Possums in the House

[@michaeltownsend429]

Brushies are superb little characters. Most of them are healthily cautious at first. Some females will be like ‘don’t get too familiar if I’m carrying a Joey or I’ll nibble your thumb… even if it’s offering me food’. Some are the opposite and will introduce themselves to you (and your food!!!). They’re big personalities and give enough of themselves that you can read them. They can be ‘cheeky naughty’ or totally chilled. Wonderful little tree friends. It is absolutely possible to develop a personal relationship with a brushtail possum. They get to know you, and like any animal their only metric for assessing and making judgement about us is how kindly we treat them - body language, gifts of food, tone of voice. They can tell if we’re being genuine in our affection. After a while, when trust is absolutely normalised they will gladly accept a back rub or a scratch behind the ears. If you gently tickle and rub around the end of their tail they will wrap it around one of your fingers - that really is a very special moment, a bit like holding hands. Glorious. They respond to all of that very enthusiastically if you are patient and consistent. All of a sudden a bulging pouch becomes a joey being brought along for show and tell, and then they learn to join in too (and having heard your voice chatting away since they were first able to hear, you become a normalised part of their world too). They are very clever, very charismatic and responsive little ratbags. Wonderful, very mutually beneficial relationships can arise from respect, care and affection. I’m always impressed at how sleek and clean they are too - they are very meticulous in their cleaning and grooming, especially after eating. There’s nothing rough or nasty at all about Brushtail Possums - quite the opposite. They’re terrific little souls if you’re willing to find out and accept them.

[@ozithunder6677]

The possum is like "but this is where we live now"

[@fermitthekrog427]

xDD

[@vanessac1965]

Sadly the most likely reason for her being there was that her home was destroyed. Brushtails face fierce competition for sleeping spaces during the day due to logging of dead trees, renovations and people kicking them out of rooves. Without a sleeping space, they die. With a baby, she was very vulnerable and likely wasn't able to find a new home. Possums don't hide out like that in homes for no reason. You can Google how to build a possum box and put it within fifty metres of where you found the possum.

[@rowmagnvs]

Unless she was searching for food

[@scisfoodsucks]

Why isnt the Australian goverment stopping this

[@ivy9178]

I'd let them stay, I'd feed them and give them toys and a room just like my gliding possums

[@cegspace5033]

Unfortunately it's illegal for us in Australia.

[@ovaleatersracingseries7538]

I would to

[@Pige9n]

I’m Australian and I would definitely do the same but unfortunately it is illegal and Australian possums bite :( close thing to actually having a possum is my dog possum, she look like one but she’s just a red bull terrier.

[@flurpurr]

​@@cegspace5033 Not if they don't find out

[@mariagu2602]

Possums are one of the cutest Australian animal😍

[@bushranger3337]

But there deadly

[@greathornedowl1783]

@@bushranger3337 No they aren't mate, most Australian mammals are actually really gentle besides red buck roos. Marsupials are docile creatures.

[@teba5113]

Le Perfect Soy Goy mate possums are deadly trust me, so are the little ringtail ones, and eastern gray kangas, all species of wallabies if feel threatened (got gang bashed by some wallabies while taking a walk in fnq in the rainforest), everything is dangerous if they feel threatened

[@Boyl151]

Snorlax Vids man koalas can kill the biggest thing in the world with one bite

[@greathornedowl1783]

@@teba5113 Lol you got bashed by wallabies? embarrassing dude

[@adamjameslaw0]

I am no expert but what I would have done is -leave the front/back door open and use a trail of oats leading to outside the door, go to bed and leave the lights on in the house. Wake say at 5am and close door. Then wash the floor etc. The possums are literally terrified and the mother is dangerous. As an aside - one got stuck in our flue - a friend put down a rope which allowed the possum to climb out at night. The flue was then sealed at the opening with wire.

[@narararamammily5386]

Australia possum: Cute fella with big eyes that is similar to a sugar glider. America possum: Giant ass rat that fell headfirst into a container full of meth.

[@PhilipIIofMacadamia]

The meth one doesn't bite but the sweetheart does. I dont think it works that way for humans for the most part

[@mamaharumi]

Not true though. The opossums here in US are harmless and great to have around. Just as adorable as well. They don't carry disease/rabies either and devour tics and slugs. Not to mention they aren't as troublesome as raccoons as they can't open containers and garbage cans.

