Baby opossums ride on their mother’s back while she hunts for food. Sometimes they leave her before they’re ready and may need some help. Find out what YOU can do!
I found a possum with an eye injury. I treated him and offered to let him go but he had gotten used to us and he lived with for the rest of his life, two years. He was a sweetheart. He slept in our bed.
A possum made friends with me 2 years ago, and she has been coming around almost every night. I give her cat food, and grapes and I can pet her. She has had two litters of joeys.
For tiny orphaned possum babies, in our case a baby, we found that a single cracked raw egg, some tiny bits of peaches/ red tiny grapes, a handful of little Insect based food bits like freeze dried mealworms, or other protein rich iguana kibble. etc. The tiny baby was very emaciated from having no mama for seems like quite awhile. No injuries just malnourished. It’s head is half the size of a chicken egg and it is so gentle. After inspecting the videos, there are hardly any teeth so soft natural healthy foods as close to what it would find in nature that we learned from watching wildlife rehab center videos. Our first experience with a baby marsupial, so we are being careful to not touch at all as we don’t want it to be too comfortable with getting close to other humans that may harm it or treat it like a rat and harm the baby. Should we see any injuries or behavior suggesting it is not healthy, aside from being so hungry and the spine area on our first video showed it was so underfed as in so,e thing def happened to the mama or it fell and was left behind. We have a large outdoor area with many, many slugs, snails, worms, big beetles even black widow spiders - since this possum baby showed up, not one of those listed problem insects have been spotted. As an avid rare plant grower, with a potted home garden outside, I only treat certain plants with dilute Neem oil. Never roundup or Amy type of poison that we don’t want on or homegrown veggies, etc. This tiny baby is a mutual blessing and we believe it’s built it’s nest under our potting bench. Also we’ve made sure to monitor looks and behavior to make sure it isn’t showing signs of rabies, etc. This is also in Central Valley of California where we have lots of farmlands, etc. The only caution that holds- for those who have horses, possum excrement is highly dangerous for horses and the possum will eat and forage around horses. Should that happen, healthy or otherwise, the possum(s) should be rehomed to a wildlife center or another area where outdoor nasty bugs, mice, snakes, even scorpions, need to be eradicated. Fun fact- possums are the closest and only marsupials such as kangaroos and koala bears that are naturally found in the US. They are very gentle, despite the fact they look like part of the rat family which is def not a creature you want around your yard or home as they will do damage and can carry fleas, ticks, all human contagions. Possums eat the ticks so they are a naturally beneficial to humans and their pets. Lastly, please keep even tiny pets away from tiny orphaned possums. Wildlife animals mixing with family pets is usually a horrible idea. For those who read the entire. This is definiteLy the time of year to keep an eye out for the good wildlife, keep tight lids on trash cans, etc. To those who are gentle with our natural beneficial wildlife, thank you for having not only a huge heart, but also being good stewards for nature. Consider teaching children to stay away from, and report anything that looks like a rodent to an adult right away. If it is a possum, still the safest idea to not directly interact with them.. ours introduced itself by licking me on my toes.. and I did play possum and froze until I saw it had snuggled up on my leg. Oh my heart! Thanks for a terrific video!💖
I had snails and slugs galore in my yard, which made it difficult to have a vegetable garden. One night I spotted a possum, and after I would see it often. Soon after, I noticed a lot of snail shells around. The possum was eating them. Within a couple of weeks they were gone! I haven't seen a snail around for three years now. I live in a city in California so it was cool having wildlife around; especially, beneficial critters! They also ate fruit from my neighbors tree that they never take care of and let the fruit rot on the ground. Awesome possum!
There really needs to be more videos for people on this! I’m so lucky to also find help on ticToc now! These animals are so fantastic! Now I’m happy to be raising one!
Thank you I love the Opossum and my dogs have killed 2 already when we're out on trail walks. But, I was able to save the litter by tucking the babies into my t-shirt then was lucky enough to find a qualified person willing to take all of them from me❤
Yes, opossums are vital to our ecosystem. Like you said, like vultures, they keep our environment clean. If there were no vultures in the African wild, the place would be just a heaping, rotting, reeking, disease ridden garbage pile from all the decaying dead animal carcasses and rotting left over lion food.
I was sorta surprised that an O'possum can't drink cow's milk, especially after just hearing how they're kinda like "garbage eaters." They can eat ticks, rotten fruit, dead stuff, but no, no, no with milk from a cow. Crazy. 😆😀😍 Btw, very good video. I leave cat food out every night for my cats and of course I'll see a 'possum every night most of the time. They love any pet food.
