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Posted: 5/4/2024 4:27:31 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By LasagnaParty: jfc. That was what was originally thought. New studies show they do not prefer to eat ticks. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By LasagnaParty: Originally Posted By Duke117: Correct 5500 ticks a week. That , my friend, is a beneficial animal by any standard. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/562102/IMG_1186_jpeg-3204957.JPG Hence my edit… you caught the post before I fixed it. That being said., even if it eats ONE tick because it’s hungry/curious/bored/etc. that’s one less tick. And that’s a very good thing.. 
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Posted: 5/4/2024 4:28:24 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By LasagnaParty: Not to my knowledge. Just hate hearing that shit repeated like it's gospel. Fair enough. I just hedge my bets. 
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Posted: 5/4/2024 5:58:03 AM EDT
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@rv-1 keep us posted on how it goes.
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KY, USA
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Posted: 5/4/2024 6:03:44 AM EDT
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12ga 00 buck. Rise n shine! Don’t worry about the porch.
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Posted: 5/4/2024 6:13:18 AM EDT
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Ask ANY veterinarian
Possums can't bite you and leave any damage, they don't have the jaw structure or muscles to hurt you. The teeth are mostly for show! For God's sake please leave it alone |
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Posted: 5/4/2024 6:15:24 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By FloridaMan11b: 12ga 00 buck. Rise n shine! Don’t worry about the porch. Screen name fits |
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Posted: 5/4/2024 6:18:28 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Southernman077: I had a young one that would sit on the swing with me. His name was George. He was cool. We had a BIG one we named Big George He loved stale grapes |
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Posted: 5/4/2024 6:24:11 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By pale_pony: We had a BIG one we named Big George He loved stale grapes Bob loved grapes. Must be trait. |
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Posted: 5/4/2024 6:29:51 AM EDT
[Last Edit: RV-1]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Hobs98: @rv-1 keep us posted on how it goes. Will do, possum is safe,we need sleep! |
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FL, USA
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Posted: 5/4/2024 7:03:57 AM EDT
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I had a possum family move in under my old house so I trapped and relocated them. They put on quite a show with the hissing and teeth but they are not as mean as you think. Raccoons on the other hand are very different and you will soon have those if you don't stop feeding the feral cats.
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Posted: 5/4/2024 7:13:13 AM EDT
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Keep the possum, toss the cats.
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Posted: 5/4/2024 7:28:22 AM EDT
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@Hobs98
Could not get to sleep, just went out to check on Possum and baybays . . . . SHE IS GONE!!! WTF???? And I was all excited about a new friend around here . . . what a bummer. Also, the fucking cats are swarming around the empty basket like fucking sharks in chummed water.  Attached FileCats swarming in chummed water  Attached File |
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Posted: 5/4/2024 7:32:15 AM EDT
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If you keep food out for the cats, she will be back. She just needed a meal and a nap. She won't sleep in that basket during the day, she found somewhere dark.
But she will be back. Food is to easy and mouths to feed. |
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Posted: 5/4/2024 7:35:18 AM EDT
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Ticks or not, they will sniff out rodent urine trails and eat them, dead or alive. Great to have around.
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TN, USA
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Posted: 5/4/2024 7:42:07 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Aspida1776]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By PRasko: I would get rid of the cats and keep the possum tbh. Super right answer. That might be the same one Tyler found! 
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Posted: 5/4/2024 7:46:00 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Hobs98]
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Oh look in the basket good. If one wasn't ready she will leave it to save the rest.
Could be why the cats are so interested |
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NV, USA
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Posted: 5/4/2024 7:54:57 AM EDT
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I had one as a pet as a child.
It had fallen out of a tree in the backyard when it was young, so I kept it and raised it for a while. I even brought it to school for show & tell in the 2nd grade. Thanks for the photos, brings back memories. |
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Posted: 5/4/2024 8:05:42 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Hobs98: Oh look in the basket good. If one wasn't ready she will leave it to save the rest. Could be why the cats are so interested @Hobs98 Just double checked, all are gone. Will keep all informed, be interesting to see if she comes back. Oh we got basket moved, will get and Post pic. BRB . . . |
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Posted: 5/4/2024 8:11:11 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By DesertDenizen: I had one as a pet as a child. It had fallen out of a tree in the backyard when it was young, so I kept it and raised it for a while. I even brought it to school for show & tell in the 2nd grade. Thanks for the photos, brings back memories. I caught one when I was a kid. It was in the barn eating dog food out of a trash can. I picked it up by the tail and put it in a rabbit hutch that was vacant. My dad told me to kill it and sell the hide when we took coon hides to the local guy that bought them. I did and I think he gave me a dollar for it, possibly threw it away after we left. I leave them alone now that I know better. |
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Posted: 5/4/2024 8:11:40 AM EDT
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We just saw one walking across our yard.
