I Found A Baby At My Door Tonight
By Debscrochet
@Debscrochet (1947)
United States
May 1, 2018 9:11pm CST
I went to go out my door tonight and found this little Opossum munching on the bird seed i threw out to the birds.
It was a little guy about as big as my hand. I have chickens, so as cute as it was, it means possible trouble for my chickens as they will go after chickens and eggs. I relocated it to my front yard. Hopefully it will move along. I guess i can't feed the birds the left over seed any more.
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
2 May 18
I had one in my yard a few weeks ago. I watched it for a while and went back to what I was doing. After I learned that they eat ticks, I like them a lot more!
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@Debscrochet (1947)
• United States
2 May 18
Yes they're not bad to have around, but not good if you have chickens
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
2 May 18
@Debscrochet Or horses, as their urine and feces can contain diseases that can kill them by eating infected grass. However, they don't get rabies, which is nice to know.
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@Debscrochet (1947)
• United States
2 May 18
@OneOfMany Yes i read about them not carrying rabies, but didn't know about the other stuff
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@Debscrochet (1947)
• United States
6 May 18
Yes but still a little creepy with that rat tail LOL
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@Debscrochet (1947)
• United States
2 May 18
Yes and have a lot of babies. I will probably find more around.
@Freelanzer (10743)
• Canada
2 May 18
Oh he is so cute. At least he left with a full belly.
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@Debscrochet (1947)
• United States
6 May 18
He even got a goodie bag i think LOL
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@Debscrochet (1947)
• United States
2 May 18
I see them and raccoons and armadillos, deer, but no skunks which is odd, but fine by me. I think they need more of a wooded area.
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@cintol (11261)
• United States
2 May 18
@Debscrochet I have seen Armadillos on the side of the road here and lots of skunks, but I would love to see a opossum
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@Starmaiden (9311)
• Canada
2 May 18
It is a cutie, but I wouldnt want it biting into me. How did you catch him to relocate him?
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@Debscrochet (1947)
• United States
2 May 18
It's pretty docile, but i wouldn't touch it, Just kind of scooped in in a box then relocated it that way.
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@Debscrochet (1947)
• United States
6 May 18
Yes i think it's that tail that gets me
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