Lots of good info. Here in SoCal we get them all the time. Currently a mom and a young adult live in my garage....at nite I leave them a lil turkey and veggies or cat kibble.
A little bit of fruit, a raw cracked egg, are also great for the baby orphaned possums. Not too much fruit because the sugar isn’t great for growing babies, but any fruit that is a little too old for human consumption is perfect. What a great story and good person you are!💖
@@misstiffty thank you kindly. Your words came on a day I needed some encouragement - my animal loving side is my best quality. All the very best to you and I will totally keep the raw egg in mind. Do you Crack it onto the plate or keave in the shell? Crack the shell a little to help out?
@@geralyn-mm for the newly released or tiny skinny babies without real teeth showing, def raw egg and I crack it in half so yolk on one side and egg with on the other, tiny pieces of shells are fine. The baby that adopted me in my back yard is getting some soft puppy food, yogurt to prevent bone deformations which is disastrous when babies done get calcium rich food. Some crushed pecans, a little bit of fruit like smushed grapes, blueberries, a little bit of very ripe peach. I’ve noticed it can’t eat the peels because the teeth aren’t grown in yet, so l gently pressuring on peeled berries, etc helps. Camned sardines in water, etc, My definite no go zone is cow milk, cheese, and zero cat food as it would only draw the free roaming tiny baby way too close to the neighborhood cats and we have about two cats per tiny neighborhood block. Anything like that is fine. On the plus side, the huge roach looking outdoor water beetles, the over abundance of snails, and all the spiders are gone since this maybe 11 week old baby showed up. It’s coat was a mess and its body is maybe 4 inches long total and their little mouths are tiny so they don’t know how or gave the strength to crack a chicken egg. It can also be boiled egg, but I think it really likes the raw egg yolk, canned dog food, and a tiny bit of mushy peach the best so far. Good luck to you and your fabulous adventures with these adorable marsupials! This one found me and was so hungry it climbed up on my patio footstool and licked my toe while curled up next to my foot. Melted my heart. ♥🤷♀
@@misstiffty thanks for this great info. The egg adds the protein "missing" from the dog food? (vs protein in cat food). I'm so pleased to have your experience & knowledge! I think they're darling no matter how old they get! Congratulations on being adopted! And thank you for your time and for sharing
@@misstiffty well I just reply to you and hit send and I don't know where it went so I just want to say thank you so much again for taking the time to really share your experience and knowledge with me. Congratulations on being adopted! And my only other question would be that it's okay to feed the dog food because the egg provides the protein that would be missing from the dog food versus cat food correct?
Hello. THis was very informative. I live in South Texas with my rat terrier dog and I usually keep him outside but lately he's been barking a lot at night and I realized there was an adult possum in my yard. I don't wnat to kill it so I just bring my dog in so he stops barking. Unfortunately this am I found a dead baby possum and just felt bad bc I think my pup killed it! What should I do if I think they are living in the crevice of my tree?Thanks!
My dog caught a baby one and almost killed it yesterday, I thought it was dead but then after my dog went inside it started getting up and walking around so I guess he was playing possum! In fact probably the only reason my dog didn’t completely kill it was because it played dead so I guess it really is a helpful survival strategy after all. Anyway I just moved it in a box to the other side of the yard where my dog can’t go since I don’t mind opposums since they don’t multiply super fast and take over like rats or mice. Now I just wish my dog would catch the rats in my yard instead but I think he caught the baby opposum instead because they’re slow and easy to catch unlike a rat, he looked so proud of himself but I doubt he could catch a rat like that lol! And an adult opposum would probably put up a pretty daunting fight so I doubt he would catch one of them.
I just had one about 8" long and the width of a softball. I figured he was big enough to live his life, and I let em go in the front yard. My cats probably startled him.
I have one on my property and I have called every place in my area and no one can help me it's a baby and it's friendly it came up to use and I kinda bounced back but it's not mean iv been trying to get it help and no one can help me some lady told me let it go on my property and control my dogs like wtf
I'm taking care of one right now because i cant find no one to help. Mom was hit by a car with all of her babies. Only one survived. He was cold and crying out in the middle of the street only a few feet away. Luckily Milo is now warm, healthy, and can eat on his own.
I have a tiny baby that was rescued when his mom was killed by a car. He’s about 3-4 inches long. He’s lapping from a kitten bottle. We are using a formula recipe I found on a rehabbed website with extra added calcium. I’d appreciate any advice. I didn’t think he’d make it through the night but we got some formula in him and he’s quite active this morning. There’s no rehabber here and game and fish said just let them die but we’d love to save him
As soon as he can lap from a bowl, add a little cornbread to the milk and then continue. A possum will eat most anything. I've raised a number of them.
