X2 the tree rat did it.
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I used canned cat food, stinky sardines and a piece of shrimp in the trap. I also found some possum prints, altho they look like baby possum. Hmmm, well, keep your fingers crossed that I catch it.
I didn't think Possum would chase chickens like that. I thought they were too lazy.
Just drop the trap in a bucket of water(fully submerged) with the possum in it for about 20 minutes and when you pull it out, poof! Dead possum!
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I feel like this is really cruel actually. Drowning is a frightening way to die, and as somebody who has rehabilitated and hand-reared several opossums in the past for wildlife rehab, I would never wish that kind of death on any of them.
I say if OP doesn't have a gun to kill it properly, it should be relocated. Drowning an animal to death would be considered animal cruelty by anyone's standards. If somebody drowned a stray cat or dog in a bucket and posted a video of it, people would be raising all kinds of holy hell. Possums are not a lower animal than cats or anything else. They're not some untouchable caste of creature that deserves a painful or frightening death. If an opossum ate OP's chickens it's because the possum was hungry and the chickens unprotected, end of story.
Sorry you lost your chickens OP, but I hope you didn't cause a wild animal to suffer in death, especially since there was no way to verify it was even the culprit to begin with.
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This is a mother possum with two babies that I rescued after she was hit by a car a few years ago. She eventually recovered and I relocated her and her two babies to a local wildlife preserve.
All animals, regardless of species, are worthy of our love and respect.
I feel like this is really cruel actually. Drowning is a frightening way to die, and as somebody who has rehabilitated and hand-reared several opossums in the past for wildlife rehab, I would never wish that kind of death on any of them.
I say if OP doesn't have a gun to kill it properly, it should be relocated. Drowning an animal to death would be considered animal cruelty by anyone's standards. If somebody drowned a stray cat or dog in a bucket and posted a video of it, people would be raising all kinds of holy hell. Possums are not a lower animal than cats or anything else. They're not some untouchable caste of creature that deserves a painful or frightening death. If an opossum ate OP's chickens it's because the possum was hungry and the chickens unprotected, end of story.
Sorry you lost your chickens OP, but I hope you didn't cause a wild animal to suffer in death, especially since there was no way to verify it was even the culprit to begin with.
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This is a mother possum with two babies that I rescued after she was hit by a car a few years ago. She eventually recovered and I relocated her and her two babies to a local wildlife preserve.
All animals, regardless of species, are worthy of our love and respect.
can you shoot it? it can take quite a while to drown a possum. it is VERY gruesome.It is against the law in my state to relocate caught wildlife. He/ she will die, in a humane way. If it's a her, I will check the pouch for babies and have a wildlife rehabber set up if need be for babies. I Am on my way to dispatch it now. It spent the day in the trap in a cool, dark place until I could get out of work. It also had cat food and water.
I love all animals, i could not be cruel unless i was put in a me or it dangerous situation, but I can't abide a threat to my girls.
It is against the law in my state to relocate caught wildlife. He/ she will die, in a humane way. If it's a her, I will check the pouch for babies and have a wildlife rehabber set up if need be for babies. I Am on my way to dispatch it now. It spent the day in the trap in a cool, dark place until I could get out of work. It also had cat food and water.
I love all animals, i could not be cruel unless i was put in a me or it dangerous situation, but I can't abide a threat to my girls.
I wish someone had told me this long time back. I thought drowning was peaceful. Thats what I had always heard anyway. Maybe w/ humans ? Anyway I put a coon in a garbage can of water and 10 mins took it out cause I knew it only took a min. It was still alive and I was sick. I didnt know what to do I wasnt doing mouth to whatever that was for sure and didnt own a gun so I drowned it again. Then I threw my trap in the garbage and reinforced my coop. Now I feed them my extra eggs. I wont ever get over that.can you shoot it? it can take quite a while to drown a possum. it is VERY gruesome.
I wish someone had told me this long time back. I thought drowning was peaceful. Thats what I had always heard anyway. Maybe w/ humans ? Anyway I put a coon in a garbage can of water and 10 mins took it out cause I knew it only took a min. It was still alive and I was sick. I didnt know what to do I wasnt doing mouth to whatever that was for sure and didnt own a gun so I drowned it again. Then I threw my trap in the garbage and reinforced my coop. Now I feed them my extra eggs. I wont ever get over that.
Forgot to say, congrats on catching your killer. Im not against taking care of business . This just reminded me of what happened.