This opossum was found as a baby and kept as a pet. Eventually the person didn't want it and gave it to someone else. It was too wild for that person so they gave it to me. By then the opossum was weak, skinny, had rubbed the skin off his snout trying to get out, had sores on his feet and tail from being in a dirty wet cage, some of his nails were ripped out because someone didn't know how to get him out of a cage, he had the beginning of crispy ear.
He's doing much better but is still weak. He generally walks on his wheel at night as opossums are nocturnal. I happened to be in his cage fixing his door in the day time so he decided to walk.
Mary Cummins of Animal Advocates is a wildlife rehabilitator licensed by the California Department of Fish and Game and the USDA. Mary Cummins is also a licensed real estate appraiser in Los Angeles, California.
He's doing much better but is still weak. He generally walks on his wheel at night as opossums are nocturnal. I happened to be in his cage fixing his door in the day time so he decided to walk.
He is a Virginia opossum our only native marsupial in the US. They live up to 3.5 years and continue to grow their entire lives. Males are larger than females because they don't have to waste energy raising babies. The female has 13 nipples but gives birth to 20-25 babies the size of a bee. The first 13 to attach to the nipple survive. Maybe nine live to the point where they are on mom's back. Only one or two survive per litter.
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