That Poor Roach - Kill the cockroach while poking the severed arm.

2/32: Welcome Back! - Complete Act 1.

3/32: Mother Of Vermin - Feed the rats once.

4/32: Miracle Rats - Feed the rats three times and cause an infestation.

5/32: Accidentally Good Dinner - Choose all the good options for dinner at Bea's.

6/32: What??? - Complete Act 2.

7/32: Maestro - Get a good score on all three band songs.

8/32: Poets of Possum Springs - Listen to Selma's poem in the library.

9/32: Jenny's Field - Go to Jenny's Field with Mom.

10/32: Echoes - Complete all five dream sequences.

11/32: RABIES! - Meet Rabies the possum on the bridge.

12/32: Best Available Friend - Complete Bea's friendship storyline.

13/32: Deep Hollow Hollerers - Unite the violinist and the saxophonist.

14/32: He's From Somewhere - Complete Germ's friendship storyline.

15/32: The End - Complete Act 3.

16/32: Changing Of The Seasons - Complete Act 4.

17/32: Thryy Wyrd Tyyns - Find all three pentagrams.

18/32: The Tooth - Give the Tooth to Dad.

19/32: Dusk Stargazer - Find all the constellations with Mr. Chazokov.

20/32: At The End Of Everything - Finish the game for the first time.

Next up was the Greg playthrough. This playthrough was a lot shorter since I spent less time exploring town and doing side stuff, but I did have to re-do Lori's storyline because I realized that I had accidentally skipped her final interaction, depriving me of her trophy in the Bea run. I also took some time to play the game-within-a-game Demontower, which you not only need to beat but get the true ending. I suggest looking up a guide for Demontower, it is very hard. But I beat it, then finished the Greg run, earning 10 more trophies.

21/32: Crusty - Eat someone else's pizza crust.

22/32: Knife Fight - Win the knife fight with Greg.

23/32: Brainshot! - Shoot the Forest God in the head.

24/32: Bass Ackwards - Get a failing score on all three band songs.

25/32: Demonpower - Beat the game Demon Tower.

26/32: Palecat - Beat Demon Tower and get the True Ending.

27/32: Let's Be Legends - Complete Greg's friendship storyline.

28/32: Horrorshow - Complete Lori's friendship storyline.

29/32: Hold Onto Anything - Complete the game a second time.

30/32: Make It Last - Complete every storyline in the game over the course of two playthroughs.

After two full playthroughs, I had all but two of the sketches. During your first hangout with Greg, you need to choose between a pig robot, a frog robot, or a rabbit robot. I picked the pig robot the first time around, but I had to partially replay the game twice in order to get the frog robbit sketch and the rabbit robot sketch. But once I did that, I unlocked the Platinum!

31/32: Seriously? - Unlock all sketches in the game.

32/32: Ride The Chariot - Get all the trophies in Night In The Woods.

Night In The Woods is a classic game in my opinion. I love watching people experience it for the first time, with all of its heavy themes and horrific plot twists - it's a truly remarkable game for being about a cat who drops out of college.

Rating: 10/10

[blackgoatredlamb]

CHATTING WITH THE FORMER DEATH

Characters: Mae Borowski, Redd Morris (Narinder) Setting: Roof of Gregg and Angus' Apartment Building, Late Afternoon Topic: The Dredge of Living and Dying, also Cult encounters

Words: 891

"So, do you like-" She pauses in thought- "mope on the roof a lot?"

"In a sense," says Morris.

"What does that even mean?" Mae Borowski asks, puzzled.

"…"

Two cats sit by the edge of an apartment building, gazing at nothing in particular. The sun had just set on Possum Springs, with the orange glow barely peeking from the hillside. Faint ghosts of stars coalesce in a dark fabric.

If they wait long enough, they could see the star sign of Mundy appear soon, Mae notes. Judging by how slow this conversation's going, it would be in no time at all.

"What are you doing here anyway?" she questions, "in Possum Springs I mean."

"Do you want a metaphorical answer, or literal?"

"Ok, can you like, stop with the vague shit you've got going on here?!" Her volume raises to the first floor. "Literal, I guess."

"Mhm. I came here because…" The pitch-black cat takes a while to answer. "Just because."

"Like, saving money and stuff?"

"Just because," he repeats, "or at least, Mallory had wanted to."

"The sheep?" She remembers Gregg mentioning that Morris had a partner who moved with him. She hasn't seen them yet, since they worked in mornings. Some short-stack like her, yeah.

"Yes, that pest of a lamb." Though monotone, it was spoken with an endearment she thought impossible from him. "They… had some work to do here in town. I was only along for the ride."

