my hubby is on the porch catching opossums!

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  • #778611
    wolflodge100
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      Haha, sounds like a country song. He has caught 5 of the little buggers so far! πŸ˜†

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      wolflodge100
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        #778612
        Maria
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          What’s he going to do with them? Are they edible?

          #778613
          wolflodge100
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            Greater Basilisk wrote:

            What’s he going to do with them? Are they edible?

            well, I guess SOME people eat them…… He is putting them in a cage as he catches them, I’ll probably call the wildlife rehab people tomorrow. They are kinda cute but they sure do hiss! πŸ˜†

            #778614
            dragonmedley
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              I think they’re cute in their scruffy way. They’re a problem for you? Here we hardly see them.

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              #778615
              bayoudragon
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                Hate to say it… but some people down here still eat them. :puke:

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                Did y’all have a nest or something?
                My DIL had one as a pet growing up. They fed it dog food and some of their dogs would sleep under the porch with it πŸ˜€

                #778617
                lamortefille
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                  Possums are so ugly, they’re cute! πŸ˜€ Hopefully, they’ll be released far from people that want to make pie out of them. πŸ˜†

                  #778618
                  purpledragonclaw
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                    The only possums we used to have our dogs would leave for us as presents in the morning.

                    #778619
                    LadyFirebird
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                      I sometimes see a opossum or two around my neighborhood, but it wouldn’t be long before they ended up as road kill! And they weren’t play possum! πŸ™

                      #778620
                      Jennifer
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                        Devil’s advocate here, but what’s wrong with eating possum?

                        Do be careful though with the ones you catch, sadly rabies is something to always be aware of in any wild mammal.

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                        #778621
                        bayoudragon
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                          The only thing I was told is that you must purge them first. Cage them for a week or so and feed them things like fruit. Possums will eat a lot of nasty things like carrion and garbage, so you need to clean the “icky” out of their systems first. Technically, you don’t have to… but I heard it’s much better this way, and that the meat is really white.

                          Don’t quote me on this though, I’ve never had it… πŸ˜† Nutria, on the other hand, now that is really tasty! :yum:

                          #778622
                          Amanda
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                            Aww, I couldn’t personally kill an animal-especially if I had it trapped and fed it for a week! I’d have them named by day 2! πŸ˜†

                            #778623
                            Maria
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                              bayoudragon wrote:

                              The only thing I was told is that you must purge them first. Cage them for a week or so and feed them things like fruit. Possums will eat a lot of nasty things like carrion and garbage, so you need to clean the “icky” out of their systems first. Technically, you don’t have to… but I heard it’s much better this way, and that the meat is really white.

                              I had something in the back of my mind about them being nasty(-tasting) critters, but we don’t have possums here and I don’t know much about them. I’d be curious to know how they taste, though. 😳

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                              Greater Basilisk wrote:

                              What’s he going to do with them? Are they edible?

                              Those were my first questions! LOL XD

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