Bird Gard Possum Deterrent

Worked first night - two aggressive possums deterred – I bought this product in desperation after having tried various other deterrents: brewing up lapsang souchong tea, stewing garlic, and so on. Was in a very high state of anxiety as two possums had begun attacking the new growth on a beautiful tree my (now deceased) parents had given me as a sapling. For the last three weeks, they had attacked the… Read more ·  3

tree each night and I was, truly, beside myself. This product worked the first night; I followed the instructions carefully (also nervously as I did not know what I was going to do if it did not work), and there was no slamming of the possums as they arrived on the adjacent garage roof, no prowling around on the roof of my house, no sound as they breathed asthmatically in the tree, nothing at all. Even after just under a week, baby leaves are appearing. Am so grateful. Instructions about set-up are meticulous and easy to follow. Brilliant product. And I don't know why people are talking about the sound. Yes, there's a sound - but it's a barely perceptible whirring if you stand up close and, no, I am not deaf. Thank you.

Try this – I haven't bought any possum deterrent devices but was interested in reading the reviews on the Bird Gard one and the company's response. Before retiring from my profession as a retired Real Estate Agent, we often had complaints from tenants regarding mice, rats and possums in ceilings. I used to get on a ladder with my upper torso into the ceiling… Read more

space, and throw moth balls to all parts of the ceiling as Jonno said he did. For me, this always worked but as per the reply from the Bird Gard spokesperson perhaps sometimes it doesn't. The other thing which will remove all vermin including spiders is cellulose insulation as it has BORAX in it to make it non flammable - the day after ours was installed 2 redback spiders came down from the vent in the bathroom to escape the borax!! (I put mossie proof wire around the vent in the ceiling the next day). We never have possums, spiders, mice or snakes (used to have night adders) in our ceiling anymore.Alternatively catch the possums in a possum trap (carrots are good bait) and relocate (and yes I have been told that they will die if relocated) or find their entry point and jam it with fine netting wire AFTER the possum has gone out feeding usually just after dusk. As the Bird Gard spokesman said, if you try their product, give it a few weeks to work. Best of luck. Glen

Great help in making possums' life difficult – I moved to a new house 3 months ago. It is a large house. From the first night, we had possums disturbing our sleep at night: in the garden, fighting and hissing but mostly on the roof, landing loudly and running around. After investigating at night with a torch, it appeared that the main point of entry onto the roof was the power supply line. I… Read more

should add these are mainly ringtail possums.

I purchased a Possum Deterrent which I positioned at the point the power line reaches our roof… and waited for about 3 weeks, as recommended, before drawing any conclusion. The settings I use: night activation and constant mode.

The effect was not 100% but was very significant indeed: possums still come on our roof but not every night and they do not linger. We can’t hear them calling or fighting, just landing on the roof and passing rather quickly. We also noticed a huge reduction in the amount of droppings left around the house, on the decks and paths.

Because my house is large and because I suspect they are other entry points (tree branches overhanging), I have decided to buy a second Possum Deterrent unit which I will position directly at the branches overhanging the roof. And of course, I have also pruned these branches but possums can jump quite far. I saw one jump about two meters from the roof onto a nearby tree.

In fact, I had the opportunity to witness and interesting behaviour: one evening, I saw a female followed by her joey approaching the house on the power line. The device was already working as it was dark and I could see the red light on. She made her way to the house and stopped about 10 m from the roof, clearly not comfortable in progressing any further.

What happened next amazed me. One of the features of the Possum Deterrent is to stop emitting ultrasounds, from time to time, for a short period. I understand this is done so that animals do not get used to it being on all the time. The moment the device turned off, the female ran and jumped on my roof. Her baby was a bit slow and when it realised its mum had gone, the device was on again. It clearly wanted to follow its mother but after a few steps, it backed up, clearly not comfortable to approach the roof closer. It eventually left.

This, to me, is clear indication that the device works, even on a determined possum which wants to be reunited with its mother. It also shows that these animals are more clever and adaptable than I suspected as I think this mother has learnt that the device stops from time to time and took advantage of it! I observed this behaviour about 6 weeks after I had installed the device.

