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*Updated with pics and new piece of evidence* Dead possum no signs
Posted on 10/17/17 at 9:46 pm
Posted on 10/17/17 at 9:46 pm
Is there a reason why a possum would just keel over dead?
I found a dead possum in my yard, and there are no signs of injury.
Only guess would be a fall.
TIA.
New information...
To discard of the carcass today...
I flipped it over, and it was as unmarked as the other side.
YET...it had poop near its but.
I think poison wins!!!
Thanks again!
I found a dead possum in my yard, and there are no signs of injury.
Only guess would be a fall.
TIA.


New information...
To discard of the carcass today...
I flipped it over, and it was as unmarked as the other side.
YET...it had poop near its but.
I think poison wins!!!
Thanks again!
This post was edited on 10/18/17 at 4:17 pm
Posted on 10/17/17 at 9:57 pm to Pectus
Maybe he's not really dead.
Maybe he's just....
Maybe he's just....
Posted on 10/17/17 at 9:57 pm to Pectus
Saw the same thing a couple months ago at my place.
Scooped him up and went to throw him into what I thought was a little wooded area behind a high fence behind my house. Didn’t hear a crash into brush, only a “fwomp!”
Think I chucked him into someone’s back yard. Not my finest moment.
Scooped him up and went to throw him into what I thought was a little wooded area behind a high fence behind my house. Didn’t hear a crash into brush, only a “fwomp!”
Think I chucked him into someone’s back yard. Not my finest moment.
Posted on 10/17/17 at 10:00 pm to Tactical Insertion
The more I read this, the more it makes me laugh.
LMAO!
LMAO!
Posted on 10/17/17 at 11:15 pm to Pectus
Cancer? I'm just guessing.
Maybe he was depressed and killed hisself.
Maybe he was depressed and killed hisself.
This post was edited on 10/17/17 at 11:17 pm
Posted on 10/17/17 at 11:18 pm to Pectus
Oppossums live forever until someone shoots them.
#opposumlivesmatter
#opposumlivesmatter
Posted on 10/17/17 at 11:26 pm to Big_country346
quote:
#opposumlivesmatter

Posted on 10/18/17 at 6:18 am to No Colors
quote:
Maybe he's just....

Posted on 10/18/17 at 6:20 am to Pectus
Maybe rat poison, or some sort of natural death. Possums prefer to reach Valhalla honorably, by way of a nice set of BF Goodrich's, but they do sometimes die of other causes.
Posted on 10/18/17 at 7:08 am to Pectus
We had one that had distemper in our subdivision. Had to call Animal Control to keep the local wives from going crazy. I don't know if distemper can kill a possum or not.
Posted on 10/18/17 at 7:20 am to ChenierauTigre
quote:
Rabies
'Possums seem to be basically immune to rabies. It's EXTREMELY rare for them to get it.
They also suck the lyme disease out of ticks - curing the ticks and not getting it themselves. Thus, making ticks safer for you and me.
The incredible, edible, possum.
Posted on 10/18/17 at 7:27 am to Pectus
Nah.... not from a fall. Had one on my fence(7 foot)and I pushed it off with a stick into the yard next door. Just walked away.
Someone could have hit it and it had internal injury. Maybe it was poisoned.
If you want a live one..... I caught one last night. You could have it! Guess I'll take a drive and release it later.
Posted on 10/18/17 at 9:01 am to choupiquesushi
just playing possum? They usually aren't really dead until you put that bullet in the back of the head. My dog tossed one around like crazy, it was bleeding and missing half it's hide before I could get him to drop it. It just laid there, then he did that good death squirm when I put that .22 bullet in him.
Posted on 10/18/17 at 2:26 pm to 4X4DEMON
Must have read that Highway Commission passed the bill for the new road coming through.....figured he get ahead of the game.


Posted on 10/18/17 at 4:17 pm to Pectus
Edited OP with pics and new evidence.
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