If I was fortunate enough to have an opossum ,like that I wouldn’t give it up . I would provide it with love and always give it good food .
@janicemmerriman5551 Жыл бұрын
I've had so me many wild oppsumes try to hide and live in the house with me. In old days in 1940's 1950's when screen doors were not as much people would talk about how oppsumes would try and live in the house with u many of them if they could. There like dogs and cats, they want to get out and explore like our own human kids and ourselves but they want to come back in many of them. They are needy creatures. And yes they do smile like people ya'll doing a great job there
@jbirdyhome-4050 Жыл бұрын
People are wrongly afraid of these sweet, gentle, shy creatures. They are harmless, good to have around. I have been feeding one or two opossums for the past two years and I am sad to hear that their lifespan is so short. They are just sweet, shy little things. They are so funny when they eat grapes. I hear them CHOMP CHOMP CHOMP. i wish they were not afraid of me. I like to watch and listen to them eat. They are so funny. They do have such an acute sense of smell.. I forgot to put out their grapes one evening and they were scritching around the plastic bag asking for their nightly treats.
@ThePathoftheWhiteRose4 жыл бұрын
What a pretty girl!
@froggoesjump21853 жыл бұрын
She eats better than me. I want these ladies looking after me.
@jon420 Жыл бұрын
I am an Opossum rehabber and this is an excellent presentation. Thank you for raising awareness of these amazing animals. I have an opossum ambassador in my home who had no fear of people whatsoever to an absolute fault and as a result, Cooper shares a living space with a French bulldog. ❤ Thank you so much and good job! Luna is stunningly beautiful ❤🎉🎉
@happyinparis2 жыл бұрын
I have Lyme Disease with co-infections and I love oppossums. They are welcome at my house.
@maryschaeffer9443 жыл бұрын
I'm from the south we call them possums. Luna is cute as a button. Thank you for your service of taking care of animals. They deserve it. PEACE 🕊️
@abbeyp88344 ай бұрын
Us Canadians too ! never hear anyone pronouncing the o before
@lisakovacs48313 жыл бұрын
My Harry was the best pet I have ever had. He lived with me for 4 years. I love them more than anything. I have had a lamb, horse dogs cats, they are amazing!!!!! Little dolls ,potty trained is simple.
@AIRFGC2 жыл бұрын
4:55 "only eats broccoli as a last resort" Same 😴
@uwlimesub69453 жыл бұрын
She's ADORABLE 💖💖💋💖💋💋 They are wonderful animals!
@romywu45074 жыл бұрын
Luna is very cute!
@trankt541552 жыл бұрын
Beautiful.....so pretty..
@TennessseTimmy3 жыл бұрын
Wow I learned so much and that's such a great cute little opossum, wooooow
@BlameJason3 жыл бұрын
I have a possum (opossum) named Mars… I also had his brother who’s name is Jupiter but male possums don’t get along with each other so once they were about a year old I had to give up Jupiter to an animal rescue. But they had both been habituated to humans when I got them which is why I kept them (and still have Mars). I’ve taken care of other possums so I know what is required to keep and care for them. They do belong in the wild so its definitely best to bring them to a possum rehabilitation center if found. But I thought Luna was a great name cause mine is Mars.
@SockyNoob3 жыл бұрын
She's so cute!
@jlebron3 жыл бұрын
I love my Lily...my baby, my spoiled one, it's a love that can't explain... Good job girls! They're more clean them cats and dogs!
@jeanyves53803 жыл бұрын
heu, no, it's a wild animal not your baby.
@sunflowerseed27513 жыл бұрын
@@jeanyves5380 cats and dogs are wild too if never petted. I have 4 Opossums and all love petting and cuddling.
@jeanyves53803 жыл бұрын
@@sunflowerseed2751 Yesss and petted thez are almost as mutch as humans.
@roxanneweichinger93184 жыл бұрын
👍Good video!
@denisery11203 жыл бұрын
Cute little teddy bear looking critter
@sk8ercaligirl4 жыл бұрын
Love Luna 💖😍
@ganboldbayantsagaan25603 жыл бұрын
Thank you for taking such a good care for the possum. ❤❤❤
@deafnoisemarine62943 жыл бұрын
This is easily one of the most informative opossum videos out there
@JudithWright-ms4gp Жыл бұрын
How sweetv❤
@jeangroelz92103 жыл бұрын
They LOVE dry cat food. They also are quick when grooming. Fun to watch. I can always tell when one comes into my garage. They stink in the wild due to what they eat. And leave smelly poop next to the cat's litter box.
