We had quite the scare at my mom’s house last night! When Rob let the dogs out back to potty, they were all walking near the fence when the motion detector light went on and Rob saw this possum RIGHT on top of Gracie’s head. Look how big this thing is!
I couldn’t believe it was just hanging out, literally, on my parents’ fence. I’ve never seen anything like that before. We were all pretty freaked out because Grace isn’t done her series of rabies shots yet – and we all know what happened to the other pups we were going to get. I think we are scarred from that experience and probably always will be.
The possum didn’t get to the dogs, thankfully, but he did meet an untimely death at the hands of a pellet gun shortly after this picture was taken. Grisly. Wish I never saw that happen. :-(
That would have freaked me out! We used to get them in our backyard growing up. They’d steal dog food if we left extra in the dog house. Usually we fed them inside, but kept a small bowl in their doghouse as well…until racoons and possums started showing up!
Are possums dangerous or is it just that like many wild animals they carry rabies? We don’t get them in these here parts, so I don’t know a thing about them.
YIKES! I’m so glad she didn’t get your baby!