@@Astyanaz please take the time to read my reply to the lady you replied to I knew this if you haven't noticed lol and let me know what I should do. If you can unload thank you so very very very much!
So, I've been seeing young possums during the day. They are getting into my house somehow and hanging out in our back hot tub room. I've seen them several times during the day and it makes me think maybe the mom is dead and they're trying to fend for themselves. Is there a safe trap I can set? I'm not sure exactly where they're getting in or coming out yet...
Thank you for posting this video. I'm in Ohio and have a wildlife rehab center nearby. I just saw a baby opposom on my property tonight. It was about 7 inches from nose to the start of his tail (about the length of my hand). If I see him again, would that be so small that I should take him into a rehab center?
I don't know if your still checking comments, but I have a question. I'm in town but I get possums, raccoons in my yard. I have a large catio built on two decks that are connected. Some how two babies got in. I believe I found the spot they got in. I had to do extensive work to make sure there were no places for small animals to get threw but I'm always being tested. They are only about 5 inches long. I saved them from my cats, and I have them in a small inside catio I barrow from my neighbor. I'd like to find a rehab to take them, but I'm not sure where in my area. Can you help me locate one close by? I live in Wexford county MI. Maybe some advice on what to feed them? I gave them some chopped carets, and some check cereal. I didn't think that would hurt them.
We're renting and the past two nights I heard in the vents beneath the home a chip spit sound. I'd never heard that sound. After hearing sound clips I am pretty sure it's a baby possum. The sound is accompanied by clunking. I'm concerned a baby is lost in the vents from its mama. What do we do? I live in TX.
I found a baby opossum tonight and I plan on calling the wildlife rehab center first thing tomorrow . Stores are closed so I don’t have pedialyte. Would it be okay to give it a little water? I’m worried going 8 hours without anything to drink will hurt it.
So hear me out sis, last night I woke up to my American Staffordshire Terrier going crazy at 3 AM. I found out there was a Mother opossum trapped and hiding from my dog. My dog got a grip of the mother and pulled her out and killed her. Two small babies fell out of her pouch, less than 7 inches. What should I do with the babies? We don't have animal services that cater to picking up the orphans, only to collect the dead carcass of the Mother. I feel really guilty that the babies were stripped from their mother in that way, but I guess that's the circle of life. What can I do, sis?
I just found a possum maybe couple months old from the size I’m guessing.. he was in a little bush not moving being eaten alive by fleas. Brought it in gave it a wash. I currently have it in a big container box right now. Buried in a blanket. He’s not moving much. Probably pretending to be dead idk. But what should I do. Should I put him back outside later tonight? Anyone ? Help!
I brought a baby opposum in my house with the intention of keeping it safe until I could drop it off the next morning at the vet. Well it got out of the box in the middle of the night and I haven't found it still it is about the size of my hand without the tail and I am just out of ideas of where this opposum would be. I live in a double wide I have no attic or basement and I really need to find it can someone please help I have no idea if this opposum is able to fend for itself or if it's somewhere suffering
No way something similar just happened to me. This morning I found an injured baby opposum on the trail I walk on. I called animal control and it was gone when they got there. I’m so confused bc it was very hurt. Did you ever find yours ?
We found an orphan opussum and we have it in a box wrapped in towels. However it's covered in fleas. We live in Round Rock ,Texas. I tried to get in contact with a local rescue service but no luck yet. The fleas seem to be very bad. Any advice to help him?
@@CCPDOHIO1977 Thanks for the great info. we were successful in rehabbing the Animal to a wild rescue service in our local area. We were happy she was able to get the proper care she needed!
Shampoo it in a small sink or bucket of water once a day for a few days, keeping its head away from running water, keep control of it by holding the neck (leaving a finger or two of space between to avoid choking it) as it will keep trying to avoid the activity, the dead lice will fall off but the living ones will be visible and can be removed with patience (they resemble tiny black grains of rice). Dawn is good as an animal shampoo and is proven safe from removing oil from animals caught in oil spills.
@@robertbobbypelletreaujr2173 Just rescued a little girl night before last. She had a Gob of fleas and self defense doo doo. The dawn soap bath worked great.
