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Continuing the theme of wild animals

 

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[Farmer John]

Thats a flying squirrel right? They are amazing.

 

[Jenn]

I had a Opossum who threw things at me all the time. We had 3 of them raised from extreme young. Mother was hit in road and they were exposed, eyes closed, pink little things. I cut them out brought them in and we nursed them. 2 males and one female.

Fast forward, we released the smaller male as he was fierce and a hunter. Incredible speed and I'm confident he did just fine outdoors.

The other two quickly became domesticated, well as much as an opossum can lol, and we didn't have any confidence in them surviving in the wild.

They had great long lives, 5 years plus, living under our couch, using the litter box and scaring the shit out of visitors.

Especially the large male Paco. He would sit on the couch like a human and eat French fries lengthwise whilst having a wack with his back paw (opposable thumbs in all) My wife's friend is still scarred for life from that visual

The are very picky eaters. If they weren't in the mood for something I gave them, they would hurl it at me. It was funny and I enjoyed their antics. They needed variety so lots of fruit and vegetables. Crickets, earthworms, etc. we would release 3 dozen crickets on the kitchen floor and they would have themcaught and eaten in under 15 sec. They can only see about 6" but in that six inches they can see hyper well. Man are they fast when catching crickets.

Anyway I miss our opossums and was fun to go down memory lane. Sorry for the long winded story.

Have a great day everyone!!

I have two opossom that stop by every night as soon as it gets dark. I throw a food pile under some trees for them to eat. I don't mind having them around they eat a lot of bugs, and they don't bother the cat.

 

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Gotten orthopedic appointment exactly 1 hour

 

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Doctor said fracture is healing up I have to maintain immobility as possible

 

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This is the part that kept me motivated all season long ..I have more pics after lunch I can explain as I understand it

 

[oldmaninbc]

Ten minutes ago I had to go on the internet and book a lab appointment and a ? In that 10 minutes I have forgotten what the 2nd thing was. mmmmm!

 

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Ten minutes ago I had to go on the internet and book a lab appointment and a ? In that 10 minutes I have forgotten what the 2nd thing was. mmmmm!

I’m getting better about that …used to walk into a room and wonder what I was doing there?

 

[Lester Beans]

Cool story … how did you learn to care for them when they were young?

They took right to bottle feeding. They were in the pouch so knew nothing else. Very young. Just kept them warm with a heat mat and fed kitten formula, they grew quickly. Transfered to fresh fruit, veggies and bugs easily.