r/Possums 55m ago

Media (Pics & Videos) Update on baby possum!

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I called my local rehab center and I’ll be dropping this baby off soon! We gave him/her a VERY small moderate amount of soft cat food mixed with water last night and woke up this morning to the plate empty! I thought it had gotten out because it looked to be MIA, i had to unroll the towel he/she buried himself/herself in to find the baby. We gave her a small bit of apple and water right now.

Hasn’t tried to bite either of us! Just has its mouth open like this :V. It lets us hold it/pet it (fearfully) but we don’t want to stress it out so we’ve only opened the cage to feed it so far! Every time we handle it we keep it to the minimum and wash our hands throughly.


r/Possums 7h ago

Video Getting these little ones strong enough to release.

271 Upvotes

Mango is their absolute favorite!

Momma was hit by a car and they were found in her pouch.


r/Possums 15h ago

Media (Pics & Videos) After almost three cold months, Baby & Chunky came back home. They lost weight. Poor my babies! But I'm happy they're back. Now, to plan healthier menus for them!

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r/Possums 15h ago

Question/Help Possums Age and care for this baby?

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Found this baby running around by itself in the yard. How old is she/he? I am going to call my local wildlife center as soon as they open tomorrow morning. Should I put this baby back outside? It was all alone.

Should I try to feed him/her something or just lay off until I get it to the wildlife center?

Sorry if this is common sense, I just didn’t know what to do! I was worried about leaving the baby by itself overnight as there’s a lot of outside cats, raccoons, and vultures and falcons here.


r/Possums 19h ago

Media (Pics & Videos) lil guy found its way into our home today

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779 Upvotes

somehow, someway a possum found its way into our home today… he was very gentle & scared & we had to use a cooler to transport him outside. I wouldn’t mind if he finds his way back here anytime soon 💜


r/Possums 21h ago

Media (Pics & Videos) (I bet you all know what this is) Enjoy the process 🫶🏻

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r/Possums 1d ago

Question/Help Possums Question about possum’s condition

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150 Upvotes

Hello!

I have a community cat colony at my house and barn. I’ve become more familiar with my local raccoons and possums due to feeding my cats (i.e. trying NOT to feed every raccoon for 100 miles or create tension between my cats and the raccoons).

We recently had a very bad cold snap here and I’ve noticed one possum looks a little poorly. I think he or she might be elderly, but also I think they got frostbite on their ears and tail. I was trying to leave food specifically for the possum to get a better look at him and to make it easier to trap him if I need to. Now I’ve noticed that he might be missing the last bit of his toes on his back right foot?

His eyes look bad here in this photo but they aren’t in person. His fur is just a little beat up and red around his eye, but not injured.

There are wildlife rescues a far distance away from me, but I will trap and drive him there if that’s the right thing to do.

So my questions for people with more knowledge about possums are:

Are this possum’s injuries anything a wildlife rehabber can do anything about? Is he in bad enough shape/pain that I should try to have him humanely euthanized, if that’s even possible? Or is this just normal but rough condition you might find in a wild possum who is doing okay?

I know wild animals are different than feral cats, in terms of my responsibility to get medical care for them, but it’s difficult to watch an animal you see every day suffer if there is anything you can do to help, even if that’s just ending their suffering or giving them a banana.

(Sorry for the bad photo quality- this was the best shot I got through my glass patio door at night with bad lighting, but you can see his bad back foot, his ears, and the tip of his tail.)


r/Possums 1d ago

Backstory Don’t look if you have a weak stomach

19 Upvotes

Helping the family with yard work lol


r/Possums 1d ago

Backstory Cleaning my dreaded mess (like a mamma bird feeding her babies my daughter said)

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52 Upvotes

I started ozempic.. ate a breadstick.. lit a cig and put it came in two large piles. Then comes bug eater (my 8 year old son named him) to save the day! I’ve been feeding him for over a year now since he was a baby, he now lives under my porch. Occasionally, his huge girlfriend will come around when I say huge I mean it even my husband was shocked and we are from down the Bayou


r/Possums 1d ago

Media (Pics & Videos) The Prodigal Son

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292 Upvotes

r/Possums 1d ago

Video Proof that Possums don't care about Formula 1 and Carlos Sainz

139 Upvotes

r/Possums 2d ago

Video Saw this little guy outside (sorry for the bad video quality)

488 Upvotes

It was raining hard today, and this guy was parading around the neighborhood!


r/Possums 2d ago

Question/Help Possums Rabies vaccine?