I hear possums are good pets. I don't know if that's true or not and the spelling taken wild animals for pets or take it the other way and give the benefits of having a possum or a skunk as a pet
Closure, time and distance doesnt explain what people can do. If there are methods to use or materials to have on hand then inform on what they are. Ive been a rabbit household for thirty years yet harboring an attacked wild rabbit was a blind experience and involved several hours of novice work to try and save it's life. There are passionate people partial to different kinds of wildlife that would bend backwards to do the right thing if there isn't another option. So doing right by the possum would be a good habit to teach an audience.
Good post, if this post could be updated for emergency care of tiny orphaned possums, that would be absolutely helpful. Ideally with basic household common food, such as cracked raw eggs on a disposable container, etc. As well as other tips until they can be sent to a wildlife center or rehomed, if that is what the human nature lover wishes to do. Thank you for a great and informative video.♥
My dogs killed a mother opossum & 1 of her babies. I got to 3 of the 6 babies but the last 2 got away. I just want to know what to do with the remaining 3 babies.
I remember one time a group of possums came into my front porch, they were eating the cat food then I saw one laying on the little bed that I left for my cats and i was like what the lol, that's like me just going into someone's else house and just lay on their couch but yeah them possums are scary looking though
I found a baby in my bedroom got very scare but my son put it out side it was playing dead I feel he was in shock because I had my small dog and scare it .
My boyfriend ran a possum over tonight on the street,it was trying to cross and we thought it has left but he ran back and got hit by my boyfriend i feel so terrible tonight because we couldn’t even wait to see if it was Alive or not,we don’t even know if it was a mom or not,am pretty sure it was dead because his car bumper got broken,I feel guilty cus we could have waited to check if it had babies or if it was still alive 😣😔,also I was scared because am currently heavily pregnant and it running it over gave me a shock of my life 😔😣
I found one today it was a baby im in LOS ANGELES i put my friend rocky in a little box he’s moving around to much😂😂 bot trying to keep it tho were can i leave it?
unfortunately you haven't answered the most valuable question that most of us that aren't familiar with handling possums have and that's "Do they bight!" like really I'm not picking up a possum baby or not unless I'm sure they don't bite...
I found a baby possum in my small white trashcan outside I'm not sure what to do with it it has its eyes open i dont want to let it go because i have an outside cat and it will kill it it also killed him or her mother sadly can u let me know what I should do with it? When I pocked it it just opened his cute little mouth so I just left it alone I keep trying to find a wildlife near me but it's just for pests I feel like they are gunna end up killing it can u let me know important things for possum baby's please I live in orange county too
@@CCPDOHIO1977 Orange county that's where and I checked out the little guy/girl length and the baby is a bit shorter then the pencil I told searched up wild life centers near me and it they are really far away from me my mom works everyday but not on Saturday and Sunday but by Saturday this poor animal is going to be probably dead and its Monday! 😨
@@CCPDOHIO1977 You wont believe what happened I ended up going near my shed an found a hole on the bottom dugged out I got my phone took a video and realize it was its mom! I put the baby near her and she got it right away on her back thank u so much for the advice!
ho boy... could this use a reshoot. Try reshooting this with the title in mind and ditch the toy for a real animal. Possums are pretty damn cool species. Show a little respect.
I found a possum with an eye injury. I treated him and offered to let him go but he had gotten used to us and he lived with for the rest of his life, two years. He was a sweetheart. He slept in our bed.
So how did he go potty? Litter box?
They’re very easy to litter box train or puppy pad train 😊
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That opossum puppet is so adorable
A possum made friends with me 2 years ago, and she has been coming around almost every night. I give her cat food, and grapes and I can pet her. She has had two litters of joeys.
Any videos available?
For tiny orphaned possum babies, in our case a baby, we found that a single cracked raw egg, some tiny bits of peaches/ red tiny grapes, a handful of little Insect based food bits like freeze dried mealworms, or other protein rich iguana kibble. etc.
The tiny baby was very emaciated from having no mama for seems like quite awhile. No injuries just malnourished. It’s head is half the size of a chicken egg and it is so gentle. After inspecting the videos, there are hardly any teeth so soft natural healthy foods as close to what it would find in nature that we learned from watching wildlife rehab center videos. Our first experience with a baby marsupial, so we are being careful to not touch at all as we don’t want it to be too comfortable with getting close to other humans that may harm it or treat it like a rat and harm the baby.
Should we see any injuries or behavior suggesting it is not healthy, aside from being so hungry and the spine area on our first video showed it was so underfed as in so,e thing def happened to the mama or it fell and was left behind. We have a large outdoor area with many, many slugs, snails, worms, big beetles even black widow spiders - since this possum baby showed up, not one of those listed problem insects have been spotted.
