WELL - CRAP ON A CRACKER - NOW WHAT AM I GOING TO DO..

U get the raccoons out yet hobs?

Well, dang it..... I temporarily forgot about this thread.  But, YES !!

I captured two of them in my kitchen overnight yesterday. I took couple of pics of them in the traps..... I'll try to post them here later tonight. I going to release them tomorrow after the temps rise some. Didn't want to relocate them in the snow. So they've been eating OK I guess. I know they make a mess.!!  Anyway, I'll be rid of them tomorrow - then reset the traps. There is still one more (I think). Figuring out how to 'feed and water' them has been a real trial. I can't believe I've made two separate trips to the store to buy fresh spinach, chicken livers, grapes and more apples. They're going to have to fend for themselves starting tomorrow afternoon.!!!

I am attempting to post a couple of images direct from my Power Mac. In the past they've shown up as thumbnails. We'll see how it works this time.!!! The thumbnails will enlarge if you click on them..

One pic has the two traps stacked on top of each other. Only the top opossum is visible. The other pic shows the larger Opossum in the larger trap. I tried to get them both in one pic but they wouldn't cooperate.!  

       

Kinda cute. I see feeding them, w leftovers.. what they eat in the wild I believe

Hobbit's 'Possum Adventure' comes to an end -- I think....

After an additional week or so, I finally managed to capture the third iteration of the 'Evil Possum Trilogy'. All released unharmed. I think that's all of them. There is one sure and certain thing I've learned..... Possums are relatively "calm" creatures and offer very little in the way of 'danger' to humans. They are not a rabies vector (something to do with their body temperature..??) and they have a voracious appetite.

So, I'm off this quest, at least for now.  Oh....  I am also going to remember to close my doors completely, even if i'm standing only twenty feet away.!!

Hobbit's 'Possum Adventure' comes to an end -- I think....

After an additional week or so, I finally managed to capture the third iteration of the 'Evil Possum Trilogy'. All released unharmed. I think that's all of them. There is one sure and certain thing I've learned..... Possums are relatively "calm" creatures and offer very little in the way of 'danger' to humans. They are not a rabies vector (something to do with their body temperature..??) and they have a voracious appetite.

So, I'm off this quest, at least for now.  Oh....  I am also going to remember to close my doors completely, even if i'm standing only twenty feet away.!!

Good to hear you got them all humanely.

one really good thing I have heard about them is that they eat snakes...even poisonous ones.  Got to love that!

Hobbit's 'Possum Adventure' comes to an end --

Good to hear you got them all humanely.

one really good thing I have heard about them is that they eat snakes...even poisonous ones.  Got to love that!

Good to know, LP.  I hadn’t heard that. I know they’re great scavengers and feast on eggs, mice, rats, lizards, and insects of all kinds. In some references they’re actually called “insectivores”. That’s a new word for me. I wasn’t aware that was an actual taxonomic designation. Anyway, they have no problem eating — well, almost anything. The first two I actually ‘held’ in cage hoping they would attract the third one. After four days I decided they needed to fend for themselves. I made several trips to the grocery just to feed them. Three whole bananas including peels, two big bunches of grapes, a bag of fresh spinach, 24 oz container of chicken livers, and gosh only knows how many apples, along with three cans of dog food and dry kibble (total for all three of them). The only thing they didn’t really scarf up was the grapes. They ate them but they didn’t prefer them. 

They didn’t fight the traps or squabble at all. They waited patiently for food then when you turned around and looked at them a few minutes later the food was gone. They actually came toward you for food. Not really shy. I actually think they could be domesticated pretty easily.

So, snakes huh..?? How about that.!! I know they have great long sharp canine teeth, so I suspect they COULD eat just about anything if “IT” didn’t catch them first. They’re not really quick or fast visually, but I guess they would be as quick as they needed to be……

Hotel Hobs. A opossum never ate so good.

Hotel Hobs. A opossum never ate so good.

THAT'S a true fact. !!  In my case mostly fruits and leafy greens. I was NOT going to buy expensive meats just to offer a bountiful harvest.