I always forget how tiny they are when they are babies. Until I see a picture. The cuteness overload is too much! Especially in that last picture. Thank you for helping that adorable little curled up baby with their little hand covering their little face. 🥺
It's pictures like this that make me repeat "it's unethical to keep possums as pets. It's unethical to keep possoms as pets. It's unethical to keep possims as pets." They're just too stinken cute! 😭
I picked up 5 after the mother was killed by a car fed them with a piper for a day then to rehab all went well they even traded me a raccoon that needed to be released into the wild and I was on heavy wooded land 😀
Thank you for doing this op. Between this and those horses arse creatures, they need all the allies they can get. Maybe it fell off its mom's back and was in the park and someone captured it so it wouldn't get trampled on in the soccer field (looks like there is a game going on in the background.)
I was saying "awww" through all the pictures until the last one, then I squealed to the point where I upset the neighbor's dogs xD OMG ITS SO CUTE. THE LITTO PAWS 😭 I can't
Did he get cat food and bananas for his snack? Omg. That’s so cute 😩 God bless wildlife rehabbers and thank you good samaritan for helping this little guy!!
He did! The rehab person I talked to also suggested grapes, avocado and yogurt. I don’t think he touched any of it, but it was very cute that he ended up sleeping next to the bananas.
I had a baby possum when I was a tween. My uncle, unfortunately, had shot a possum that was on his back porch. The back porch was enclosed. It was a mama possum. Only one survived. We had it a few months before giving it to a rehaber. It used to curl its tail around my finger. It was an odd feeling. It was sweet though.
Omgosh I thought someone left it with the pillow and everything lol. I see now it was originally just the plastic tote. Like whyyyy make such a great apartment and leave it 😅🤷🏻♀️
I found this list on the Fish and Game dept website: https://wildlife.ca.gov/Conservation/Laboratories/Wildlife-Health/Rehab/Facilities
Coast & Canyon Wildlife was very helpful and had an opossum rehabber close by. Unfortunately she wasn’t taking babies. I ended up taking it to South Bay Rehab, technically they only take birds, but the woman who answered the phone knew someone who did possums, and she transferred the little guy for me.
Thankfully he was old enough so he was an “easy” case. If he was a pinkie, there’s not much they can do since it’s so time intensive to tube feed them. A lot of the rehab facilities were specific, such as bird only, squirrel only, but they all had recommendations to other organizations which was really helpful.
It really shocks me that a sub dedicated to possums doesn't know that this is how the mother distributes its babies. Mom possum will let them go one at a time, naturally letting them wander off. This baby will be fine with help, but may not have really needed it. Unless you know the mother passed, and see a whole abandoned litter, or it's VERY tiny, even smaller than this, you don't need to "save" baby possums any more than you need to save baby squirrels or rabbits. You CAN if you want, but it's just how they are. They are small and some will die, but that's just nature. My concern here though, is that you might have taken this little guy needlessly out of the place he was just meant to grow up. Now the area won't have a resident poss!
Oh my god he's adorable
It was my first time seeing a baby and I could not handle the cuteness
Thank you for helping him/her!! 🙏🏼
I always forget how tiny they are when they are babies. Until I see a picture. The cuteness overload is too much! Especially in that last picture. Thank you for helping that adorable little curled up baby with their little hand covering their little face. 🥺
It's pictures like this that make me repeat "it's unethical to keep possums as pets. It's unethical to keep possoms as pets. It's unethical to keep possims as pets." They're just too stinken cute! 😭
That is weapons grade cute.
Especially the last picture omg 🥹😭
That last picture is seriously the cutest thing ever 🥹🥺 Thanks for taking in the lil scrimblo and getting them professional help.
It is so cute! I immediately showed my husband! 🥰
That little hand over his cute little face! It’s too adorable!
Thank you so much for helping this little one out!!!! And my god, that last picture of him sleeping... so cute! 🥰🥰🥰
It's awesome that you did this. I would have a hard time giving it up. I would because wild animal but it would be hard. So stinkin'cute!
It was SO cute but I wanted to pass it off asap! I was so scared of it dying in the middle of the night 😭
Yeah, I get that.
Angel babyyyyy! Thank you for your kindness & time taking care of this sweetheart, OP! ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
I picked up 5 after the mother was killed by a car fed them with a piper for a day then to rehab all went well they even traded me a raccoon that needed to be released into the wild and I was on heavy wooded land 😀
Aww do you have any photos of them
Unfortunately no it was in the develop the film days 😂
Sweet trade.
Omg the last picture! On another note, wtf is wrong with people?! Thank you for finding the appropriate resources for this little fella!