After discussing with Darren Stutchbury at Bird Gard, we thought one way to get around this may be to switch the device onto motion sensor mode, which l have not done yet.

So, do not underestimate possums: despite their looks, they are intelligent, they are adaptable and they can jump long distances.

All I can do is not make it easy for them. And I believe the Possum Deterrent has helped me done just that. This is why I have purchased a second one and can’t wait to see what effect it will have.

Works well and excellent customer service – Very good product. Works much better than similar ones on the market. Very good instructions came with the product and excellent quick responding customer service. If you have a possum problem I highly recommend this product. Show details

Brilliant product – Love this stuff it really does do the job it says it is going to do and without fail. I am using it regularly and it never ceases to amaze me the results I get with it. Show details

Worked immediately – A rose over an arbour was being constantly grazed by a possum. I would get up every morning with possum pee and poo all over my front step and the rose chewed to bare stems. I put up the Bird Gard Possum Deterent and it worked immediately. Within 4 days my rose has new shoots my door step is clean and the possum has gone on to easierm pickings. THANK YOU! Show details

Disappointed, does not work – Positioned them on the fence facing the direct line of the possums & they walked right over the top of them. Tried different ways, different locations. No luck. Can not recommend. Show details

Don’t waste your money – Does not work, most overpriced, overhyped piece of plastic I have purchased. Only thing this would deter is humans so damn noisy, apparently the pesky pigeons don't mind the noise. Don't waste your time and money on this product.  Show details

The Bird Gard Possum Deterrent does not work for me – It was installed and permanently on only 3 metres away from a healthy hedge of Star Jasmine which was being kept at about a metre by Ringtail possums..It was on a 33cm pot and definitely facing the right way After installation the machine appeared to work for a few days and I was optimistic The possums seem to have become immune to the machine… Read more

and now after many weeks of rain and good growing conditions the Star Jasmine plants have not grown at all. Any new growth soon disappears. I am a nurseryman with 50 years experience and the plants are well looked after and healthy but extremely hard pruned by the possums

Fabulous ! Sceptical at first, but this worked keeping IBIS and other birds away – We didn't think this would work but it did ! I bought it mainly on the back of the 30 day money back guarantee. I thought if it doesn't work its going back and its money back for me (BUT I would be left with my original problem !). Well it DID work. We had nesting IBIS and Cockatoos in the large tree out the back, in the evenings around dusk.… Read more

They were too far away to reach with a hose. My guess 15 to 25 metres. This thing works on ULTRASONIC sound although for some of the first week or so we added in the audible sounds as we seemed to need some extra deterrent. Just SO impressed. We have only had the unit for about 5 weeks so I cannot speak of the longevity of it, but I will tell you what, pest controllers were talking thousands to get those birds out of my tree and now, for $150 or so, I am living pest free. It does not bother the dogs and we cannot hear it on ULTRASONIC. It did chew through the "C" type batteries if you inadvertently left it on, and those are expensive. Now we have it set up to mains power, on a timer, 10 minutes before dusk till 20 minutes afterwards. I could not be happier. Those birds stink and leave very putrid droppings, and now we are free from that. Just so happy.

This is the only thing that worked – Hi had some teeth issues to begin with but it was fixed by the vendor. Vendor answered calls promptly and the new device works fine and has been working for a number of years. It has deterred the possums who no longer eat my lemons. Show details

Bird gard just does what they claim it will – Tried Bird Gard and tried the cheap pretenders - there's only 1 that works and my possums hate our Bird Gards. When I had some questions, Darren and the team at Bird Gard patiently answered all of the questions clearly and completely. Show details ·  1

No success – I purchased the Bird Gard a couple of months ago to try and stop ringtail possums destroying my wisteria. I spoke to the company and moved it after it didn’t work in the first position. Still not having any luck. Possums are back every night. Hasn’t made any difference. Very frustrated. I was really hoping it would solve the problem given how positive all the reviews were. Show details

Instant Success – I recently installed the Possum Deterrent after putting up with the little devils messing all over my deck and a stone paving area below. The success was instant. After following the clear and simple installation instructions and tips, I was pleased to wake up the next day with no mess to clean up. The unit has been installed now for a week and… Read more

I gone from having to clean up dozens of possum poo pellets every morning to now none. Could not be happier with the product, and also I found Darren from Bird Gard very helpful when I called and also very responsive following up on the delivery given the recent delays.

