Meet my opossum

[PapaFrita]

This is Colita. He is a white-eared opossum. He was found on the floor in late October, presumably having fallen off his mum. Opossums are marsupials, amazing at eating all kinds of nasties like cockroaches, ticks, scorpions and snakes and they are actually immune to their venom. They also eat hens and this makes them quite unpopular. They cannot carry or transmit rabies. When he was small, Colita came to the Dressage Nationals (I live in Argentina just in case someone wants to call me out for BS ) and rode in my top for the prize-giving. He's nearly big enough to go back into the wild, but until then I'm offering to name a roach after anyone you dislike (for a small donation), and send you a video of Colita chowing down. I will add a commemorative certificate. He adores roaches and his munching is quite spectacular

 

[ElleSkywalkingintheair]

He's beautiful

 

[lynz88]

I didn't realize they ate scorpions! Then again, there are no scorpions in Canada!

When I spent a few months back home during covid, we had a little visitor fairly often (much better than a raccoon visitor tbh)

 

[The Xmas Furry]

PF, he's cute!
Brilliant idea for roach scoffing

 

[LadyGascoyne]

Oh amazing!! He’s lovely

 

[Lois Lame]

I didn't realize they ate scorpions! Then again, there are no scorpions in Canada!

When I spent a few months back home during covid, we had a little visitor fairly often (much better than a raccoon visitor tbh)

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I think this fellow is gorgeous.

Good to see you on here PapaFrita. Very funny advice to moronic questions in the (old) thread I saw a few months ago.

 

[rabatsa]

Interesting about lack of rabies.

 

[HighFive]

I honestly think Opossums are the cutest things ever their little toes get me!

 

[Burnerbee]

New Zealenders not rushing in to say how much they like possums, I notice

 

[PapaFrita]

Mine has amazing Goth eyeshadow

I didn't realize they ate scorpions! Then again, there are no scorpions in Canada!

When I spent a few months back home during covid, we had a little visitor fairly often (much better than a raccoon visitor tbh)

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[lynz88]

Yours also has really cool ears!

 

[PapaFrita]

They just get bigger and bigger!

 

[PapaFrita]

New Zealenders not rushing in to say how much they like possums, I notice

Do they have opossums? I think they have possums. Cute than opossums that look like they're on crack a lot of the time and have a million teeth and whiskers. Whiskers EVERYWHERE

 

[PapaFrita]

I honestly think Opossums are the cutest things ever their little toes get me!

The toes are very cool and witchy

 

[PapaFrita]

Their body temperature is too low

Interesting about lack of rabies

 

[SpotsandBays]

Cute!! Will he get much bigger or is that about it for adult size? To be honest I didn’t know there were different types of opossum!

 

[Dave's Mam]

I love him & I hope he transitions to his new life well.
I also hope he hangs about so we can keep following him.
Keep eating the nasty beasties!

 

[Burnerbee]

Do they have opossums? I think they have possums. Cute than opossums that look like they're on crack a lot of the time and have a million teeth and whiskers. Whiskers EVERYWHERE

Ah yes, you’re right - I was mistaken. I did always wonder how one species could cover such a large part of the world’s surface!

 

[PapaFrita]

Cute!! Will he get much bigger or is that about it for adult size? To be honest I didn’t know there were different types of opossum!

He'll get quite a lot bigger. About the size of a cat