Look at what I found today - Baby Opossums

[Kiki]

She was infested with fleas.

Tapeworms come to mind. Yuk.

 

[HuskerHens18]

I forgot opossums start out as cute babies.. I'm too used to the ugly adults creeping up behind me while I'm shutting coop doors.

I'm glad you're helping them all babies deserve a chance

 

[Fields Mountain Farm]

Did you ever hear back from the rehaber?

 

[Chickens 4Ever]

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.

Eek! I would give them a flea bath with dawn! I have 2 baby squirrels (sadly mother died) that we are raising and they had fleas but dawn got rid of them! It’s very helpful giving them a flea bath

 

[Fields Mountain Farm]

Eek! I would give them a flea bath with dawn! I have 2 baby squirrels (sadly mother died) that we are raising and they had fleas but dawn got rid of them! It’s very helpful giving them a flea bath

With baby opossum you can't when they are so small. They will chill and stress to the point it will kill them.
You wrap a warm towel around them and the fleas will jump on the towel, remove it and repeat with a fresh one till they are off the babies.

 

[casportpony]

Did you ever hear back from the rehaber?

It's only 8 am, lol, so not yet. If I don't get a call back there is another place I can take them, but it's a much longer drive and I have to wait until traffic lightens up (I hate traffic).

 

[casportpony]

With baby opossum you can't when they are so small. They will chill and stress to the point it will kill them.
You wrap a warm towel around them and the fleas will jump on the towel, remove it and repeat with a fresh one till they are off the babies.

Fear not, I did not bath them, but I did use one small drop of advantage and all fleas are gone.

 

[Fields Mountain Farm]

It's only 8 am, lol, so not yet. If I don't get a call back there is another place I can take them, but it's a much longer drive and I have to wait until traffic lightens up (I hate traffic).

I forget about the time difference between us.. It's 11 here.
That's good you have another option and I don't blame ya.. I hate traffic too...

 

[MotherOfPeepPeeps]

They are so ugly that they're cute!

 

[Fields Mountain Farm]

Fear not, I did not bath them, but I did use one small drop of advantage and all fleas are gone.

Awesome!