As an avid rare plant grower, with a potted home garden outside, I only treat certain plants with dilute Neem oil. Never roundup or Amy type of poison that we don’t want on or homegrown veggies, etc. This tiny baby is a mutual blessing and we believe it’s built it’s nest under our potting bench.
Also we’ve made sure to monitor looks and behavior to make sure it isn’t showing signs of rabies, etc. This is also in Central Valley of California where we have lots of farmlands, etc.
The only caution that holds- for those who have horses, possum excrement is highly dangerous for horses and the possum will eat and forage around horses. Should that happen, healthy or otherwise, the possum(s) should be rehomed to a wildlife center or another area where outdoor nasty bugs, mice, snakes, even scorpions, need to be eradicated.
Fun fact- possums are the closest and only marsupials such as kangaroos and koala bears that are naturally found in the US. They are very gentle, despite the fact they look like part of the rat family which is def not a creature you want around your yard or home as they will do damage and can carry fleas, ticks, all human contagions. Possums eat the ticks so they are a naturally beneficial to humans and their pets. Lastly, please keep even tiny pets away from tiny orphaned possums. Wildlife animals mixing with family pets is usually a horrible idea.
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This is definiteLy the time of year to keep an eye out for the good wildlife, keep tight lids on trash cans, etc. To those who are gentle with our natural beneficial wildlife, thank you for having not only a huge heart, but also being good stewards for nature. Consider teaching children to stay away from, and report anything that looks like a rodent to an adult right away. If it is a possum, still the safest idea to not directly interact with them.. ours introduced itself by licking me on my toes.. and I did play possum and froze until I saw it had snuggled up on my leg. Oh my heart!
Thanks for a terrific video!💖
I had snails and slugs galore in my yard, which made it difficult to have a vegetable garden. One night I spotted a possum, and after I would see it often. Soon after, I noticed a lot of snail shells around. The possum was eating them. Within a couple of weeks they were gone! I haven't seen a snail around for three years now. I live in a city in California so it was cool having wildlife around; especially, beneficial critters! They also ate fruit from my neighbors tree that they never take care of and let the fruit rot on the ground. Awesome possum!
There really needs to be more videos for people on this! I’m so lucky to also find help on ticToc now! These animals are so fantastic! Now I’m happy to be raising one!
My stepmother always told me that possums are good for our gardens and beneficial to us as a society and whatnot because they clean up after us.
The are just adorable, smart, and very misunderstood
Thank you I love the Opossum and my dogs have killed 2 already when we're out on trail walks. But, I was able to save the litter by tucking the babies into my t-shirt then was lucky enough to find a qualified person willing to take all of them from me❤
Yes, opossums are vital to our ecosystem. Like you said, like vultures, they keep our environment clean. If there were no vultures in the African wild, the place would be just a heaping, rotting, reeking, disease ridden garbage pile from all the decaying dead animal carcasses and rotting left over lion food.
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I was sorta surprised that an O'possum can't drink cow's milk, especially after just hearing how they're kinda like "garbage eaters." They can eat ticks, rotten fruit, dead stuff, but no, no, no with milk from a cow. Crazy. 😆😀😍
Btw, very good video. I leave cat food out every night for my cats and of course I'll see a 'possum every night most of the time. They love any pet food.
Appreciate the good advice! Thank you!
Lots of good info. Here in SoCal we get them all the time. Currently a mom and a young adult live in my garage....at nite I leave them a lil turkey and veggies or cat kibble.
A little bit of fruit, a raw cracked egg, are also great for the baby orphaned possums. Not too much fruit because the sugar isn’t great for growing babies, but any fruit that is a little too old for human consumption is perfect. What a great story and good person you are!💖
@@misstiffty thank you kindly. Your words came on a day I needed some encouragement - my animal loving side is my best quality. All the very best to you and I will totally keep the raw egg in mind. Do you Crack it onto the plate or keave in the shell? Crack the shell a little to help out?
@@geralyn-mm for the newly released or tiny skinny babies without real teeth showing, def raw egg and I crack it in half so yolk on one side and egg with on the other, tiny pieces of shells are fine. The baby that adopted me in my back yard is getting some soft puppy food, yogurt to prevent bone deformations which is disastrous when babies done get calcium rich food. Some crushed pecans, a little bit of fruit like smushed grapes, blueberries, a little bit of very ripe peach. I’ve noticed it can’t eat the peels because the teeth aren’t grown in yet, so l gently pressuring on peeled berries, etc helps. Camned sardines in water, etc,
My definite no go zone is cow milk, cheese, and zero cat food as it would only draw the free roaming tiny baby way too close to the neighborhood cats and we have about two cats per tiny neighborhood block.