"Huh, I can't imagine moving just to work somewhere at all. Much less for someone else. The only places I've ever been were here and college. Also maybe that road trip with my parents that one time."

"Mmm." He breathes out a mist of cold. "And how is college faring for you?"

"Dropped out." She blurts out without thinking. Straight for the throat, goddamn it.

"I see."

God, this sucks.

Right now, all she wants is to leave this asshole be for the night, but this might be her ace-in-the-hole for her ghost investigation. Germ said he saw him lingering out by the chain-link fence every now and then, looking towards the trees. Just gazing for a few minutes before returning home.

Eyewitness. That's the word. She needs an eyewitness to confirm her encounter. She could prove that it wasn't some dream she had.

If only this fucker doesn't keep on refusing to answer her questions.

"So…" She taps rhythmically on the pavement. "You see any… ghosts?"

"I see them all the time." He takes out a cigarette and lighter from his pockets, filling the air with that cigar smell that Bea carries around with her all the time. He offers her a stick, which she refuses. "In life and in death."

"Uh." She waves away the smoke that's trying to enter her nose.

"Ghosts that have no business pestering the living world, always haunting some forgotten crevice of society. Never alive, nor really dead. Those kinds of ghosts."

He takes in the first breath of smoke. It dances, glittering in the dying sunlight.

"Um," she tries to interrupt.

"Though one dies, there's an imprint left in the dredges on the separating line. A true purgatory where the soul leaves, yet a body remains alive, operating as you would a machine. The world's grey area is dissolving, tainting the extremes with traces of one another."

His voice trembles slightly.

"It disgusts me, how they could never pass on with peace. Sure, they could return alive or dead, but it is in that middle ground, where agony could be your only drug for existence. Could you imagine that, living with a husk of your former self?"

He doesn't even notice her in his periphery, only looking towards the horizon where the stars faintly glow. His cigarette bends from his grip.

"Can I..?"

"Oh, sorry." He seems to snap out of his spiel, returning to the present. "What were you saying?"

"I mean, uh… I mean a literal ghost," she fiddles with her thumb before confirming, "like, 'phase through walls' type of ghost. Specters, or some shit."

He raises an eyebrow at that statement.

"What does that have to do with anything?"

"I mean, ghost!" She blurts out, "A, um, guy who can pass through walls, and kidnapped a kid or something?"

"Kidnapped?" His eyes open in alarm.

"Yeah, last Harfest."

"…" He takes a drag out of his stick. "So I was right."

"What do you mean, right?"

He lets the cigarette burn for a bit, before speaking once more.

"Thank you for telling me this, Miss Borowski." He snuffs the flame from under his boot. "But for your own safety, I suggest you sit this one out."

He turns to leave through the rooftop door.

"Wh- Hey!" She calls out from the edge, "At least give me an answer, asshole! Fuck you!"

He gives her the finger as he disappears into the apartment building, which she gives back in earnest. An old reliable insult.

She lies on the floor of the roof, despondent. Can't anyone tell her what the hell's going on?

"Raaagh!" She pulls her hair in frustration. "How does he even know my name!?"

The night sky looks cloudy and pale, with scattered rays of moonlight illuminating the sparsely populated streets. A handful of rats jump out of the window where Mallard P. Bloomingro rests in peace. A wonderful, not so scary night.

She should get back home.

[thebifrostincidentlive]

night in the woods gender + sexuality + appearance headcanons (i’m not sorry)

mae borowski - this little kitty is so nonbinary she/they actually. she probably really grapples with her identity + i doubt she’s told her parents. the closest they’ve got is saying it quietly whilst watching tv with their dad but he didn’t hear her. she’s panromantic asexual but she’s only ever loved two people. she dresses very grunge, typical uk indie style and has super short messy brown hair. she never got any piercings but she has a couple of stick n pokes on her legs just above her ankles

gregg lee - cis male and gay, i feel like he sorta always knew he was gay and has always been very loud about it. he dresses fairly alternative, not quite full punk like casey was but fairly similar. he has a septum ring that he has to turn inside his nose at work and bleaches his hair blonde. He has a tattoo of a sheep on his forearm

bea santello - cis female. she’s bisexual but doesn’t really talk about it, the only girl she’s ever had feelings for is mae. she feels quite ashamed because she knew before her mother’s passing but never told her, so she’s left with this huge feeling of guilt as if she’s still hiding something from her. she dresses very gothically of course, and has a bridge piercing, a septum ring, an eyebrow piercing and snake bites. when she has the money, she takes a trip to bright harbor and spends the day getting a couple of tattooes. she now has seven up her right arm and three on her left. she has long dyed black hair.

