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FightForTrump!
User ID: 80146778 United States 04/20/2021 06:44 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Give them cat food. I feed them on my porch every night. They don't live long - only 3-4 years so don't get too attached to them. Some people say they stink, honestly I don't smell anything but have only been as close as 3 feet away. Cats get along with them great too. One night I had a raccoon eating, and behind him was a possum and behind him was a cat. All in line waiting to eat and no fighting! LOL. 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 ESV Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 80239746 United States 04/20/2021 06:56 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Opossums are VERY Beneficial critters, they keep tick populations down, but when they can't find grubs or rotting fruit, DO love digging in the garbage cans, search animal rescue people specializing in Opossums, also, local vets may know of people that rehabilitate baby Opossums to be released into the wild... the reason they returned to the road, is because they are trying to find their Momma.... 8-::/ |
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Everything User ID: 80195834 United States 04/20/2021 06:57 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. https://imgur.com/a/5itVXxq People have them as pets now. Go look on YouTube the video of possums as pet are there. Sorry I got a headache These are the times that tries men's and women's souls! May we come though it victorious! |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 80239746 United States 04/20/2021 06:59 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.. |
The Old Timer
User ID: 44147937 United States 04/20/2021 07:02 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | They make fine wild critter pets....they never get rabies either! We have raised several over the years.....can tuna and cat food! Lets go Brandon!! What doesn't kill us...makes us more interesting Either you live for something worth dying for....or you rot away and die on the installment plan quote: Mr Bill when I post something....I will remove any post I find disrespectful or offensive..... |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 80239746 United States 04/20/2021 07:10 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Opossums are the ONLY North American animal that is a Marsupial, they feed and finish gestating their young in a pouch, just like a kangaroo, as they get older, they like to ride on mom's back as they search for grubs, ticks, disgusting bugs you don't like, and yes, if they smell your garbage and food in it, your garbage can will get a visit! |
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User ID: 80262493 United States 04/20/2021 07:24 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | A litter can be 15 or more, there's probably more out there "It's a friendly friendly world" (Andy Kaufman) Calm seas do not a sailor make, Nor easy horses, a horseman. And Jesus was a sailor when he walked upon the water And he spent a long time watching from his lonely wooden tower and when He could be certain only drowning men could see Him- Leonard Cohen |
TheGasMan II
(OP) User ID: 71648857 United States 04/20/2021 07:26 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | They make fine wild critter pets....they never get rabies either! We have raised several over the years.....can tuna and cat food! Quoting: The Old Timer That's cool but I suspect our daughter will tire of them and they might wind up dying. We are going to release these into the woods as well. We are going to let nature take its course. Thanks for all of the help folks. "Every new child born brings the message that God is not yet discouraged of man." - Tagore "It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." - Aristotle. :TGMtank: |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 76983324 United States 04/20/2021 07:28 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Possums are cool and relatively harmless, the comments about not carrying rabies is true. 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. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 80267122 04/20/2021 07:46 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [imgur] [link to imgur.com (secure)] Quoting: TheGasMan II I think white n gray mix kittehs are the cutest of all. Why you no happy? ? |
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User ID: 77547432 Canada 04/20/2021 07:47 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Louis from Richmond and Pool I think, both know 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 |
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User ID: 77547432 Canada 04/20/2021 07:48 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. 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: 80267495 Germany 04/20/2021 07:57 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. Marsupials carry many diseases. In fact Armadillos are the only known mammalian carrier of Leprosy in North America. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 80207719 United States 04/20/2021 08:00 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | They make fine wild critter pets....they never get rabies either! We have raised several over the years.....can tuna and cat food! Quoting: The Old Timer That's cool but I suspect our daughter will tire of them and they might wind up dying. We are going to release these into the woods as well. We are going to let nature take its course. Thanks for all of the help folks. Call your local SPCA office. They're probably too young to know how to find food yet. Don't let them starve. |
Saint Lance the Odd from BC
User ID: 77547432 Canada 04/20/2021 08:02 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | As I tell the foodie peeps... [link to www.food.com (secure)] 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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beenthere User ID: 70819346 United States 04/20/2021 08:13 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | raised one as a pet when I was a teenager, very clean animals if they have a choice, very friendly, just feed them and give them safe place to sleep, should be able to turn them out into woods in month or so.... they carry no diseases and they EAT TICKS,,,, so don't hurt them... |
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