Anything like that is fine.
On the plus side, the huge roach looking outdoor water beetles, the over abundance of snails, and all the spiders are gone since this maybe 11 week old baby showed up. It’s coat was a mess and its body is maybe 4 inches long total and their little mouths are tiny so they don’t know how or gave the strength to crack a chicken egg. It can also be boiled egg, but I think it really likes the raw egg yolk, canned dog food, and a tiny bit of mushy peach the best so far.
Good luck to you and your fabulous adventures with these adorable marsupials! This one found me and was so hungry it climbed up on my patio footstool and licked my toe while curled up next to my foot. Melted my heart. ♥🤷♀
@@misstiffty thanks for this great info. The egg adds the protein "missing" from the dog food? (vs protein in cat food). I'm so pleased to have your experience & knowledge! I think they're darling no matter how old they get! Congratulations on being adopted! And thank you for your time and for sharing
@@misstiffty well I just reply to you and hit send and I don't know where it went so I just want to say thank you so much again for taking the time to really share your experience and knowledge with me. Congratulations on being adopted! And my only other question would be that it's okay to feed the dog food because the egg provides the protein that would be missing from the dog food versus cat food correct?
Gosh this helped so much! Thank you!!
My pet peeve is that she’s calling it a possum. It’s called an opossum. We don’t have possums here. Possums are native to Australia.
They drool too when scared
Hello. THis was very informative. I live in South Texas with my rat terrier dog and I usually keep him outside but lately he's been barking a lot at night and I realized there was an adult possum in my yard. I don't wnat to kill it so I just bring my dog in so he stops barking. Unfortunately this am I found a dead baby possum and just felt bad bc I think my pup killed it! What should I do if I think they are living in the crevice of my tree?Thanks!
Remember if you take one in a box to transport it to the home or to the local park make sure you put air holes in it so they can breathe
Possums are marsupials so they don't breath oxygen
My dog caught a baby one and almost killed it yesterday, I thought it was dead but then after my dog went inside it started getting up and walking around so I guess he was playing possum! In fact probably the only reason my dog didn’t completely kill it was because it played dead so I guess it really is a helpful survival strategy after all. Anyway I just moved it in a box to the other side of the yard where my dog can’t go since I don’t mind opposums since they don’t multiply super fast and take over like rats or mice. Now I just wish my dog would catch the rats in my yard instead but I think he caught the baby opposum instead because they’re slow and easy to catch unlike a rat, he looked so proud of himself but I doubt he could catch a rat like that lol! And an adult opposum would probably put up a pretty daunting fight so I doubt he would catch one of them.
I just had one about 8" long and the width of a softball.
I figured he was big enough to live his life, and I let em go in the front yard. My cats probably startled him.
I have one on my property and I have called every place in my area and no one can help me it's a baby and it's friendly it came up to use and I kinda bounced back but it's not mean iv been trying to get it help and no one can help me some lady told me let it go on my property and control my dogs like wtf
I'm taking care of one right now because i cant find no one to help. Mom was hit by a car with all of her babies. Only one survived. He was cold and crying out in the middle of the street only a few feet away. Luckily Milo is now warm, healthy, and can eat on his own.
I have a tiny baby that was rescued when his mom was killed by a car. He’s about 3-4 inches long. He’s lapping from a kitten bottle. We are using a formula recipe I found on a rehabbed website with extra added calcium. I’d appreciate any advice. I didn’t think he’d make it through the night but we got some formula in him and he’s quite active this morning. There’s no rehabber here and game and fish said just let them die but we’d love to save him
As soon as he can lap from a bowl, add a little cornbread to the milk and then continue. A possum will eat most anything. I've raised a number of them.
@@Astyanaz please take the time to read my reply to the lady you replied to I knew this if you haven't noticed lol and let me know what I should do. If you can unload thank you so very very very much!
@@Astyanaz I found one today is regular cow milk ok?
So, I've been seeing young possums during the day. They are getting into my house somehow and hanging out in our back hot tub room. I've seen them several times during the day and it makes me think maybe the mom is dead and they're trying to fend for themselves. Is there a safe trap I can set? I'm not sure exactly where they're getting in or coming out yet...
Thank you for posting this video. I'm in Ohio and have a wildlife rehab center nearby. I just saw a baby opposom on my property tonight. It was about 7 inches from nose to the start of his tail (about the length of my hand). If I see him again, would that be so small that I should take him into a rehab center?
