Flipping Timmy possum trap

Watch this step-by-step video on how to use your Flipping Timmy possum trap.

Download this useful instruction sheet (PDF, 1.5 MB) from Envirotools.

Make sure you always wear gloves when handling your trap or catches.
Remember, clean traps catch best. If your trap gets dirty, we recommend a scrubbing brush to scrub down the trap and surrounding area.
When fastening to a tree, ensure you loosen the screws approximately once a year to allow for tree growth and avoid the base distorting.
You can bait the Flipping Timmy with a slice of apple. Skewer the apple on the trigger pin, skin side first.
As a visual lure, you can also smear icing sugar or lure paste beneath the trap to entice possums to your trapping area. Try this sweet flour paste recipe.
We recommend checking and re-baiting once a week.

Ensure you place the trap in full view. Possums tend to run along trails, especially when the undergrowth or grass is wet. Along tracks or roads, streams, ridges, and bush fringes are good places. If you’re not getting results, try a different spot.
If the bait is disappearing, but the trap is not setting off, you many need to adjust the sensitivity of your trap. You can do this by sliding the red sensitivity bush along the metal bar. The bigger the bush diameter that the bait bar sets up against, the more sensitive the trap. Rats could also be stealing the bait – put a rat trap nearby, but at least five metres away and slightly hidden so that possums do not interfere with it.
The more frequently you can check, clear and re-bait your Flipping Timmy, the greater results you will be able to achieve. However, as humane kill traps, they can be left for a period if you cannot check them immediately.
If your possum trap still isn’t catching any possums, here’s what you can do.

You can purchase one from our online shop and get it delivered to your door.

The Flipping Timmy is an easy-to-use and effective possum trap designed for all capabilities. The trap is mounted vertically onto a tree or pole at a convenient height, removing the need to bend over.