[@delsi26]

@@mamaharumi they look like spawns of hell

[@nzlife3659]

New Zealand Possum: same as Australia possum except its a pest and it eats a lot of native flora

[@MB32904]

the america possum is the opossum, not a possum

[@jackielee7506]

They’re deadly alright...... deadly cute 🥺

[@rustysimonds5011]

Possums are generally pleasant enough to deal with if you turn the light down low put a box at one end with a towel over the top and just wait until they go into the box cos it's darker you can throw the towel over the top of the box tip the box over take the box outside let them go

[@mariagu2602]

Im not joking but i had a possume on my window tonight on 1am AND IT WAS THE CUTEST THING EVER they are fuzzy one of my favorite Australian animal 💞💞

[@sonnytemaro235]

In New Zealand they aren't as revered, they are quite aggressive and prey on the native species.

[@harry4960]

Ye

[@mickwarnie8707]

​@@sonnytemaro235 They are more vegetarian than meat eaters, so dont exagerate.

[@sonnytemaro4260]

@mickwarnie8707 Along with eating New Zealand native bird eggs, they eat the insects and plants as well. Which also that I know of creates more competition for resources.

[@mickwarnie8707]

@@sonnytemaro4260 ok so you did exagerate like i thought. Preying on native species would be seen by most people that you meant they run around eating alot of native animals. But ofcourse they would be unbalancing some of n.z.s eco system. Not to mention they were imported by the nz government to eat certain things in the first place.

[@crystabellbloodroze6253]

Slowly I turn to look at you like what we belong here, right? They are so cute!

[@wildlifegardenssydney7492]

don’t poke them with an umbrella. Put in a box covered with a towel or blanket quickly and take outside.

[@JimTom.]

wouldnt it scratch the hell out of you though if you pick it up??

[@wildlifegardenssydney7492]

@@JimTom. cover with a towel first. Tucking it under softly. Super Gently pick up and place gently outside in the towel. Then gently softly take off the towel and they will run up a tree. A shallow pet dish of water and some fruit left for later when they get over the shock.

[@onyxneaves6797]

They’ll bite you I’ve been bitten by one of these before and it hurts

[@majinvegeta9280]

Why do yall get cute possums and the possums here in the states look like overgrown rats

[@ifeyanishaminya]

I literally saw one by my back door and ran away as fast as I could. Scared the hell outta me because I thought it was a kitten who didn't know better... I love animals, but American possums are some of the ugliest animals I've seen

[@RonMexico7]

False, opossums are cute. They are our only marsupial.

[@Pandacalifornia]

Well actually, Australian possums belong to the order Diprotodontia and are more closely related to other Australian marsupials like the kangaroo, wombat, and koala. North American opossums, while still marsupials, are included within their own order, Didelphimorphia.

[@majinvegeta9280]

I was just making a simple statement. I know the biology of the animals.i personally like our possums and they help control tick populations and are near immune to rabies.our possums are not mean but act like it but they only hiss or play dead. That's why we have the saying playing possum.

[@majinvegeta9280]

@A E and maybe stfu.. like I just said I lo e all animals including possums so show your ignorance on making assumptions on a vague statement. Your clearly a liberal

[@kathybradbury]

Next time just put on some gloves and pick them up by the scruff...so cute! I wish the North American Opossum were so adorable!

[@mattcullen6109]

Kathy Bradbury they are supercute Kathy but bite and scratch like crazy

[@butterybutter7472]

*possum not opossum This is Australia mate

[@Kpking_]

@@butterybutter7472 He said NORTH AMERICAN opposum

[@robertbrokenmouth2396]

Kathy, a friend of mine discovered the hard way that 1) Brush-tailed possums don't have a scruff, just a rather muscly neck, and 2) their teeth are like those old-fashioned ticket punches...

