Any George Jones Fans Out There?
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Localyokel
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What happened to mama and the other babies ? I always wanted a pet Opossum .
Pink Floyd
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HBC.. hit by cars
Localyokel
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Critter probably has worms... he is cute though . You gonna raise it to ride around on your shoulder ?
And I thought we were going to see a picture of a rocking chair, not a silver possum.
There are some interesting videos on YT involving folks and their pet possums.
There are some interesting videos on YT involving folks and their pet possums.
Tradclimb1
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Lol, here’s one of mom from back in the 1950’s… she’s holding two of them! Ohhh and yeah George Jones is some awesome country music when it was the real thing!
Pink Floyd
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My grandkids want to keep it.. but... I’ve raised several, coons too.. nowadays I usually pass them off to younger rehabbers.. I’m disabled and gettin worse, but yes I’ve got over 20 years in animal care and control/wildlife removal and rehab.. I do need your rockin chairrrr !!!!
Localyokel
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Opossums are very strange creatures , North America's only native marsupial with a pouch like a kangaroo . They also have finger prints that are unique like humans .
A prehensile tail that they often hang from . And the babies ride on the mothers back until they get big enough . I saw one run across the road one night and it had what looked to be full size adults riding on its back . It looked like some kind of furry 8 headed monster with tails all over it
. They also play dead , hence the southern term " playing opossum" meaning lying or fibbing..ex. " are you playing opossum with me ?!" I caught one in a leghold trap once that was set for fox . Upon arrival it appeared dead ... unconvinced I kind of kicked it and it "came back to life " and latched onto my boot . I was only 13 and it startled me pretty good As they can be aggressive if triffled with .
A prehensile tail that they often hang from . And the babies ride on the mothers back until they get big enough . I saw one run across the road one night and it had what looked to be full size adults riding on its back . It looked like some kind of furry 8 headed monster with tails all over it
. They also play dead , hence the southern term " playing opossum" meaning lying or fibbing..ex. " are you playing opossum with me ?!" I caught one in a leghold trap once that was set for fox . Upon arrival it appeared dead ... unconvinced I kind of kicked it and it "came back to life " and latched onto my boot . I was only 13 and it startled me pretty good As they can be aggressive if triffled with .
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Mom would bring home coons, opossums, skunks, birds and just about anything she found crossing the road on her way from the night shift at the hospital on the city limits. We had all kinds of critters running around the house at times. Most were orphans or injured from traffic. Nursed back to health and set free when the time was right.
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About a hundred years ago, when I lived in the middle of some 20 acres of oak trees, we had a "bird feeder" about 10 feet outside our kitchen windows. It was simply a flat, round, probably 18" diameter disk on top of a piece of 3/4" pipe which the other end was driven into the ground, and overall about 4 feet tall, with some long, 1/4" bolts penetrating the disk, protruding upward with the top ends ground to a point. We would get chunks of suet from the butcher, and impale them on these spikes. Birds loved this in the wintertime, especially once the ground was well covered in snow. One morning, we found a full grown possum sitting up there having a feast. He was still there that evening. And still the next morning. Still eating from time to time, but mostly just chilling. We finally decided that maybe he could not figure out how to get back down.
In case you've never noticed, those rascals have some serious, needle-like teeth, and, when you are up close, seemingly quite a few of them! He did not appreciate it when we walked outside for a closer look, and showed ALL of those teeth! I went back inside, got my welding gloves, and went back out...to the same greeting. I gently just batted him off the disk into the deep, soft, snow, where he "played possum" for actually about an hour, before getting up and waddling away.
In case you've never noticed, those rascals have some serious, needle-like teeth, and, when you are up close, seemingly quite a few of them! He did not appreciate it when we walked outside for a closer look, and showed ALL of those teeth! I went back inside, got my welding gloves, and went back out...to the same greeting. I gently just batted him off the disk into the deep, soft, snow, where he "played possum" for actually about an hour, before getting up and waddling away.
