baby possums

[flea]

Actual baby name: Samuel (Sam), siblings Olivia and Leo (to a college friend).

Our kitchen cabinet possum has returned. As of 8am she was sleeping on her back in the cabinet, half-snuggled into a plastic bag full of bolts of something, with a belly full of mouse-sized babies. A professional remover has been called. I started out annoyed with mr. flea for not getting around to blocking the entry hole, but then my mother handily deflected the annoyance onto herself by being SO EXCITED about the possum and planning to remove it herself and getting into the squabble mr. flea and I were having and generally feeding her need for drama. (I guess this is where Casper gets it from.)

Comments

[theodosia.livejournal.com]

Pictures? There should be pictures. Especially of adorable baby possums?

[casperflea.livejournal.com]

There is a picture in my camera, which may be downloaded tonight.

mr. flea just called to say his officemate, a wildlife rescue volunteer, helped him remove the possum. Now to BLOCK THE HOLE.

[theodosia.livejournal.com]

Oh good. I hope the possum & babies are safely relocated to a better home not involving any human's cabinetry.

[loligo.livejournal.com]

You know what an animal lover I am, but I have to admit that even I find possums a bit unappealing. Our compost pile is the local possum food pantry, so we encounter them pretty often, and I never ever get the urge to pet them (which I easily could, when they play dead).

[serrana.livejournal.com]

Oh, you don't want to pet them at all. They carry rabies, at least everywhere I've ever lived.

casperflea, it's too bad you're not closer, I'd loan you Molly. Possum management is a talent of hers.

[gingerk.livejournal.com]

Baby possums are not adorable. They're little balls of hissing evil.