Look at what I found today - Baby Opossums

[casportpony]

 

[lazy gardener]

Now, what you gonna do?

 

[Fields Mountain Farm]

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How cute!

 

[Morrigan]

They are kind of cute. Just as long as they are on the outside of the coop.

 

[Beer can]

 

[casportpony]

I tried not to interfere, really, I did.

I saw one in a water bucket with the mother a foot away in the tall grass and by the time I got back with gloves it was out of the water, but the mother was still in the same place. I decided to just leave them there, but when I came back in a few hours the mother was clearly in distress, so I carefully gathered all three of them and placed them in a 100 gallon stock tank in the shade and covered it. About an hour later the mother was dead.

I went to remove her and saw that she had a dead and decaying baby in her pouch and that her mammary glands were big and full of pus, so I guess she had mastitis? She was also covered in fleas.

Anyway, I got a call into wildlife rescue, so that's where they are going as soon as I get a call back.

 

[casportpony]

That is funny!

 

[Ruralhideaway]

A friend raised one, still in her house last I heard!

 

[Fields Mountain Farm]

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Too funny...

I tried not to interfere, really, I did.

I saw one in a water bucket with the mother a foot away in the tall grass and by the time I got back with gloves it was out of the water, but the mother was still in the same place. I decided to just leave them there, but when I came back in a few hours the mother was clearly in distress, so I carefully gathered all three of them and placed them in a 100 gallon stock tank in the shade and covered it. About an hour later the mother was dead.

I went to remove her and saw that she had a dead and decaying baby in her pouch and that her mammary glands were big and full of pus, so I guess she had mastitis? She was also covered in fleas.

Anyway, I got a call into wildlife rescue, so that's where they are going as soon as I get a call back.

Poor thing. I'm glad you were able to save them. Hopefully they'll call soon and you can move em on..

 

[Kessel23]

I have never seen baby opossums in real life. I do see the big adults often though.