@janicemmerriman5551 Жыл бұрын
I rasied many oppsumes but I never made a ambassador thing. I kept a few of them because they loved me and humans and more the marrier because like babies they loved the attention from people getting held by strangers pictures taken with them everything about attention so they didn't go to the wild. Some just love to be babied. But a lot of wild animals rasied loves and wants to stay were they are loved and babied.
@CowboyBebop444 Жыл бұрын
Awww
@lisakovacs48313 жыл бұрын
Good name!!!😇😇😇
@BirdWhisperer463 жыл бұрын
Keep her as a pet. Even one day in captivity and then thrown back into the wild is murder and they only live 2 years in the wild.
@ordinaryman22992 жыл бұрын
they are very cute little critters, to bad they dont live very long ?
@G56AG3 жыл бұрын
I have always heard that the name opossum in the native language means white face, which fits the animal better since they almost always have a white face but the body is usually gray in color.
@uwlimesub69453 жыл бұрын
Same here...White face.
@tarrahbarker24 Жыл бұрын
I have two possum's. Bella followed everywhere. Smurf had gotten about 8" long. I was 2am standing on my patio wren l felt her going around me and l said your home. There smart she was as tame as Bella l had 4 months. She didn't have the balanced diet with all the vitamins so her eyes buldged out on the sides looking a little creepy if you don't love animals. Possums don't play dead they faint they're scared of everything! I Released 7 with nestling boxes.
@lisakovacs48313 жыл бұрын
Angel 😇🎀❤️❤️
@josephbarr44683 жыл бұрын
thanks!
@rennierad2 жыл бұрын
❤
@janicemmerriman5551 Жыл бұрын
Where did you get your tweezers.i had some exactly like that but they got misplaced or stolen and I haven't been able to find any like that anymore. I used them all the time.
@janicemmerriman5551 Жыл бұрын
Where did you get your tweezers. Someone took mine and I haven't been able to find anymore, they where just like yours your feeding with.
@damamae9503 жыл бұрын
Thank you for not allowing this opossum not to become obese. Make sure she gets enough protein. If you haven't already, you should treat her aggressively for parasites. They are intelligent but mainly in terms of remembering where things are in their ranges. They don't live more than a few years if captive .... Very short lived for size. Make no mistake, they carry a heavy parasite load.
@whalesong9993 жыл бұрын
Yes. When I lived in the Ozarks, I raised a few orphaned opossums as well as treating some adults who came my way for fleas, lice, and internal worms. Some would come back and show that they were blooming from the care, their fur and skin getting much healthier. Never had a problem with diet since they're omnivores and liked their diet of cat kibble, some grapes, apple and banana bits. They took to "litter training" easily and had the run of the house after a few days of being caged. They prosper with freedom to roam, caging became depressive in what I saw.
@MarilynOPossum2 ай бұрын
They need calcium in balance and too much protein gives them metabolic bone disorder. Eyes bulge, they can die.
@prestoncheapbtheadphoneste30103 жыл бұрын
Didn’t know they have, whiskers. 🙂 guess all of us have whiskers.
@johnparton922 жыл бұрын
OSSUM POSSUM
@svitlanadegtyar4393 жыл бұрын
This year I have 3 posoom in my garden. One of them I found dead 😕 maybe he was old.
@malum43423 жыл бұрын
Симпатяга!
@sunflowerseed27513 жыл бұрын
Why the Gloves?
@kathychildress183 жыл бұрын
I've never seen them aggressive
@yvonnekostermans6356 Жыл бұрын
They can and do bite. Not fun with 50 teeth
@sunflowerseed27513 жыл бұрын
Why the tongs and gloves? I have 4 and we never treat them like they are vicious infected or whatever your reasons.
@1573elleinad9 ай бұрын
Is she still alive?
@victorsmith49683 жыл бұрын
Where is my water
@ordinaryman22992 жыл бұрын
its too bad they dont live very long they would make cool pets, and i think they are nocturnal so locking it in a cage at night could go either way, either it will adapt to being in a cage at night or it will be a little distressed, since it's natural instincts would be suppressed by locking it in a cage at night when it is most active and wants to prowl around all night like in the wild ?
@davidpavely45392 жыл бұрын
You don't need gloves
@Scarlett4047 ай бұрын
Regardless gloves are protocol
@jari20183 жыл бұрын
So she's been treated like a tasmanian devil ... with gloves and a stick
@reign6of6e6terror3 жыл бұрын
These animal arent pets and if time people dont feed them proper. 90% feed to many sweet fruits (grapes) , meat not with bones ,not insects how beatles crickets worms , they overfeed with eggs and one day chicks,so that they would crosseyed and sick, her tails getting big ,her ears flopping foreward and later became neurological tics or MBD😔 (Eggs and chicks are good but not every day ,than they are to highcholesterol . Snails and mices are very good,too