Thread: Check out my new pet....

Check out what greeted me on my porch when I got home from work today:



'possums are cool...the only marsupial in the northern hemisphere....I think I'll name him "scrappy"....since I caught him digging for scraps.

Had a friend who raised one. Said they musk like a skunk.

Cool My first thought was it was aa rat, nice photo

There's actually people who breed possums for pets.

Not sure I really warm to the idea. I've never woken up and said "You know, what this house really needs is a large undomesticated scavenger."

Each to his own, I guess. :-D

Be careful, it will eat you up!
Of course you can thump it on the head and it will fall over and play dead.
I saved one from a Labrador last weekend, and even though it was 100% fine, I could pick it up by the tail what time it was "playing possum" and it was a fat sucker too.

Originally Posted by Wolf

There's actually people who breed possums for pets.

Not sure I really warm to the idea. I've never woken up and said "You know, what this house really needs is a large undomesticated scavenger."

Each to his own, I guess. :-D

i have 2 large undomesticated scavengers at home - they're called children

I'm amazed. No possum myth's yet.

However, the actual spelled name is "opossum"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opossum

The more ya know. If you plan on keeping him, I think you should read XD