Welcome to Possums

Hi, first time posting here and had a question. Last year we had a possum give birth in the wooden house we made for a stray mommy cat. We had no clue how long she had been living in it and after a couple days she left. We figured since we found her hiding spot she decided to move out. One of her babies stayed living in our backyard, it's been a year, and now this possum had baby possums of it's own in same wooden house! Do possums have a tendency to give birth where they were born? I really think they're cute, and I kinda have a bit of hope I'll get to see baby possums every spring now! Buuuut my grandma and husband want her gone cause we have pet cats, and she smells stinky 😅

i’m living in Mexico at the moment and I just found this little guy outside our house there’s no mom in sight and I don’t know what to do can you guys please direct me to take care of this little guy? No vet will take him and I’m typing with one hand and this little guy in the other protecting him from the elements

Either came in thru cat door(which would be awesome!) or just thru the front door while it was open earlier.

I have a question tho: it made the whole house smell kinda musky, gf says smelled like rolled in something dead. Do possum smell bad?

I feel bad I didn’t take pics, but gf was freaked out by it so I took it out side and fed it leftover Dennys pancakes,frijoles and beans and franks.

It was eating the hard cat food and then climbed on the back of the kitchen island.

Next time I take pics and name it!

I was reading that's how they transmit harmful diseases.

Just found out my cat and possum have been sharing food/waters bowls.. Not at the same time.

Just wondering 🤔...

That is…until we found out he’s a mama. Now she’s “Bebe.”

Bebe was a single mom who worked two jobs, who loved her kids and never stopped…hustling for that cat food(I feed some ferals). We’ve since brought it indoors, but she occasionally stops by for a few mouthfuls and some water. I think she’s adorable, and wanted to share her with y’all!

I promised pictures of my finished possum costume.. here it is! I made it for a local burning man event so I’m going to put a trash bag in the front of the can and pick up trash. I also made a bunch of possum pins out of polymer clay to hand out. Also going to raise the strap so the can doesn’t sit as low, and add red lights to the inside bottom of the can.

Planning a little possum embroidery art project and I need, for lack of a better term .... possum words?

For example, from personal experience and the internet, stuff like "trash cat", "live fast eat trash", "aaaaaaaa", "awesome possum". Any good ones I'm missing? What would be cute/funny to incorporate here? It should be fairly short (2 to 4 words).

Yesterday at 4:30 am I saw a possum in the middle of the road who was in shock and wouldn’t move so I picked him up and moved him to the sidewalk and he was on his way, today on my way to the store I saw the same possum near the the curb just dead with a bunch of flies and bugs around him. He didn’t have any visible injuries so I guess I’m wondering what are other common visible causes of death with possums? He seemed healthy and moving fine just confused and in shock the night I moved him

Please tell me no.

What can I do in the meantime until morning when the rehabs open up. So far I’ve warmed a water bottle and put blankets with it.

A possum getting an early morning drink after a night of foraging.

I set up the water pan on a bed of rock last summer when it was very dry. It has been very popular with the wildlife - possums, trash pandas, foxes, birds, cats…

My first encounter with an opossum was not a friendly one. I was 7 or 8 years old and our beagle had just had puppies. One night the mom was in her dog house barking constantly. My dad finally got annoyed enough to send me out to see what she was barking at. I took my flashlight and went out to look and see. What I saw was a creature with a huge mouth full of sharp teeth hissing at me. I ran back inside and told my dad it was a vampire bat trying to get the puppies! Of course it was an opossum. Dad just ran it out of the doghouse and laughed at me. I was scarred for years. But love to see the little waddle bums nowadays!