According to the Internet they don’t stay in one place long. Maybe move the condo away from the house until the family clears out? Last summer we had one living under our deck. I used a live trap and took it to a friend’s house in another county. Now I’m wondering if I didn’t take it far enough away, and this is the same one. I hate to kill an animal that is supposedly harmless, but I’m not risking the life of my 13 pound Maltese either. I feel your pain OP. |
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Posted: 5/4/2024 8:14:17 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By mini14jac: We just saw one walking across our yard. According to the Internet they don’t stay in one place long. Maybe move the condo away from the house until the family clears out? Last summer we had one living under our deck. I used a live trap and took it to a friend’s house in another county. Now I’m wondering if I didn’t take it far enough away, and this is the same one. I hate to kill an animal that is supposedly harmless, but I’m not risking the life of my 13 pound Maltese either. I feel your pain OP. Go back and read the whole thread. It won't hurt your dog. |
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Posted: 5/4/2024 8:15:38 AM EDT
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Posted: 5/4/2024 8:15:46 AM EDT
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Dude!
I have the same Sony 5 disk changer! It only gets used during Christmas season. We load it with Christmas CDs and hit “track shuffle”. I can’t believe it’s still working after all these years. |
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Posted: 5/4/2024 8:17:28 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Hobs98: That possum will never bite the wife, dog if it sticks their nose in there. They can't carry rabies and are pretty docile, I had one that chill with me on the deck while I was drinking beer. Id pour him some in a bowl. Put on a pair of work gloves and drag the box away from the door. You wont get bit. You may get bluffed and hissed at. Don't kill kill the possum, This! |
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Posted: 5/4/2024 8:19:41 AM EDT
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Vintage stereo components, friendly possum family, old dog, feral cats, cat lady wife?
You're living the dream my man. |
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Posted: 5/4/2024 8:32:14 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By PrincipsPistol: Vintage stereo components, friendly possum family, old dog, feral cats, cat lady wife? You're living the dream my man. @PrincipsPistol Cat Lady  Attached File |
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OH, USA
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Posted: 5/4/2024 8:34:23 AM EDT
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I shoot every possum i see or find in my traps. I have guinea birds that lay nests of 30+ eggs. A possum will destroy all the eggs and the birds will go make a nest somewhere else,,,which i have to find to get the eggs. Guinea nests are hard to find here.
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Posted: 5/4/2024 8:35:39 AM EDT
[Last Edit: CenterMass762]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By pale_pony: Ask ANY veterinarian Possums can't bite you and leave any damage, they don't have the jaw structure or muscles to hurt you. The teeth are mostly for show! For God's sake please leave it alone I'm not veterinarian but I had a possum hiding under a cabinet in my garage so I grabbed it with welding gloves. It grabbed ahold of the end of the glove by my wrist and I guarantee that fucker would've broken skin. Their teeth are very sharp. How the hell would they eat rodents if their bite can't do damage? |
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Posted: 5/4/2024 8:40:02 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By razerface: I shoot every possum i see or find in my traps. I have guinea birds that lay nests of 30+ eggs. A possum will destroy all the eggs and the birds will go make a nest somewhere else,,,which i have to find to get the eggs. Guinea nests are hard to find here. I dont raise birds, so I see the point. Op doesn't seem to raise birds either. |
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Posted: 5/4/2024 9:03:52 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By FOX_OSCAR_hook: I think I'd rather have a possum vs stray cats. Me too. I don't care much for Opossums, but I absolutely despise cats. |
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Posted: 5/4/2024 9:51:46 AM EDT
[Last Edit: 56xdx_Z]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By razerface: I shoot every possum i see or find in my traps. I have guinea birds that lay nests of 30+ eggs. A possum will destroy all the eggs and the birds will go make a nest somewhere else,,,which i have to find to get the eggs. Guinea nests are hard to find here. That is sad. Definitely get it though with chickens or any ground birds. we had some hard boiled eggs sit in the fridge too long, and they were a big hit with the possums and one raccoon that will come around can confirm what one other poster was saying that their mouths are not setup to inflict bite damage on humans. I also threw it a block of mexican feta cheese, and it was struggling to break cold apart cheese |
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Posted: 5/4/2024 9:53:17 AM EDT
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Feed it hotdogs and make a friend for life
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Posted: 5/4/2024 9:57:06 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Special-K: Dude... Leave the possum alone. They kill ticks too.  |
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Posted: 5/4/2024 11:22:34 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By RV-1: @PrincipsPistol Cat Lady https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/64178/Cat_Lady_2_JPG-3205043.JPG Enjoy your Saturday. |
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Posted: 5/4/2024 11:31:00 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By RV-1: @Special-K I cannot leave them alone, they are right by our entrance door. That Possum can bite my wife or dog without ever leaving the basket. It’s just a Possum. Fucking chill out. |
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Posted: 5/4/2024 11:32:46 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By RV-1: Are you sure? She already did a long serious drama of hissing and showing off her mouthful of shiney razor teef. I can’t imagine how stressful it must be to live in abject terror of nature every waking moment. Just put on your big boy pants, try and be really, really brave and drag the box away from the door. You’ll be ok, I promise. |
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Posted: 5/5/2024 9:27:17 AM EDT
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Personally, I'd just move the box and let 'em be. I used to be all about killing possums when they first showed up here, now they're about the one nuisance animal I will leave...and other than getting into unsecured feed or whatever they really don't cause many problems.