I don't know if your still checking comments, but I have a question. I'm in town but I get possums, raccoons in my yard. I have a large catio built on two decks that are connected. Some how two babies got in. I believe I found the spot they got in. I had to do extensive work to make sure there were no places for small animals to get threw but I'm always being tested. They are only about 5 inches long. I saved them from my cats, and I have them in a small inside catio I barrow from my neighbor. I'd like to find a rehab to take them, but I'm not sure where in my area. Can you help me locate one close by? I live in Wexford county MI. Maybe some advice on what to feed them? I gave them some chopped carets, and some check cereal. I didn't think that would hurt them.
There is a baby one right now in my yard it's like a new born
Thanks I learned a lot..
We're renting and the past two nights I heard in the vents beneath the home a chip spit sound. I'd never heard that sound. After hearing sound clips I am pretty sure it's a baby possum. The sound is accompanied by clunking. I'm concerned a baby is lost in the vents from its mama. What do we do? I live in TX.
I cant take the baby to a place, my dad is blind and i think i would have to take care of it. What can i feed it, its the size of almost my hand
I found a baby opossum tonight and I plan on calling the wildlife rehab center first thing tomorrow . Stores are closed so I don’t have pedialyte. Would it be okay to give it a little water? I’m worried going 8 hours without anything to drink will hurt it.
yes give it some water and ripe bananas without the skin they dont like the skin
So hear me out sis, last night I woke up to my American Staffordshire Terrier going crazy at 3 AM. I found out there was a Mother opossum trapped and hiding from my dog. My dog got a grip of the mother and pulled her out and killed her. Two small babies fell out of her pouch, less than 7 inches. What should I do with the babies? We don't have animal services that cater to picking up the orphans, only to collect the dead carcass of the Mother. I feel really guilty that the babies were stripped from their mother in that way, but I guess that's the circle of life. What can I do, sis?
Good & informative.
I just found a possum maybe couple months old from the size I’m guessing.. he was in a little bush not moving being eaten alive by fleas. Brought it in gave it a wash. I currently have it in a big container box right now. Buried in a blanket. He’s not moving much. Probably pretending to be dead idk. But what should I do. Should I put him back outside later tonight? Anyone ? Help!
I brought a baby opposum in my house with the intention of keeping it safe until I could drop it off the next morning at the vet. Well it got out of the box in the middle of the night and I haven't found it still it is about the size of my hand without the tail and I am just out of ideas of where this opposum would be. I live in a double wide I have no attic or basement and I really need to find it can someone please help I have no idea if this opposum is able to fend for itself or if it's somewhere suffering
No way something similar just happened to me. This morning I found an injured baby opposum on the trail I walk on. I called animal control and it was gone when they got there. I’m so confused bc it was very hurt. Did you ever find yours ?
We found an orphan opussum and we have it in a box wrapped in towels. However it's covered in fleas. We live in Round Rock ,Texas. I tried to get in contact with a local rescue service but no luck yet. The fleas seem to be very bad. Any advice to help him?
@@CCPDOHIO1977 Thanks for the great info. we were successful in rehabbing the Animal to a wild rescue service in our local area. We were happy she was able to get the proper care she needed!
Shampoo it in a small sink or bucket of water once a day for a few days, keeping its head away from running water, keep control of it by holding the neck (leaving a finger or two of space between to avoid choking it) as it will keep trying to avoid the activity, the dead lice will fall off but the living ones will be visible and can be removed with patience (they resemble tiny black grains of rice). Dawn is good as an animal shampoo and is proven safe from removing oil from animals caught in oil spills.
Why don't they eat the fleas?
Give it a bath with diluted dawn dish liquid and warm water and tweeze off the fleas and use a bristle brush.
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Just rescued a little girl night before last. She had a Gob of fleas and self defense doo doo. The dawn soap bath worked great.
I hear possums are good pets. I don't know if that's true or not and the spelling taken wild animals for pets or take it the other way and give the benefits of having a possum or a skunk as a pet
Closure, time and distance doesnt explain what people can do. If there are methods to use or materials to have on hand then inform on what they are. Ive been a rabbit household for thirty years yet harboring an attacked wild rabbit was a blind experience and involved several hours of novice work to try and save it's life. There are passionate people partial to different kinds of wildlife that would bend backwards to do the right thing if there isn't another option. So doing right by the possum would be a good habit to teach an audience.
