Tragedy and a saving grace...

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Sandy
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Tragedy and a saving grace...

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My son was on his way home at 4 a.m. this morning. At our driveway lay a dead Opossum. Sadly, it was one that we had been feeding for months (it had a distinctive mark on the right side that looked like an old healed bite). He goes, "Momma, it's a female and I can see babies in the pouch!" I had been following "Possum Advocates" for a year or more and talking to him about it or neither of us would have known to check for a pouch and babies with Opossums killed by cars.

I grabbed a warm towel from the dryer, a box, flashlight and trotted down the drive to the main road and met him at his truck. Thank God these babies aren't newborns although they still need help. I got all nine from the pouch into the box, covered with the towel and after getting back in the house began to call animal rehabbers. This is the picture I took before the rehab lady came at 9 a.m. to pick them up and one she sent after getting to her home.
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What a fascinating story. I didn't know opossums even had pouches. Thanks for helping these guys out.
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Aw, they are so cute.
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delighted99 wrote: Sat Apr 14, 2018 8:26 pm What a fascinating story. I didn't know opossums even had pouches. Thanks for helping these guys out.
It was quite an experience! Did you know that possums don't nurse?
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Sandy
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Jackielou wrote: Sat Apr 14, 2018 8:34 pm Aw, they are so cute.
They are for sure. Their pink is SO pink and their white is SO white! And clean! Possums groom themselves just like a cat!
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God Bless you and your son !
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