re: I found a litter of orphaned, baby opossums.

Yeah they'll use a litter box or pee pads like a cat.

How big are they under or over 6 inches and can they walk well/have good balance? That helps determine an approximate age. Looks like they may be self sufficiant a diet you can try is
1 part esbilac 1 part water and 1/2 part multi milk (animal milk replacement) and soak puppy food in it until it becomes soft.

See if they might eat some soft fruit

They serve a purpose in the food chain why should they be drowned....

12 gauge with birdshot

If I knew what shots they needed to keep me from getting opossumaids, I'd give you $100 for one. I passed on the chance at a baby raccoon a few years ago and always regretted it. Knew a kid back in the day with a pet opossum that would sit on his shoulder while he walked around the neighborhood. Found some babies on a dead mother once, but they were still tiny and hairless so we never would have been able to keep them alive.

I rescued one from a cat when I was a child. Kept him for a pet for about a month. He disappeared and I figured he was dead.

Fast forward and he shows up at the outdoor cat food months later, fully grown. I could tell it was him from the scars left by the cats.

I now have possums and raccoons visit my cat dishes nightly.

Anyone remember Fuzzbucket?

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I'd put them back where I found them. The mom doesn't stay on the nest all day.

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i thought they were marsupials, I would imagine if mom is not there she is smashed on the road. I recommend putting these out there with her

I lost some baby opossums just like that....hmmm.

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If you are trying to be humane, give them a quick death.

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This. I killed a litter of 8 with a shovel. They were orphaned because I killed the mother seconds before I killed them. Nasty animals.