Hiding in my enclosure

[VARNYARD]

This is what I found hiding out in my enclosure, it lost it's mother, so I guess I will raise it up till it is old enough to fend for himself:

 

[wyattroa]

wow... were there any tegus in there too?
robert

 

[VARNYARD]

I found it before they woke up.

 

[Red Earth Exotics]

it's lucky it didn't end up with your big extremes at breakfast time!

 

[dragonqueen4]

omg.. that is adorable. im guessing its tame by the way your able to hold it?

 

[homer]

thats disgusting, possums are viscous rodents

 

[TehPenguin]

Not necessarily, though ugly, they can be quite docile. My uncle had a couple.

 

[VARNYARD]

thats disgusting, possums are viscous rodents

They are not rodents, wrong family of animals.

 

[homer]

well everytime ive seen them in the wild, they hiss like no other and have massive teeth, no thanks

 

[TehPenguin]

Not everything you find in the wild is uber tame compared to hand raised ones. Though I agree, some can look scary and mean. Take a walk down google images, theres some cute ones there.

 

[VARNYARD]

They are Marsupials, and no kin to rats at all. They are in the family of Didelphidae, and when threatened or harmed, they will "play possum", mimicking the appearance and smell of a sick or dead animal. The lips are drawn back, teeth are bared, saliva foams around the mouth, and a foul-smelling fluid is secreted from the anal glands. The physiological response is involuntary, rather than a conscious act. Their stiff, curled form can be prodded, turned over, and even carried away. The animal will regain consciousness after a period of minutes or hours and escape. He is not tame, but will play possum when picked up. He will be released as soon as he can fend for himself, and free to do whatever possums do.

 

[dragonqueen4]

Well I think he is quite the cutie and the fact that he has a defence mechanism like that makes him a very fascinating animal. Besides. . reptiles hiss too,, but we all still love them!!!
I think its great your taking care of the little guy

 

[PinkPunisher]

Quite the lucky little bugger! Would he have been food when the tegus woken up?

Good luck with the little guy/girl, fingers crossed you don't get bitten

Spencer

 

[dicy]

man those possums r cool a friend of mine used to keep 1 as pet and they pack a good bite but u gotta love them

 

[Schnab]

thats disgusting, possums are viscous rodents

Possums are marsupials.

 

[Wooly]

That's pretty nice thing of you to raise that lil guy up.

 

[Beasty]

Interesting! I found one in a garage once while doing a carpet job in Florida. It was a baby a bit smaller than that one. I captured it and took it home to my 3 1/2' Savannah monitor Maxx who loved it. Wish I had pictures of him. He was a good boy I had for over 8 years.

 

[Schnab]

I captured it and took it home to my 3 1/2' Savannah monitor Maxx who loved it. Wish I had pictures of him. He was a good boy I had for over 8 years.

Correct me if I'm wrong but, your monitor loved it as in for lunch? ^_^()

 

[Beasty]

Yessir! He said yummy!
He was your typical garbage disposal monitor. Quite the clean-up crew all by himself. :lol:

 

[Schnab]

Ah man, his little "playing possum" routine didn't quite save him that time XD