I've heard it both ways on the tick thing and after looking up actual (peer-reviewed) research studies it's just not true. However, they are nature's vacuum cleaner and do a very good job at their role in the food chain. Last one I had to kill was coming to a front door multiple times a day when there were other domestic animals with babies right there (and a food source, of course...) I actually walked right up to it and grabbed it by the tail, then carries it away from the house and shot it in the head. They're just not aggressive no matter how they snarl and hiss. Regardless of what you choose, you move those babies and she'll move too. |
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Posted: 5/5/2024 9:39:54 AM EDT
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Yeah, you were a lot more civil with the possum than I would have been. I wouldn't have killed it, I would have relocated it and her joeys 10 miles from my house asap.
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Posted: 5/5/2024 9:41:39 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By LasagnaParty: Not to my knowledge. Just hate hearing that shit repeated like it's gospel. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By LasagnaParty: Originally Posted By Hobs98: Ok. Thats fine, do they hurt anything? They will kill your chickens if they can get to them at night. It's not super common but it absolutely has happened. |
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Posted: 5/5/2024 9:57:10 AM EDT
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As a word of caution about a possums ability to bite you, they can and will.
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Posted: 5/5/2024 6:52:55 PM EDT
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POSSUM UPDATE
Well, she has taken her gang of kids and hidden them somewhere nearby. She is returning to scavenge wild ass cats food leavings. I think she has been here all along, we just never saw her before. Anyway, I am not going to bother her. She can raise her babies around here. We are pretty isolated and there is not much activity to bother her. |
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IN, USA
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Posted: 5/5/2024 7:31:18 PM EDT
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 Possum Shanty! |
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AL, USA
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Posted: 5/5/2024 7:41:45 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Federov: Yeah, that's what they do, and about all they do. People routinely find babies and make pets out of them. They're very docile. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Federov: Originally Posted By RV-1: Are you sure? She already did a long serious drama of hissing and showing off her mouthful of shiney razor teef. Yeah, that's what they do, and about all they do. People routinely find babies and make pets out of them. They're very docile. That's where the phrase "playing possum" comes from. They hiss and such but freeze up like they are dead when threatened. Unfortunately they freeze up on top of my privacy fence then the dogs knock them off and have killed a few. Just move the basket if you are worried about them. |
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Posted: 5/5/2024 7:44:42 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By RV-1: POSSUM UPDATE Well, she has taken her gang of kids and hidden them somewhere nearby. She is returning to scavenge wild ass cats food leavings. I think she has been here all along, we just never saw her before. Anyway, I am not going to bother her. She can raise her babies around here. We are pretty isolated and there is not much activity to bother her. I figured she would show back up. |
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SC, USA
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Posted: 5/5/2024 7:49:38 PM EDT
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The old ladies at my beach condo built feeding stations for all the local feral cats. I think some living to i’m told.
Im rarely there and haven’t seen it for myself. But I don’t imagine it being very sanitary. Feeding stations also attract other critters like possums and raccoons. 🤢 |
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Posted: 5/5/2024 7:53:07 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By RV-1: @Federov Yeah, but what about our dumb ass dog that thinks every thing and everyone is her friend? https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/64178/ellie_garage_01_JPG-3204940.JPG Beagle & Golden Retriever? |
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Posted: 5/6/2024 11:22:35 AM EDT
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FPNI, again. Leave it alone, they will all get used to you. I'd way rather have possums than feral cats. I shoot those on sight.
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