In article >,
"Ophelia" > wrote:

> "kilikini" > wrote in message
> ...
> >
> > "OmManiPadmeOmelet" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >> In article >,
> >> "Virginia Tadrzynski" > wrote:
> >>
> >> > http://www.tngenweb.org/tntable/possum.htm
> >> >
> >> > found this and just 'had' to post it.....
> >> > -ginny
> >>
> >> I've rehabbed adult possums...
> >>
> >> A wormier critter I've never known. <shudder>
> >>
> >> Multiple wormings and the were _still_ coming out, among other
> >> intestinal parasites.
> >>
> >> I'd not eat a possum on a bet!
> >> --
> >
> > ACK! I think my husband's eaten them in the past. Should I de-worm him?
> > <g>
>
> What is a possum? I realise it is some kind of animal but what kind?

Opossum...

The only American Marsupial. Related distantly to kangaroos.
Nasty creatures, combination scavenger and small predator.
I've killed them for killing my poultry in the past...

http://www.bear-tracker.com/opossum.html

http://kaweahoaks.com/html/opossum.htm

They are VERY common around here!
--
Peace!
Om

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch"
-- Jack Nicholson

In article >, OmManiPadmeOmelet > wrote:

>I've killed them for killing my poultry in the past...
>

They are generally harmless and docile creatures, nonaggressive, and good to
have around. They are good for eating snails and other pests, or decaying
fruit that has dropped off the tree. There is rarely any problem interacting
with cats and dogs, although the dog might attack the possum.

And unlike much wildlife, the body temperature is so low that rabies is
virtually unknown.

I always put out my cats' rejected food and enjoy watching the neighborhood
possums who come around at night.

Art (former member of the Opossum Society of the US)

Arthur Shapiro wrote:
> In article >,
> OmManiPadmeOmelet > wrote:
>
>> I've killed them for killing my poultry in the past...
>>
>
> They are generally harmless and docile creatures, nonaggressive, and
> good to
> have around. They are good for eating snails and other pests, or
> decaying
> fruit that has dropped off the tree. There is rarely any problem
> interacting
> with cats and dogs, although the dog might attack the possum.
>
> And unlike much wildlife, the body temperature is so low that rabies
> is
> virtually unknown.
>
> I always put out my cats' rejected food and enjoy watching the
> neighborhood
> possums who come around at night.
>
> Art (former member of the Opossum Society of the US)

When they are very young but have just stopped hanging on momma's back, they
look a little less like a rat and more like a funny faced owl on four legs.
I think they are cute, but I don't want to eat one.

Jill

"Arthur Shapiro" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> OmManiPadmeOmelet > wrote:
>
>>I've killed them for killing my poultry in the past...
>>
>
> They are generally harmless and docile creatures, nonaggressive, and good
> to
> have around.


Bullshit. Corner one in your henhouse after he's wantonly slaughtered half a
dozen of your prize chickens, and you'll be rewarded a display of sharp
teeth and rage. Club the little ****er; why waste a 40c shotgun shell?
--


--Rich

In article >,
"Rich" > wrote:

> "Arthur Shapiro" > wrote in message
> ...
> > In article >,
> > OmManiPadmeOmelet > wrote:
> >
> >>I've killed them for killing my poultry in the past...
> >>
> >
> > They are generally harmless and docile creatures, nonaggressive, and good
> > to
> > have around.
>
>
> Bullshit. Corner one in your henhouse after he's wantonly slaughtered half a
> dozen of your prize chickens, and you'll be rewarded a display of sharp
> teeth and rage. Club the little ****er; why waste a 40c shotgun shell?

;-)

Agreed.....

My dogs always helped me to corner them, then you can kill them.

Om -> normally a pacifist and wildlife lover, but intolerant of
overpopulated poultry predators....

Raccoons are even worse.
--
Peace!
Om

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch"
-- Jack Nicholson

Arthur Shapiro wrote:

There is rarely any problem
> interacting
> with cats and dogs, although the dog might attack the possum.
>
> And unlike much wildlife, the body temperature is so low that rabies
> is
> virtually unknown.
>
> I always put out my cats' rejected food and enjoy watching the
> neighborhood
> possums who come around at night.
>
> Art (former member of the Opossum Society of the US)

My cats have caught possums in the past, but now don't bother anymore - more
trouble than its worth I suppose.
I have seen them in Mexican standoffs though.

In article >,
(Arthur Shapiro) wrote:

> In article >,
> OmManiPadmeOmelet > wrote:
>
> >I've killed them for killing my poultry in the past...
> >
>
> They are generally harmless and docile creatures, nonaggressive, and good to
> have around. They are good for eating snails and other pests, or decaying
> fruit that has dropped off the tree. There is rarely any problem interacting
> with cats and dogs, although the dog might attack the possum.
>
> And unlike much wildlife, the body temperature is so low that rabies is
> virtually unknown.
>
> I always put out my cats' rejected food and enjoy watching the neighborhood
> possums who come around at night.
>
> Art (former member of the Opossum Society of the US)

They also ate the guts out of nesting ducks, ate eggs, and any young
birds they could find. Chickens are pretty helpless at night and possums
are nocturnal.

They are _not_ harmless to poultry.
--
Peace!
Om

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch"
-- Jack Nicholson

"OmManiPadmeOmelet" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> "Ophelia" > wrote:
>
>> "kilikini" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> >
>> > "OmManiPadmeOmelet" > wrote in message
>> > ...
>> >> In article >,
>> >> "Virginia Tadrzynski" > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > http://www.tngenweb.org/tntable/possum.htm
>> >> >
>> >> > found this and just 'had' to post it.....
>> >> > -ginny
>> >>
>> >> I've rehabbed adult possums...
>> >>
>> >> A wormier critter I've never known. <shudder>
>> >>
>> >> Multiple wormings and the were _still_ coming out, among other
>> >> intestinal parasites.
>> >>
>> >> I'd not eat a possum on a bet!
>> >> --
>> >
>> > ACK! I think my husband's eaten them in the past. Should I de-worm
>> > him?
>> > <g>
>>
>> What is a possum? I realise it is some kind of animal but what kind?
>
> Opossum...
>
> The only American Marsupial. Related distantly to kangaroos.
> Nasty creatures, combination scavenger and small predator.
> I've killed them for killing my poultry in the past...
>
> http://www.bear-tracker.com/opossum.html
>
> http://kaweahoaks.com/html/opossum.htm
>
> They are VERY common around here!

Thank you Katra.. you are welcome to them! They look too much like rats to
me. I could *never* eat one!!