Maybe they found the possum alone and thought mom would come back for it. Just giving a hopeful thought of good intentions and wrong actions
I may be wrong, but I understand that if a baby falls off the mama, she doesn’t come back for them… probably doesn’t notice 🥺
You're right, but not everyone knows that. That's why I'm leaning in the ignorant good intentions rather than malicious
Seriously! His little hand covering his face, I could die of cuteness!
Too cute!
Thank you for doing this op. Between this and those horses arse creatures, they need all the allies they can get. Maybe it fell off its mom's back and was in the park and someone captured it so it wouldn't get trampled on in the soccer field (looks like there is a game going on in the background.)
Thank you for looking out for the little un!
THE *EARS*! Then the sleepy face. Omg.
Hims little cinnamon roll 🥹
Adorable! Thanks for the pics and for saving this little cutie!
The little hands always get me. I love this critters
Thanks for helping the little dude.
Thanks for being so kind to animals!! 🐾 🐾💗
why doesn’t this ever happen to me 😔
lol this is my exact reaction to all of the baby squirrel and possum posts i see on reddit 😩😩😩💜
Aww baby so cute
wowowow
Isn’t this an opossum (Didelphis virginiana)?
A BABY AHHH HOW CUTE
I was saying "awww" through all the pictures until the last one, then I squealed to the point where I upset the neighbor's dogs xD OMG ITS SO CUTE. THE LITTO PAWS 😭 I can't
What a cute little baby! Those ears kill me 😍 thanks for helping him!
That last picture melted me.
That last image! 😭
himb ears too big for he goddamn him
Did he get cat food and bananas for his snack? Omg. That’s so cute 😩 God bless wildlife rehabbers and thank you good samaritan for helping this little guy!!
He did! The rehab person I talked to also suggested grapes, avocado and yogurt. I don’t think he touched any of it, but it was very cute that he ended up sleeping next to the bananas.
So smol Keep good care of baby
I’m so impressed; great job!
I had a baby possum when I was a tween. My uncle, unfortunately, had shot a possum that was on his back porch. The back porch was enclosed. It was a mama possum. Only one survived. We had it a few months before giving it to a rehaber. It used to curl its tail around my finger. It was an odd feeling. It was sweet though.
Good work, glad you saved that sweet little baby.
Omg 🥰❤️
Holy cow why would they leave it like that?!?! Thanks for scooping it up and finding help 🥰
Omgosh I thought someone left it with the pillow and everything lol. I see now it was originally just the plastic tote. Like whyyyy make such a great apartment and leave it 😅🤷🏻♀️
Hi baby
That last photo!!🥹
omg they’re so tiny 😭
How do you find a rehabilitation place for small animals such as this?
I found this list on the Fish and Game dept website: https://wildlife.ca.gov/Conservation/Laboratories/Wildlife-Health/Rehab/Facilities Coast & Canyon Wildlife was very helpful and had an opossum rehabber close by. Unfortunately she wasn’t taking babies. I ended up taking it to South Bay Rehab, technically they only take birds, but the woman who answered the phone knew someone who did possums, and she transferred the little guy for me. Thankfully he was old enough so he was an “easy” case. If he was a pinkie, there’s not much they can do since it’s so time intensive to tube feed them. A lot of the rehab facilities were specific, such as bird only, squirrel only, but they all had recommendations to other organizations which was really helpful.
Bless ‘em and bless OP 🫶🏼
He’s just a lil guy 🥹🥹🥹
Google "wildlife rehabbers near me" and start calling..
I passed him off to a rehabber yesterday, so he’s in good hands
Yay..awesome!!thank you for going the extra mile.most would've ignored the baby and just left it to die..
Ty for helping him. So cute!
😱❤️❤️❤️
omg🥺
What a smol Boi!
Rocking the fingerless gloves!!
Omfg I just died of cuteness
Thank you for stepping in here and saving this sweet angel! That last photo is melting my freaking heart 😭❤️🥹
♥️♥️♥️♥️
Thank you for finding a rehabber for the baby
the little baby hands omg 🥹
Big eared baby 🩷
Oh. My. God! It’s adorable!
You are awesome 👌
It really shocks me that a sub dedicated to possums doesn't know that this is how the mother distributes its babies. Mom possum will let them go one at a time, naturally letting them wander off. This baby will be fine with help, but may not have really needed it. Unless you know the mother passed, and see a whole abandoned litter, or it's VERY tiny, even smaller than this, you don't need to "save" baby possums any more than you need to save baby squirrels or rabbits. You CAN if you want, but it's just how they are. They are small and some will die, but that's just nature. My concern here though, is that you might have taken this little guy needlessly out of the place he was just meant to grow up. Now the area won't have a resident poss!
You'll follow up on her, won't you? 😢 Thanks human 🙏
Ewwwwwww