angus delaney - cis male. he’s struggled with his homosexuality for a very long time and refused to accept it for a long time also. gregg is the only person he’s ever had feelings for. he dresses in a similar uk indie style to mae and has short dreads. he has no tattooes but he plans to get one the day he leaves possum springs.

germ warfare - germ is nonbinary using they/he pronouns. he’s the youngest of the group and has a baby face so they frequently gets teased for their age. they’re aromantic and mostly just interested in living their best life and spending time with his friends. they’re a typical alt kid with fluffy hair frequently dyed different colours. they don’t have any piercings or tattooes because he’s scared of needles.

casey hartley - transgender ftm. he never labelled his sexuality, just calling himself queer if he was asked. casey was a huge punk, often styling his hair in a mohawk and dying the mohawk part different colours. he also had a septum and lip piercing. he had several stick n pokes, one being an ‘M’ above his ankle (mae has a ‘C’)

[best-bird-bash]

Germ, Night in the Woods propaganda

"This guy keeps a feral possum as a pet and names it "Rabies", and he inexplicably has dynamite in his basement, which is best not to question. What a guy." - anon Germ submission

[platypanthewriter]

Ask game answers! Oooo

Oh my god, SO many things.  Diving.  Possums.  Early American folklore involving the devil.  Horrible facts about the handling of abuse in America.  How to get squirrels out of your house.  How to NOT get squirrels out of your house. Tornadoes.  How people think ghosts work.  IHOP specials.  Apparently there’s an urban legend from Oregon about an evil arcade game run by the CIA?  How indigo dyeing works, because I decided that was a good way to hide a body.  How effective the sun is on germs. 

Oh!  I did a ton of research on punk concerts in the 80′s for this one, I even tracked down old diaries and interviews, and watched old concert footage it was nearly impossible to hear!  That may be the most intensive research I’ve ever done for a fic, aside from just rewatching Teen Wolf episodes 2-3 times and taking copious notes for my missing scenes fic.  Saint George?  Spent a while researching him and prayers to him?  I researched Micro Machines for my Christmas special, and then learned I needed to use Hot Wheels instead, sadly. 

Also demon summoning!  XD XD XD

[generalmacnamara]

unless somebody puts raw possum meat in your mug. then it will be full of germs

Please don't put raw possum meat in my gifted mug.

[nearmecanberrapossumremoval]

How to Safely Handle Dead Possum Removal at Home

Handling dead possums on your property can be an unpleasant and challenging task. Not only does it involve dealing with the potential health risks of decaying animal carcasses, but there are also legal considerations and safety measures to take into account. This guide will provide you with all the necessary information to safely handle dead possum removal at home, including when to call in professional help, particularly if you're in need of dead possum removal in Canberra.

1. Recognizing the Signs of a Dead Possum

Before proceeding with the removal, it's important to confirm that the animal is indeed a possum. Possums are typically nocturnal and often seek shelter in roofs, basements, or attics. Signs that you might have a dead possum on your property include:

A strong, unpleasant smell, which is a common indicator of decay.

Evidence of a possum’s presence, such as droppings or fur.

The animal lying motionless in a secluded area like under a deck, in the attic, or in the garden.

If you’re not sure whether it's a possum or another type of animal, it's best to err on the side of caution and contact a professional for assistance with dead possum removal in Canberra.

2. Legal Considerations in Possum Removal

In Canberra, as well as other parts of Australia, possums are protected under the law. It is illegal to harm or kill possums without the proper permits. However, when a possum has died on your property, you are within your rights to remove it, as long as you take the proper precautions and adhere to local regulations.

Make sure to check with local wildlife authorities or a professional possum removal service, such as dead possum removal in Canberra, to ensure that you follow any legal requirements in your area.

3. Safety Precautions for Handling a Dead Possum

Handling a dead possum carries several health risks, including the potential spread of diseases such as leptospirosis, toxoplasmosis, and salmonella. Therefore, taking the necessary safety measures is critical:

Wear protective gloves: Always wear thick gloves when handling a dead possum to avoid direct contact with bodily fluids, bacteria, or parasites.

Use a shovel or other tools: Don’t attempt to pick up the possum directly. Instead, use a shovel or long-handled tool to lift the carcass into a plastic bag.

Disinfect the area: Once the possum has been removed, thoroughly disinfect the area where it was found to prevent any spread of germs or bacteria.

Avoid inhaling the smell: The decomposition process can release harmful bacteria into the air. Be sure to avoid inhaling any fumes that may cause respiratory issues.