Good post, if this post could be updated for emergency care of tiny orphaned possums, that would be absolutely helpful. Ideally with basic household common food, such as cracked raw eggs on a disposable container, etc. As well as other tips until they can be sent to a wildlife center or rehomed, if that is what the human nature lover wishes to do.
Thank you for a great and informative video.♥
My dogs killed a mother opossum & 1 of her babies. I got to 3 of the 6 babies but the last 2 got away. I just want to know what to do with the remaining 3 babies.
What if u have chickens and there is a baby possum sneaking inside to drink their water? Adult possums can kill chickens, so this is a problem. 😫
There is a baby living under my cabinets and we have been trying to capture it but it keeps running away 🥲
What do you feed a baby possum?
Chicken nuggets
This is so random, and for that I apologize, but I need a possum just like your puppet for a church play. How/ where did you get that?
It's a Folkmanis puppet. They make realistic, but cute animal puppets.
It's a Folkmanis puppet.
I remember one time a group of possums came into my front porch, they were eating the cat food then I saw one laying on the little bed that I left for my cats and i was like what the lol, that's like me just going into someone's else house and just lay on their couch but yeah them possums are scary looking though
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I found a baby in my bedroom got very scare but my son put it out side it was playing dead I feel he was in shock because I had my small dog and scare it .
Hello and good evening marsupials.
Good fast information exactly how I like my videos.
What if they come into our house?
I remember my boy friend trying to scare one away at our apt. Getting into the trash and it drooled showed its teeth and growled. Ijs
we have a small baby opossum in our yard, we don't see it's mother around anywhere.
I like possums though.
I thought they carried something that could make the other animals sick especially my horses
they r sweet
Know what to do at 5:25
I just found 8 baby possums i can't get them to eat
They destroyed my garden and makes holes.
My boyfriend ran a possum over tonight on the street,it was trying to cross and we thought it has left but he ran back and got hit by my boyfriend i feel so terrible tonight because we couldn’t even wait to see if it was Alive or not,we don’t even know if it was a mom or not,am pretty sure it was dead because his car bumper got broken,I feel guilty cus we could have waited to check if it had babies or if it was still alive 😣😔,also I was scared because am currently heavily pregnant and it running it over gave me a shock of my life 😔😣
They eat chickens too you know.
I found a baby in my bedroom this morning at 2:30. I got it out of the house and need someone to come get it. I'm in Alabama
@@CCPDOHIO1977 Rescue called me and told me that I need to take it to a vet and let them euthenize it. It has a broken back leg
No hasn't nobody even came and looked at it.
I found one today it was a baby im in LOS ANGELES i put my friend rocky in a little box he’s moving around to much😂😂 bot trying to keep it tho were can i leave it?
unfortunately you haven't answered the most valuable question that most of us that aren't familiar with handling possums have and that's "Do they bight!" like really I'm not picking up a possum baby or not unless I'm sure they don't bite...
My Grandson has a young possum living inside with their cat 3 and 7 year old girls. Hope they don't eat their clothes.
@@CCPDOHIO1977 it lives in the house loose
Can't hear you
I found a baby possum in my small white trashcan outside I'm not sure what to do with it it has its eyes open i dont want to let it go because i have an outside cat and it will kill it it also killed him or her mother sadly can u let me know what I should do with it? When I pocked it it just opened his cute little mouth so I just left it alone I keep trying to find a wildlife near me but it's just for pests I feel like they are gunna end up killing it can u let me know important things for possum baby's please I live in orange county too
@@CCPDOHIO1977 thank u so much ! I'll keep u updated on the little guy or girl :)
@@CCPDOHIO1977 Orange county that's where and I checked out the little guy/girl length and the baby is a bit shorter then the pencil I told searched up wild life centers near me and it they are really far away from me my mom works everyday but not on Saturday and Sunday but by Saturday this poor animal is going to be probably dead and its Monday! 😨
@@CCPDOHIO1977 You wont believe what happened I ended up going near my shed an found a hole on the bottom dugged out I got my phone took a video and realize it was its mom! I put the baby near her and she got it right away on her back thank u so much for the advice!
Clickbait trap. I wanted to see s cute critter.
It's in my house tho
@@CCPDOHIO1977 I put it in a cheese ball container and brought it to some bushes
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My dog killed the mom and the baby was alive their was 6 I caught 6
Have you beat the dog to death yet?
It's an "opossum." Not "possum."
It’s both
Eat it. Good source of protein.
ho boy... could this use a reshoot. Try reshooting this with the title in mind and ditch the toy for a real animal. Possums are pretty damn cool species. Show a little respect.
Can't hear you