No hesitation is recommending Bird Gard

Solved my Possum Problem – I live near a park with possums who would walk along my fence dropping their business all along the fence line and screeching at night. Since having this they have moved on. I turned it off for a while and my neighbor asked if I was still using it as the possums were eating his oranges. I turned it back on and my neighbors oranges were untouched… Read more ·  3

once again. There are different settings for the frequency so it targets specific pests. My kids can hear it at certain frequencies but it does not bother them. I don’t turn it up full blast and leave it on sensor mode so it’s only activated at night. Ive has it for 3 + years now. Great product.

We still have possums around but they don't eat our trees anymore – We have been using 2 devices for about 2 years. Prior to that we had lost one Golden Robinia and were about to lose a Mop Top. With help from the company, We hard wired and sited two devices. Possums are still around but no longer dining on our trees. Some visitors (few) can hear the sound wave and one such visitor is disturbed by it. I think all of our grandkids can hear it but it disturbs none of them. Good gear! Show details

Effective Device with Quick Results – Great device - very easy to set up. We had a real possum infestation in our garden - they were eating everything as well as making a huge mess with droppings etc. After installing one unit we noticed results and the possum activity moved as far away from the device as it could. So we then installed a second unit at the opposite end of the yard… Read more

and this seems to have substantially reduced possum activity at ground level and pushed them higher into the trees.

One issue is that the power adaptor isn't water-proof - not ideal for a device that is advertised as being weather resistant. We've just covered ours in plastic.

Very Effective – We installed a Bird Gard Possum Deterrent several months ago to stop the possums from attacking our Japanese maples and found it very effective. We have ordered 2 more since.

Excellent product – I had problems that possums being eaten my Rosses buds, new growth and it completely stop after installing the possum deterrent in to the garden and it stop all possums coming to the garden.

Doesn't work on possums – It didn't work for us either. There were two huge possums still sitting in the tree munching the leaves. I then out it in the tree, still they couldn't care less. I give up, nothing works.

Don't waste your money!! – I bought one of these so called possum deterrents and it had zero impact, I mean ZERO, in fact I reckon it attracted them! I spoke to the company a few times and did what they suggested (relocating it at several different places), but still nothing. It's supposed to deter rats and mice as well, but last week we caught a large rat in a rat trap… Read more

only a few metres from the Birdgard device.

I reckon anyone who claims to have success with this product must be a relative of the owner!!

Noise disturbing to neighbours – I purchased two products. One is working ,but had a neighbour two doors away come to ask me to turn off the device as he could not sleep with the noise it makes. Now the possum is back, eating the grape vine over my pergola. Not happy. I agree with the review on April 4 2018.

I am not sure this works for possums but the noise is very disturbing to neighbours – I had hoped the sound from this variable frequency unit would all be ultrasonic unfortunately the range is very audible and makes it quite unsuitable for a suburban operation. It is a pity this simple fact was not explained in the product specifications or I might have saved the considerable purchase price.

Good Service, Jury Still Out on Product – On the strength of 71 reviews, and most being positive, we purchased a Bird Gard Possum Deterrent. But so far, no impact on possums. They still treat our courtyard as a Club Med for possums, and I am sure the ultrasonic sound just gives them background music to party by. So not yet a happy shopper. To be fair, they do say Bird Gard can take up… Read more

to 3 weeks to work, so we await with interest.

Interestingly, my similar review on Bird Gard's website does not seem to have been published.

Great service and product – Darren from Bird Gard was very prompt and went above and beyond to help us with an operational issue (not a fault) we had with our possum deterrent device, all sorted now. We are pleased with the outcome and the device appears to be protecting the area we needed it to. We are glad we went down this track.

