Kia Posted August 11, 2020 Report Share Posted August 11, 2020 Does any body know how to take care opossum baby.?? We found it close to Punto Riveras Plaza Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmh Posted August 11, 2020 Report Share Posted August 11, 2020 ask a vet 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bisbee Gal Posted August 11, 2020 Report Share Posted August 11, 2020 What made you think it was abandoned? https://opossumsocietyus.org/how-to-help/orphaned-injured/ Quote Is it really an orphan? Many opossums become orphaned after the mother is killed. Others become “orphaned” when they fall from her back or are somehow separated. These opossums must be raised by wildlife rehabilitators. However, many juvenile opossums brought to wildlife rehabilitators are not “true” orphans in need of care. They may be young juveniles on their own for the first time. While they may appear small and helpless, they are best left alone. Only opossums that are sick, injured, or too young to be on their own (less than 7 inches long from nose to rump, not including tail) are in need of immediate assistance. If a young opossum is found then check the surrounding area. There may be more. Be very quiet and listen for “sneezing” sounds the young make to call the mother. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafterbr Posted August 11, 2020 Report Share Posted August 11, 2020 Your opossum looks big enough to be on its own. Just turn loose in a safe rural area. Interesting fact, Opossums eat up to 10,000 ticks a year. At my farm I put out table scraps to feed one. Every night it checks to see if I put any thing out. I now have a lot less ticks so I am glad to have it around. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudgirl Posted August 11, 2020 Report Share Posted August 11, 2020 Yes, talk to a vet to determine if it is old enough to survive on its own. Don't make the mistake of thinking it's some kind of pet, it's a wild animal. And they have sharp teeth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvsdawgs Posted August 11, 2020 Report Share Posted August 11, 2020 Dr. Pepe Magana in Riberas 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vetteforron Posted August 12, 2020 Report Share Posted August 12, 2020 In Florida dug under my chicken coop and ate a leg or so of many of my biddies. When I checked the coop in the morning there were many still alive but missing parts. I don't like them because of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geeser Posted August 12, 2020 Report Share Posted August 12, 2020 16 hours ago, rafterbr said: Your opossum looks big enough to be on its own. Just turn loose in a safe rural area. Interesting fact, Opossums eat up to 10,000 ticks a year. At my farm I put out table scraps to feed one. Every night it checks to see if I put any thing out. I now have a lot less ticks so I am glad to have it around. On my farm we shot them. if you have a cow/calf operation they are a problem. Opossums cause/spread Leptospirosis which causes the cows to abort their unborn calves. The cattle pick up the disease by grazing on grass the opossums had peed on. It can cause permanent sterility in cows as well. In that type of farm operation once a cow fails to produce a calf for 2 seasons she was sold at auction. You can't afford to feed non-producers. Dogs also get Leptospirosis from contaminated water or eating from a carcass that a possum ate from and it causes kidney and liver failure in the dog. The possums also kill many of your laying hens at night while they are sleeping in the hen house bu digging under and chewing into the hen house. Although they taste like pork they will have to be thoroughly cooked as they carry parasites as well as disease. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajijicbound Posted August 12, 2020 Report Share Posted August 12, 2020 They are protected and is illegal to kill or move them. We had one trapped in our garbage can. We just turned the can on its side and it left, probably to find its mother. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmh Posted August 12, 2020 Report Share Posted August 12, 2020 They eat dog food that much I know... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudgirl Posted August 12, 2020 Report Share Posted August 12, 2020 12 minutes ago, bmh said: They eat dog food that much I know... They'll eat pretty much anything- they're omnivores. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karina G Posted August 13, 2020 Report Share Posted August 13, 2020 They also eat spicy corn nuts. Heard a noise on the terrace outside my bedroom one night and took the flashlight to check - full grown opossum on its hind legs, bright red eyes glaring in the light, and hissing with bared fangs! In retrospect, I'm sure it seemed bigger than it was, but disconcerting, to say the least, so I didn't argue about the bag of corn nuts I'd left out by accident, and discreetly retreated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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