[@susieingred]

Yes I have handled one briefly to get out of traffic, not too painful, but very cute very worth while....❤️😁

[@kangobango2115]

Foreigner: pICk iT uP Me an Australian man of the land: They're are deadly you yanke

[@esraertem2522]

Kango Bango actually possums are not deadly they open their mouthes to scare you but they actually never bite they are very sweet and not deadly at all

[@kangobango2115]

@@esraertem2522 It was a joke, because everyone says everything in Australia is deadly

[@AmigaCammy]

Possums definitely bite, maybe not all of them but I've been bitten by a big Mountain Brushtail. He basically bites everything in front of him to see what it is, perhaps his sight isn't so good or something. And it hurts a lot!

[@teba5113]

Ezgi Ela now way the little shits bite and scratch I speak from experience. When I was doing my washing one ran at me and did both

[@frosty2579]

@@kangobango2115 yeah in australia all the wild life is dangerous but at least the schools won't kill us

[@kensmith2796]

Why would you think poking at them with an umbrella would be the best way to handle this?

[@sebastianwhosez4897]

I have an unexpected house guest. A baby possum. I don't want this little cutie, but my three cats aren't even fazed by it...... AT ALL. I also find myself looking up information on possums. I've also started to have the feels for it. Not sure what to do.

[@ingridharris8597]

mother possum : ohhh, huuuuuumam, what should I do Baby possum : the apple is yummy

[@Squisharoo1990]

I would move out and let the possum live there

[@YeahIDontKn0wEither]

They're so cute up close but so terrifying when they're on the tree outside your window making demonic noises at 11PM...

[@felicitym4842]

Open up the front door, leave some fruit in front of it and leave the room, in time they will find their way out. To them we are a massive, terrifying predator and they will panic and try and hide in the nearest location when we get near.

[@alejandroelluxray5298]

Yeah, leave the cute little possums alone, we are a bigger threat ro them than viceversa

[@Ozraptor4]

It's Australia... leave the front door open and in the time needed for the possums to leave thousands of flies, mozzies, katydids, spider-wasps, katydids, locusts, huntsmen, wolf spiders, redbacks, pythons, brown snakes, black snakes, tiger snakes, geckos, goannas, bush rats and bandicoots will have invaded your home.

[@jacintaedwards1123]

Why don't you just get a big cardboard box, make a round hole in the side, put a blanket in the bottom and put the mother and baby in it then place it in the backyard. Instead of poking things at them. They are native protected animals, not pests like humans are!

[@sketchandjam]

Possum learns how to get free apples.

[@IanM-id8or]

If that happened during the day, they were not going to go outside. It's best to call the wildlife services people in whatever state you're in. They can relocate possums in a more humane fashion than you did here

[@Randomclips1653]

It cost money to do that

[@madrabbitwoman]

Possums can't be relocated. They die.

[@saggiteightyfour8367]

Ohh no!!! Poor baby getting poked by the umbrella.

[@southeastmedia936]

To all the Americans in here saying "just pick it up omg": Australian possums are NOT like American opossums. Australian possums have razor sharp claws for climbing trees, and they are also VERY good biters, if you try and just pick up a ringtail like this one it'll defend itself and you'll be on your way to the hospital with a bunch of deep cuts on your arms and hands. Those things can literally kill domestic animals (cats and dogs), and they'll seriously hurt you if they feel threatened.

[@bryanbridges2987]

The American possum can bite and claw, too. You can still pick it up at times.

[@strat458796]

SEQChopperChaser American possums are terrifying and will fuck your world up too

[@chenxin5019]

Yeah I know, it's deadly cute 😂

[@catherinewest4140]

Dude I’ll never pick up our American possums are crazy and my Aussie possums have mad skills with their claws they scratch my attic and wake me up lol gawd 🙄🙌🏻😳🐀🙌🏻🧐

[@Greg-jn8cc]

A pair of welding gloves and some care how you handle them and you can pick them up and deposit them outside. I have done this several times when they have invaded my house. You do not want to leave them in there as they are quite destructive and end up stinking up the place using it as a toilet. Yes the Australian possum is very cute and I like having them around, but their proper place is the great outdoors, not inside the house

[@kimhartleywellywood]

@3:08 mummy possom to baby: "Sorry kid, you're on your own now..."

[@JenWIL641]

They're so cute

[@nikkikinney1137]

LOVE it 😊

[@Goygvffui7855]

Just left baby and run!!

