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1guynAz
 User ID: 2229693 United States04/20/2021 08:22 PM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Yes. I had one. If you have an enclosed yard, and feed them cat food, wet cat food, and leave them water, they live in bushes and just literally 'hang around'. Never did anything, they just stay there and never leave. They grow up, and that's about it. My friend and I shared one we found! they are nice but belong outside. If you keep them in a cage, they get weird. They think they're going to die and will start eating their own crap out of fear of starving. Good luck... Living has taught me one thing; nothing is certain...except salvation through Jesus Christ! |
| Saint Lance the Odd from BC
User ID: 77547432  Canada04/20/2021 08:38 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | As oddly yellow as mine as a 41 year pack a day smoker? If you are not busy weaving your own magick, you are trapped in anothers spell. “It’s time you realized that you have something in you more powerful and miraculous than the things that affect you and make you dance like a puppet.” – Marcus Aurelius |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 80267802 United States04/20/2021 09:17 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Saturday night 2 opossums got hit by a car or cars? I don't know if they were both hit by the same car or not. Quoting: TheGasMan II Anyway, the wife went to pick up our daughter yesterday from school and when they came back, our daughter saw 2 baby possums in the front yard, out by the road, just rambling around. She gathered them up and put them in a box. She wanted to keep them but I said no and had her take them into the woods behind our house. The wife went with her, and she says they went a couple hundred yards into the woods. The wife went to pick her up again today, and lo and behold, the same 2 possums are back out by the road, rambling around. I'm like, wtf?!?! Are they the same 2 or are these 2 different ones? They look the same, size wise and whatnot. While I was typing this thread, the wife spotted another one in the yard. So now we have 3. My daughter thinks it is sign from God that she was meant to care for these, lol. Maybe it is, idk. Has anyone ever raised a possum? I need help. [imgur] [link to imgur.com (secure)] If they are raised from babies, in a domestic household, they are very cool pets. But they have to be vetted for health etc. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 80267802 United States04/20/2021 09:18 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Saturday night 2 opossums got hit by a car or cars? I don't know if they were both hit by the same car or not. Quoting: TheGasMan II Anyway, the wife went to pick up our daughter yesterday from school and when they came back, our daughter saw 2 baby possums in the front yard, out by the road, just rambling around. She gathered them up and put them in a box. She wanted to keep them but I said no and had her take them into the woods behind our house. The wife went with her, and she says they went a couple hundred yards into the woods. The wife went to pick her up again today, and lo and behold, the same 2 possums are back out by the road, rambling around. I'm like, wtf?!?! Are they the same 2 or are these 2 different ones? They look the same, size wise and whatnot. While I was typing this thread, the wife spotted another one in the yard. So now we have 3. My daughter thinks it is sign from God that she was meant to care for these, lol. Maybe it is, idk. Has anyone ever raised a possum? I need help. [imgur] [link to imgur.com (secure)] If they are raised from babies, in a domestic household, they are very cool pets. But they have to be vetted for health etc. Id guess their mama is deceased. So they're out looking for her aimlessly. Lost |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 80267769 04/20/2021 09:20 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Quoting: Saint Lance the Odd from BC No Opossum teeth are curved backwards towards the throat, inwards Also their teeth are really pointy. . [link to yandex.com (secure)] |
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| StellaBlue
User ID: 4104364 United States04/20/2021 09:28 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | We have one who comes to visit us regularly, named him "Awesome". He's very sweet and nice. Gets along with our cat, and the raccoon who also visits. Opossums are very non confrontational. Excellent pest control, too. Please don't eat the baby possums. Not yet anyway It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man. -Psalm 118:8 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper. -Isaiah 54:17 If I disappear from this forum, aliens didn't take me- Jesus did! Give your heart to him today! |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 80254080 United States04/20/2021 09:58 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | They are dangerous and carry diseases. They have lepors disease, tuberculosis and several other diseases all transferable to humans Quoting: Anonymous Coward 76509910 Completely false... Opossums cannot carry any disease that harms man, due to the fact they are Marsupials, very cool blooded creatures, Opossums are world renowned for being one of the few animals that cannot even carry rabies, their blood is too cool for the rabies to survive, also, Opossums are completely immune to all poisonous snakes in North America..  |
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| Saint Lance the Odd from BC
User ID: 77547432 Canada04/20/2021 10:03 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | No Opossum teeth are curved backwards towards the throat, inwards Also their teeth are really pointy. . [link to yandex.com (secure)] You, as far as I know, are the only other poster who uses yandex...feck, it's my browser. I guess we are 'secret agent men' or some such thing. Possums still make a good stew either way, like baby harp seals. If you are not busy weaving your own magick, you are trapped in anothers spell. “It’s time you realized that you have something in you more powerful and miraculous than the things that affect you and make you dance like a puppet.” – Marcus Aurelius |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 80254080 United States04/20/2021 10:09 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Possums are cool and relatively harmless, the comments about not carrying rabies is true. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 76983324 About 15 years ago one of our dogs went after a possum in the yard. Wife was heartbroken, she thought the possum was dead. She got a shovel to bury him. After digging the hole, she went back to get the carcass and it was gone. I had to laugh when she told me. I told her he was just playing possum and she stated she did not know that. She’s not blonde by the way. [link to www.bbc.com (secure)] Until you touch one and your face falls off...best put in a stew really. Wrong animal dumbass.. Hell wrong fuckin continent as well!! Double dumbass.. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 80254080 United States04/20/2021 10:13 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | They are dangerous and carry diseases. They have lepors disease, tuberculosis and several other diseases all transferable to humans Quoting: Anonymous Coward 76509910 Completely false... Opossums cannot carry any disease that harms man, due to the fact they are Marsupials, very cool blooded creatures, Opossums are world renowned for being one of the few animals that cannot even carry rabies, their blood is too cool for the rabies to survive, also, Opossums are completely immune to all poisonous snakes in North America.. That isn't true at all. |