These simple precautions can go a long way in keeping you safe while dealing with a dead possum on your property. If you’re not comfortable handling it yourself, reach out to a dead possum removal in Canberra service to handle the job for you.

4. Steps for Safe Dead Possum Removal

If you’re planning to remove the dead possum yourself, here’s a step-by-step guide to help you do so safely:

Prepare the necessary tools: You’ll need heavy-duty gloves, a shovel or long-handled tool, a plastic garbage bag, and disinfectant.

Locate the carcass: Identify the area where the possum is located. Approach cautiously, as dead animals may attract scavengers.

Remove the possum: Using your shovel or tool, carefully lift the possum into the plastic bag. Be sure to avoid direct contact with the animal.

Dispose of the carcass properly: Place the bag in your regular trash bin if it’s allowed, or contact your local council for information about appropriate disposal methods.

Clean the area: After the removal, clean and disinfect the surrounding area to eliminate any remaining germs.

If at any point you feel uncomfortable with the process, it’s wise to contact a professional dead possum removal in Canberra service to ensure the removal is done safely and legally.

5. Dealing with the Odor of a Dead Possum

The odor of a dead possum can be overwhelming, especially if the animal has been decomposing for several days. Here are some ways to manage the unpleasant smell:

Ventilate the area: Open windows and doors to allow fresh air to circulate and remove the stench.

Use odor-neutralizing agents: Products such as activated charcoal or commercial odor removers can help neutralize the smell.

Use essential oils: Some essential oils, like eucalyptus, lavender, or citrus, can mask the odor while providing a more pleasant scent in the area.

If the smell persists after the removal, consider contacting a dead possum removal in Canberra professional who can provide further assistance with odor management.

6. When to Call a Professional for Dead Possum Removal

While handling a dead possum yourself is feasible in many cases, there are instances where it’s better to call in professionals for help:

The possum is in a hard-to-reach location: If the possum has died in your roof space, under your floorboards, or in an area that is difficult to access, professionals have the tools and expertise to remove it safely.

Health risks are high: If the dead possum is in an area where children or pets frequent, it’s best to hire a professional to ensure there are no health risks.

You’re unsure about the laws or safety measures: If you’re uncertain about the legal or safety aspects of possum removal, a dead possum removal in Canberra service can guide you through the process and ensure everything is done correctly.

Professionals have the experience to deal with the situation efficiently and safely, offering peace of mind that the job will be handled correctly.

7. Preventing Future Possum Issues

After handling a dead possum, it’s essential to take steps to prevent future infestations. Possums may seek shelter in your roof, attic, or other hidden areas. To discourage them from returning, consider the following tips:

Seal entry points: Ensure that all potential entry points, such as gaps in the roof or vents, are securely sealed to prevent possums from entering your home.

Trim tree branches: Possums often climb trees to access roofs. Trim back branches that hang over your house to reduce access points.

Install a possum-proof barrier: If you have a garden, installing a possum-proof fence can help keep them from entering.

Regular inspections of your property can also help identify and fix potential entry points before they become a problem.

Conclusion

Handling dead possum removal at home can be a difficult and unpleasant task, but by following the proper safety measures and legal guidelines, you can do so with confidence. If the situation becomes overwhelming, don't hesitate to call a professional dead possum removal in Canberra service to ensure the process is done safely and efficiently. By taking proactive measures, you can protect your home from future possum issues and ensure your property remains safe and clean.

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Round 4 - Side A - Match Up 1

Propaganda under the cut

Wave the Swallow

Jerk birds in video games are common, but Wave is the rare GIRL jerk Bird! Support women's wrongs

(With Jet and Storm, on if iconic or not) (I'd say yes. At least in the Riders trilogy. They're Team Sonic's main foils in those games (aside from Eggman, of course).)

(With Jet and Storm) Since most of the birds we have on this list are arrogant peacocks (pun intended), here's a whole trio of them! But at least these three have the abilities to back up their preening.

she blew up a 15 year old after her 14 year old boss told her not to. also, in the sequel game, she gets concussed and then immediately chooses to hop on her flying skateboard and zoom right into a black hole. oh and in sonic birds are canonically alien-genies

Germ Warfare

real name Jeremy Warton. he hangs out by the abandoned Food Donkey. has a pet possum named Rabies and a cool, if kinda weird, family. he's friends with gregg and if you visit him every day Mae can be super good friends with him too. he's a good egg <3

Has a pet possum that he hangs out with in a pipe at the bottom of a big hole. It's name is Rabies. Hangs out near the train while watching people jump on and off. Was followed home by one once, possibly being related to something that is spoilers for the end of the game (idk it's been awhile.) Overall very neurodivergent and good for him