[@Boyl151]

Beware it will tear your house to shreds

[@OzCrusader]

It’s like herding cats😮

[@bettyeberle3838]

Why couldn't you put cloth over it and pick it up?

[@bushranger3337]

It will kill you

[@charlottewalnut3118]

Snorlax Vids It’s in herbivore and secondarily it’s not big enough to kill anybody not everything in Australia’s Vennema’s

[@cegspace5033]

They have long claws and will bite if the feel threatened.

[@pixiepqueen]

If you don't mind losing some skin.. they can defend themselves well when scared.

[@ffsmadi6775]

this is not America

[@bekkylou9]

That poor baby is now a orphan .... Should of just left mum and Bub alone and just leave the door open...

[@reign6of6e6terror]

Bekky Lou Its 100% old enough to survived ,believe me

[@Roblox-er5mj]

Lol

[@teba5113]

The baby possum has a special call for the mum. The mum was most likely waiting in a nearby tree for the bub

[@JemClarke]

@@teba5113 is absolutely right. You can be 100% sure Mum was waiting out the back and picked up her baby within a couple of minutes.

[@EphemeralProductions]

So CUTE! That nose. ❤️ :)

[@fionaedmonds389]

The poor thing was terrified all he needed to do once he moved the shelf was to put a box down as he would go into a dark place

[@nataliaiurkina770]

So cute 😊

[@joshnydenis1417]

@Zen LL ikr

[@bushranger3337]

It is but its deadly

[@esraertem2522]

Alice McMahon NO!! POSSUMS ARE NOT DEADLY!

[@mariagu2602]

If you see them next time and happens this again please instead of poking them just hold them out carefully xx they dont bite💗

[@rowmagnvs]

I’m gonna build some possum holes around my garden

[@Auraimperialis]

How to get the possums out of the house? The answer is no way.

[@IanM-id8or]

I think she believes she is home I've got one living in my rollerdoor. She's my friend now

[@lanonnz1764]

How can anyone think possums are cute when they are so destructive. We've never had a problem until recently. We have a lemon tree. They have been eating the skin off the lemons, and leave the lemons in the nude. Now that they have landed at this address, come summer they will be eating our figs and our prickly pears, as these plants are beside the fence. Just hope they don't get into the ceiling.

[@delasantos]

Possums smell, urinate in roof cavities, eat and destroy garden fruits, fight and make raucous noises … they are not cute toys from a Disney movie.

[@seppukun208]

They need to get out of my roof!

[@compatriot852]

It seems Americans and Australians get the pleasure of dealing with marsupials in their houses

[@mattmc9812]

So cute❤❤❤❤

[@Roblox-er5mj]

Possom is cute and live there forever

[@thegreatestnewb9641]

I know! A full 2 to 3 years.

[@erikbongnilsson246]

Are they always this timid and calm? It looked like one could easily just pick them up without getting bit? This can't be in Australia no way. How can they live among huge deadly spiders and snakes everywhere without problem and still be afraid of these fuzz balls?

[@yuririvera2998]

Suck it up my it's tail!! Pray and have the door open and ready!!!!

[@lil_timmy7443]

arw they spiders on the wall

[@awkwardwhiterabbit]

This is so funny

[@LittleLulubee]

Poor things 😢 You could have done it without traumatizing and separating them

[@googlewolly]

Calm down. People get so offended.

[@teba5113]

Nah f the mum she is un loyal😂😂

[@joelfleming1898]

Teba possums arent friendly lol. ive had afew lunge at me when ive caught them haha

[@LittleLulubee]

@@joelfleming1898 It’s natural for wild animals to have a healthy, defensive response towards dangerous, (often violent), humans

[@LittleLulubee]

@@joelfleming1898 You would do the same if a big, scary predator caught you

[@DavidoMartinez]

Possums arecute but im worried about their rabies lol

[@joelfleming1898]

they dont have rabies in NZ or Aus. would more be worried about getting scratched by one.

[@DavidoMartinez]

@@joelfleming1898 oh dang didnt know thanks!