Effective possum deterent – Works well to deter possums from our garden and our neighbors garden. It keeps them off the roof as well. We now have beautiful roses and veggies that remain untouched.

Really brilliantly effective product – This really works! Super effective at deterring possums and other similar critters. Even our neighbours are grateful! The guys at Bird Gard are also super helpful and friendly in advising what is needed and helping ensure the setup is just right. I did have a problem that after about 2 years the power adaptor died, but that's not really their fault, and easily replaced. Would definitely recommend.

Doesn't deter ringtail possums – Placed this device on a fence to deter possums from walking across it. All settings are correct. Used for 2 months and it didn't stop them. They simply walked up to the device when it was on, climbed over it and continued across the fence. Contacted company - no solution provided.

Ineffective device - does not work – I purchased a possum deterrent in late November 2016. The purpose was to deter the possums from eating my weeping rose, which is being decimated my some very hungry possums. I followed the instruction to the letter, but to no avail. The deterrent has been set on for possums and on maximun sensor sensitivity and is set on constant. After using… Read more

the possum deterrent for 3 months, I have come to the comclusion that it is totally ineffective.

It should also be noted that I emailed the company on 16/3/2016 and attached photos of the devise and it location or proximity to the weeping rose but I'm yet to receive a response from them.

I have received some comments from the neighbour's teenage children who say they can hear it when it is activated...they must have exceptional hearing as I can't!

Overall, not happy at all.

Great product and great service – We purchased one Possum deterrent and it worked so well after just a few months we bought another one. Unfortunately after 8 months the first one stopped working, we could tell because our Magnolia tree was decimated pretty quickly. We emailed Darren at Bird Gard and within 30 minutes he called us and advised how to work out the problem. It was… Read more ·  1

the adaptor, and he immediately organized for another to be sent to us. I would have no hesitation in recommending this product. The fact that the tree was eaten so quickly when the adaptor failed show how great this product is. Thanks for your great service Darren and Bird Gard.

The veggies are mine again! – As much as I love them I was sooo over the possums. They had been totally destroying my veggie patch. I didn’t mind sharing some of the garden with them but things were getting out of hand. I found the Ultrasonic Possum Deterrent online and have been using it now for 3 months. It is doing a great job keeping the little critters off my newly… Read more ·  1

planted seedlings, my awesome herb garden and the veggie garden is starting to look happy again. It did take a couple of weeks before they went away but Bird Gard did mention this to me. Thank you for your great service and assistance when I needed it, and thank you so much for helping me save my veggies.

highly regarded – Had nothing but good results....worth every cent.. the money is long forgotten .. After sales service is personal and prompt...efficacious. Darren and the team get the job done. Many thanks.  Show reply

What a croc – This is not worth buying we bought the most expensive unit it made a terrible irritating sound we were desperate to send the beautiful little critters elsewhere very disappointing to have spent this amount of money on a yet another myth that is marketed? Regards annoyed

vegetables at last! – After not being able to grow vegetables for a few seasons without the possums enjoying them before we did -we bought one of your Bird Gard Possum deterrents - amazing! we now have tomatoes - carrots - herbs and are looking forward to planting a lot more. We are very pleased and have just invested in 2 more. Happy customer from Victoria

Possum troubles – I have a large garden in Sydney and possums are causing damage and digging up my plants. I also have large macadamia nut tree and this attracts water rats from the harbourside park, visit annually when the nuts ripen. I tried possum traps, tree guards, spikes and rat baits to incomplete results. I had heard of Sonar instruments as a deterrent… Read more ·  1

and as a scientist I investigated the various instruments and research available and the good and bad comments. Therefore I purchased with some scepticism. In the first 3 weeks, to my amazement possums were deterred on the area I focused on in the front garden. We then moved to the back garden and again found success by not finding further nuts being eaten.

Although it involves a financial outlay I am considering a second unit to keep each permanently guarding the danger areas. I urge users to consider it like a torch beam and focus on the point of entry and attack you identify by possum and rat evidence – I set for nights only. Congratulations to the makers.

Adrian Dunn Eastern Suburbs, Sydney, Australia.