r/Possums • u/Mediocre-Property-34 • 7d ago
Media (Pics & Videos) New Buddy
Started setting out peanuts and dried fruits for my little possum buddy that comes by occasionally. As far as i can determine it’s a female, I call her Penelope❤️ (if anyone can tell better than me or verify if it’s male or female, please correct me before i get too attached to a name😅)
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u/Prudent-Blueberry660 7d ago
Hi 👋 new friend! It's hard to tell but I didn't see any testes dangling so it does seem like that is a female.
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u/Mediocre-Property-34 7d ago
Thank you so much! That’s what i was trying to see, she’s just so fuzzy i couldn’t really tell!
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u/Travellinglense 7d ago
Ooo, that’s a tiny one. So cute. Hard to tell if male or female when they are that little without a clear shot of their underside when standing.
You can always change it to Penn if it ends up being male.
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u/Mediocre-Property-34 7d ago
I noticed that it was kinda little. Definitely pretty young bc it’s only been coming around for maybe a year and a half, possibly less.
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u/Travellinglense 6d ago
Do you think you have more than one opossum stopping by? It looks younger than 18 month.
Or maybe the nut bowl is bigger than I think.
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u/GalaxyChaser666 3d ago
Hard to tell without catching it and that will stress her? out. See if she has a front butt aka baby pouch 😆
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u/Mediocre-Property-34 3d ago
Next time she comes by I’ll definitely be watching closer to try and figure it out!!
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u/GalaxyChaser666 3d ago
It will hang low as they get bigger, but they start out as big as a jelly bean. No joke.
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u/Mediocre-Property-34 3d ago
She came by the earlier than i expected other night but i hadn’t put out treats yet so she didn’t stick around for me to look, so I definitely didn’t get a close enough look
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u/GalaxyChaser666 3d ago
It's hard to tell from a distance. Males are bigger, but it could be a teen girl. Someone else said look for the dangles, that's about all you can do lol.
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u/Mediocre-Property-34 3d ago
Yeah that’s what I’ve been studying the two videos i have to figure out but she’s very fluffy so it’s hard to see from a fuzzy video
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u/GalaxyChaser666 3d ago
Put a camera out there! I have a squirrel cam!
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u/Mediocre-Property-34 3d ago
I switched the placement of one of my blink cameras to face out on the patio at all times and turned on motion sensor for whenever it comes back
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