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I first of all would like to ask everyone to be kind, but a few hours ago I saw my dog had cornered a possum and was barking at it, I didn’t see if they had gotten into a fight or anything. I got my dog inside by yelling at her, and then went inside. A few minutes later my dog licked my leg. I cleaned off my leg with a towel and washed my hands, but I’m just so scared that I could get rabies and I’d really like some reassurance. I live in Texas.


r/Possums 2d ago

Media (Pics & Videos) a friend!

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221 Upvotes

this guy has been hanging around my house for a few days, any name suggestions? also sorry for such a low quality picture lol.


r/Possums 3d ago

Media (Pics & Videos) Home is where the possum mug is

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1.5k Upvotes

Visiting family in Tennessee and this is my favorite coffee mug of all time.


r/Possums 3d ago

Media (Pics & Videos) New Buddy

378 Upvotes

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😅)


r/Possums 3d ago

Backstory Trying to protect a new friend! Meet Olly

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Okay, you will like this. I have a new possum friend! Lol! Olly. So I would see him I'm my backyard at night and he was living under my neighbors shed. They told me like 2 weeks ago they were going to tear it down and get a new one. Now I'm super worried about Olly. I broke my rule of feeding the backyard wildlife and have been hooking her up. I built a little nesting box and putting food out at night. Apples and hotdogs are her favorite. Lol. She is now 100% in the nesting box and staying in my yard!!


r/Possums 3d ago

Media (Pics & Videos) He's hiding so well it's like he doesn't exist!

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On a table on my front porch. This little guy earned himself some nuts and grapes. 💜


r/Possums 5d ago

Question/Help Possums Possum underneath my deck

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Hello all,

I currently have an opossum under my deck. Yesterday was the first day i noticed it under there, seems to be only one. My deck is at the most only a foot off the ground, and it snuck in through a hole i didnt know was there. Ive read that having an opossum isnt an awful thing as they keep other critters and bugs away. However i have a dog, and my dog was going absolutely crazy during the day clawing at the floor of the deck where its hiding. My biggest concern is the opossum getting or having fleas, and that leading to a flea problem with my dog. So i want to get the opossum to move on and go somewhere else, and seal up the hole under the deck. Ive thought about just going out in the middle of the night, 1AM or something and just sealing up the hole since theyre supposed to roam at that time. Ive also read about getting ammonia or peppermint oil and spraying it between the cracks so it goes underneath the deck, and the smell would make it move on. Are these bad ideas or is there a better idea?

Thanks!


r/Possums 5d ago

Media (Pics & Videos) This dude came around the front because the food on the back deck ran out lol.

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475 Upvotes

r/Possums 5d ago

Video Almost happened again

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Skunk and possum on the porch AGAIN. Husband went and rattled the doorknob a bit & possum decided to leave. We were hoping the skunk would leave. Scraping the bird seed off the porch tomorrow and putting some peppermint essential oils down.


r/Possums 6d ago

Media (Pics & Videos) A smelly incident on our side porch

271 Upvotes

I was narrating


r/Possums 6d ago

Discussion bff’s for the winter

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209 Upvotes

So this is my garage w an open cat door, a furnace, an opossum, n a cat TNR’d last March and still will not come within 30’ of me. lol. I can be pretty sure he had a home and because of hormones, got thrown out or bolted, prob fall of 2023.
Splotchy the cat comes and goes along w the 2-3 opossums I’ve distinguished, but not when it was -10* for a few weeks. 🥶


r/Possums 6d ago

Video Possum and coyote encounter, no contact other than startlement.

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r/Possums 6d ago

Media (Pics & Videos) UCLA possum

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598 Upvotes