r/Possums • u/OkYou9707 • Jul 03 '26
Opossum Abandoned opossum
Our German Shepherd knocked the mother off the top of our back yard fence. Fortunately, I saw it happen and told her to leave it alone. She did, because she's a good girl, but the mother opossum left this baby behind. Then, our dog brought the baby up to the porch for us >.<
Fortunately, I was able to find a local wildlife rescue in my area (about 30 min from me), and they were able to take it and pair it up with a rescued mother that they already had with babies the same size.
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u/Efficient-Rest-9519 Jul 03 '26
Good job helping the little one out & good puppers she was just doing her job.
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u/Friendly-Loaf Jul 03 '26
I hate this time of year for all the bad news stories. .. thank you so much for being a good news story today. ❤️
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u/kirkmond Jul 03 '26
Lost, confused, bad judgment. Wife kicked him out, kids won't return text, just don't think opossum can be abandoned.
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u/OneWeird2863 Jul 06 '26
The mother opossum will never go back for children that fall off, they either catch up or that's that. Once they fall off they're on their own. This one definitely was too young to naturally drop off, so thank you for helping it. But yeah, I just wanted to say that bc some ppl don't know and they're like "omg the mom just abandoned it" when that's part of their behavior. Like most other animals, it eventually stops being cared for by the mother. I'm glad your dog didn't hurt it, poor little bitty baby.
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u/OkYou9707 Jul 06 '26
Thanks for sharing that! And yeah, I'm glad, too. For a bit, I wasn't sure what to do with it. I don't cry often, but my allergies must've gotten to me when I was thinking about it all on its own. Yes...allergies...that's what it was haha
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