Could be worse than possums though, Norm.

A very good friend of mine, who lives on a local rural block with a real menagerie of animals [currently 18 chooks + rooster, two dogs, plus a small flock of dorper sheep, and a 30yo retired saddle horse, plus a few beef cattle ] has a hassle - with 3 big tiger snakes hanging around the place...
I sold her my 20ga double barrel shotgun recently, along with a couple of boxen of ammo in #8 [snakes] and BB [foxes] shot loads.
Consequently, the wriggle sticks will get 'relocated' as soon as a suitable opportunity occurs!