I feed my possums on the front porch also, They called me from my husbands work when they found a cute little baby oppossum in the coke machine, they were all afraid of this cure little thing. One day when my Siamese Sammy was a feral I thought it was him in the the front porch til I got a closer look.
As marsupials they have a lower body temp so rabies is not a worry, They are so harmless and keep neighborhoods clean,
Kelly
People tease me about my "pet possums"...they like to climb one of the big climbing roses, hang out on the front porch and eat cat food. I give them bananas and cheese and they are so tame that I can pet them. I have three generations - including this years babies. (I've probably told the story of contacting the National Opossum Society to make sure they weren't sick or something...sent pics...talked over an hour...etc).
I regularly email one of my vet tech's - and I sent her a picture of one of the possums. She totally grossed out LOL They are really very sweet creatures though - truly. The vet tech has 12 horses though and is very 'anti-possum'. She's a first rate vet-tech though and I very much value her skill and opinion. Today she told me - "you DO know don't you that possums are a vector for leukemia?". No - I did not know that...and as much as I respect and admire her...I'm not sure I believe it. Anyone else heard of such a thing? It just doesn't make sense to me...isn't this strictly a feline disease? She said they were a major vector for rabies too - and while that may be true..the people at the National Opossum society would beg to differ with her.
I totally don't know -- but thankfully, ignorance is curable.
I do like this vet tech though...she overheard my conversation with the receptionist this morning when I called about Antonio. The receptionist said it was "probably nothing"...but this vet tech said, "If Miss Trent says there's something wrong with one of her cats --- then there is something wrong with one of her cats". That made me feel good. She said I was very intuitive about my babies but I'm not so sure because if I were then I would have gotten Antonio to the vet sooner.
elizabeth
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