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| Saint Lance the Odd from BC
User ID: 77547432 Canada04/20/2021 10:16 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Possums are cool and relatively harmless, the comments about not carrying rabies is true. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 76983324 About 15 years ago one of our dogs went after a possum in the yard. Wife was heartbroken, she thought the possum was dead. She got a shovel to bury him. After digging the hole, she went back to get the carcass and it was gone. I had to laugh when she told me. I told her he was just playing possum and she stated she did not know that. She’s not blonde by the way. [link to www.bbc.com (secure)] Until you touch one and your face falls off...best put in a stew really. Wrong animal dumbass.. Hell wrong fuckin continent as well!! Double dumbass.. THey are still better in the pot then in the yard... If you are not busy weaving your own magick, you are trapped in anothers spell. “It’s time you realized that you have something in you more powerful and miraculous than the things that affect you and make you dance like a puppet.” – Marcus Aurelius |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 80254080 United States04/20/2021 10:38 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Possums are cool and relatively harmless, the comments about not carrying rabies is true. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 76983324 About 15 years ago one of our dogs went after a possum in the yard. Wife was heartbroken, she thought the possum was dead. She got a shovel to bury him. After digging the hole, she went back to get the carcass and it was gone. I had to laugh when she told me. I told her he was just playing possum and she stated she did not know that. She’s not blonde by the way. [link to www.bbc.com (secure)] Until you touch one and your face falls off...best put in a stew really. Wrong animal dumbass.. Hell wrong fuckin continent as well!! Double dumbass.. THey are still better in the pot then in the yard... Triple dumbass. They clean up the yard idiot.. unless of course you like having ticks hanging on you and hornworms in your garden. They eat all types of harmful and unwanted insects. I eat plenty of game.. but leave them alone, they have a job to do. and it is "THAN" ...than in the yard" |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 80267495  Germany04/20/2021 10:46 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | They are dangerous and carry diseases. They have lepors disease, tuberculosis and several other diseases all transferable to humans Quoting: Anonymous Coward 76509910 Completely false... Opossums cannot carry any disease that harms man, due to the fact they are Marsupials, very cool blooded creatures, Opossums are world renowned for being one of the few animals that cannot even carry rabies, their blood is too cool for the rabies to survive, also, Opossums are completely immune to all poisonous snakes in North America.. Opossums are carriers of leptospirosis, a bacterial disease that starts off with flu-like symptoms. If left untreated, leptospirosis will cause kidney damage, menigitis, liver failure, and respiratory complications. The disease is transmitted through the urine and feces. It infects other mammals including cats, dogs, and humans. To prevent infection, keep pets vaccinated against leptospirosis and use bleach to clean up urine and feces. Wear gloves when handling a found opossum, and when cleaning up urine and feces. Wash hands with soap and water afterwards. |
| nutmeg
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| Saint Lance the Odd from BC
User ID: 77547432 Canada04/20/2021 10:47 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ... Quoting: Saint Lance the Odd from BC [link to www.bbc.com (secure)] Until you touch one and your face falls off...best put in a stew really. Wrong animal dumbass.. Hell wrong fuckin continent as well!! Double dumbass.. THey are still better in the pot then in the yard... Triple dumbass. They clean up the yard idiot.. unless of course you like having ticks hanging on you and hornworms in your garden. They eat all types of harmful and unwanted insects. I eat plenty of game.. but leave them alone, they have a job to do. and it is "THAN" ...than in the yard" No, ticks are further up coast. For them get a Guinea fowl. Hornworms are a pestilence that lazy gardners incur through sloth. Tend to the bats. Eat the possums. If you are not busy weaving your own magick, you are trapped in anothers spell. “It’s time you realized that you have something in you more powerful and miraculous than the things that affect you and make you dance like a puppet.” – Marcus Aurelius |
| Fluffy Pancakes
User ID: 77861117 United States04/20/2021 10:48 PM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Raised one and released her when she was ready. Goat milk, cat food, veggies, they love grapes....They sleep most of the time and will use a catbox without much trouble at all. But they need to be kept in a cage a lot. Those are teenager possums there. Maybe preteen, but you should be able to raise them if you keep them warm and fed. Things are bad enough, there is no need to make anything up. ~Fluffy "Never interrupt an enemy in the process of destroying himself." Quercitin and zinc...Get it. Take it. Visit howbad.info...If you took the shot, for sure. |
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| Saint Lance the Odd from BC
User ID: 77547432 Canada04/20/2021 10:59 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Make sure you cook em until they reach 275° internal temperature. I like to dip em.in BBQ sauce. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 80133409 What? No A1 nor Marie Sharpes habanero? Newbie... If you are not busy weaving your own magick, you are trapped in anothers spell. “It’s time you realized that you have something in you more powerful and miraculous than the things that affect you and make you dance like a puppet.” – Marcus Aurelius |
| Happy in Nature
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| Paaatriot101 User ID: 80225018 United States04/20/2021 11:13 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I'm sure been said already but Mom's carry the babies around on their backs so they probably climbed off her, 3-5 average 1 or 2 might have stayed clinging to mom. Feed them kitty food and give them a stuffed animal to cuddle against lol at least you have three not one they'll keep each other warm. Later this summer when bigger take for a ride to a nice hiking area and release That's nice your daughter wants to take care of them. They look big enough to be pooping on their own but if you do not see any poops most babies need butts sipped with warm wet day to pee and poop kittens, puppies, coons, etc till about 2-3 weeks and old. |
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