[@reign6of6e6terror]

Pinknoised possums (Brushtail how this ,but Virginiapossums also...) havent aggressive/offensive behaviour and you can it with hand easely pick up from your door frame and let him free. Normal this sweet and clumsy splayfootcritters dont bite🐽🐼

[@bettyeberle3838]

reign6of6e6terror I am getting so aggravated watching this because it would have been so simple to cover them and pick them up, put them outside instead of stressing that poor baby out.

[@Kalashboy420]

yeah so stressed out ai, not like its not going to be stressed out in the wild with predators and shit.

[@Tarnievlogs13]

Kalashboy hahahahahaha aye!

[@Boyl151]

🦝 use that as the possum emoji

[@jackburton5085]

What is the fear of poor furry little animals so harmless, I would feel lucky from such a visit. You could take them with your bare hands if you did it kindly they wouldn't do anything to you.

[@UltimaSpark50]

Have fun dealing with the bites and scratches (and the possible infections) that were otherwise entirely avoidable.

[@eliaslynggaard9888]

Australian possums are so cute and North American possums...ehh...”Get out that 22. Bill”

[@MB32904]

you mean the opossum? the north american one is the opossum

[@onetwocue]

This house is filled with orbs/spirits. Kinda freaky.

[@gabriellebock7325]

aaah this was pretty annoying to watch, poor baby. At least use something that doesnt have a pointy end or just pick them up. Poor thing was probably terrified

[@NinoNiemanThe1st]

The mom's don't really care much for their kids - off the mom goes, without the kids and doesn't really care too much

[@JemClarke]

That little joey is big enough to head off and start living independently... Didn't even try to get in Mum's pouch.

[@NinoNiemanThe1st]

@@JemClarke I think you're right @Jem Clarke. They get to the age when their mother's decide 'that's enough, you can fend for yourself'! The mother certainly left pretty quickly without a thought for her (big) kid (not a small joey anymore where she would defend him/her). I applaud the video makers for being so gentle trying to get the possums out of the house. I would have just used a towel to catch/wrap them up and placed them outside.

[@gillespie6587]

I from new Zealand so we fucking hate possum one day a possum came I my grandad house and we just let the farm dogs in to get it

[@stormchaser300]

Here in New Zealand bang bang went the farmers gun. but i wouldn't shoot them too cute.

[@charlottewalnut3118]

I’ll admit that I would just let them live there it’s a lot better than human squatters

[@oraclesight8613]

And have them piss and shit everywhere and move around the house at night to steal your food?

[@JemClarke]

@@oraclesight8613 If you leave an opening in the window or have something like a cat flap they don't piss or shit in the house. They definitely ransack the place steal your food if you don't leave some out for them ;)

[@bushranger3337]

Just then i rellest a possum

[@dummysimp222]

It doesn’t look like one?...

[@kynanmiels1901]

XX FluffyXX it’s Australian

[@joelfleming1898]

there’s different types of possums. in north america theres the opossum which is the white ones with long noses. these are brushtail possums with are native to austraila but are pests in NZ

[@conh2296]

Even though looks cute, they are sometimes like rat; ruin your plants: roses and trees . They eat all the flowers and leaves make trees look terrible .

[@justjackiec152]

What a horrible video to watch. Torment the creatures and have fun doing it. Yes, they shouldn´t be there but sensible people treat them with kindness and knowledge.

[@portroyal6886]

Funny as lol

[@theresetal219]

So stupid, try ringing your local wildlife group to either come get them or give instructions on the best way to handle them. Using a large towel to put over their head initially to calm them then you would be able to pick them up and put into a cat carrier or cardboard box etc. Do NOT ever just put them outside during the day. Possums are protected by law as native animals - they are NOT pests. The law states you must not relocate them more than 50 metres from the property where they were found. Many local groups can help with putting up a possum box on your property to ensure they have somewhere out of your house to sleep.

[@wendyannchadwick9475]

LOL

[@enedenedubedene4811]

Idiotic Humans😥😥😥😥😥😥😥😥 Viele Grüße aus Germany

[@kensmith2796]

Yep. these people couldn't problem solve their way out of a paper bag.

[@nickolasabbott3153]

If they were tamer I'd keep them as a pet

[@freemax10]

crazy peoples

[@Insultifying]

thats a possum? *the fuck kind of possum is that?*

[@bushranger3337]

Bad idea 2:32

[@tommhowcroft8291]

Kill it