Orphan Opossum Care 

I just ended up with a baby opossum. My dog tried to kill it, and then my ever so loving family threw it in the garbage and said it would die one way or another. So I dug it out, and I've been smuggling it with me to work and hiding it in my car when I'm home. Even though its tried to bite me a few times, it's still a THOUSAND times nicer than any other animal I've dealt with, including feral 3 week old kittens, baby chicks, I've even had meaner rabbits. The only thing this critter has tried to do is defend itself from the strange giant that brings food and water. I hope more people make videos like this, it's really hard to find care videos for opossums.

Opossums get a bad rap. They don’t get rabies, they are not mean, only when confronted. And they are so soft to touch. I personally love then, same as I do all animals!

If everyone shared your kind heart, the world would be a much better place. Thank you for taking care of this sweet little baby.

I'm feeding a stray cat outside of my house and just discovered last night I am inadvertently feeding a possum too!

I’m currently raising 3 of them that I found. And I’m 19 weeks pregnant. So I’ve got my hands full. Lol. Wish me luck. I love my little guys

Bless you dear sweet lady, awesome job and such patience. You have a kind heart and a true nature's gift. 🐾🐾🍁🍂🦋🦉🌻🎯

That's wonderful. Saving a little baby. You are really a great person. We found an adult opossum who had lost his eyesight and was starving. We treated his eyes and cleaned him up. He ate a ton. We let him in the bed and he slept with us for two years. He became a gentle sweetheart. It was illegal for us to keep him in California and no Vets would take him as a patient.

You are a beautiful human being! Thank you for saving this little baby. I hope their doing well. Not sure how long they live but hopefully it's nice and healthy🙂👍

such a sweet and comforting video... i feel like i’ve been wrapped in a warm blanket

I hate how much people think possums are bad. They’re such amazing and helpful creators.... well unless you have chickens.

How sweet! Brings back memories. Many years ago my son and his friend came across a possum accident. The kits survived and the boys each brought one home to care for. We named him Knuckles. The little sweetie drank from an eye dropper for about a week, then graduated to canned cat food. He slept in a towel tucked in our armpits. The two kids and I had Real nurturing to do until he was a sturdy tot. He became a beautiful adult with a loving personality. He was our Putin’s Possum.

At the end, the possum is thinking, "You're bald mommy, but I love you anyway."

Such an absolute cutie, and your knowledge is invaluable!

Best wishes for you & your sweet critter😃🐽

Aww she's the cutest thing I've ever seen!

cute animal....hope you can have a lot of happy days together....the animals are great

This most random video showed up in my suggestions. A lady making a opposum pee! WTH?!? ......and I love it! What a great video, I learned so much about these animals! Bravo!!!

YOUR AWSOME!!!Thank you for what you do😏

She is gorgeous and smart. Was she able to be released into the wild or did you keep her? I hope she had a long life. Thank you for loving and caring for her.

Little one is precious.

Precious♥️ We Done The Same Raising Kittens, Helping Them Urinate...And Bottle Fed Them, This Baby Is Precious...Thank You For Sharing, And Caring💕

Been there done that ..carried mine in my shirt pocket and fed him during my college classes.

She is in such good hands 😍 All the Best for both of you

I've handled opossums for 30 years. I use a Q-tip with warm water to stimulate urination, etc. Much more gentle than a paper towel. But Everyone uses their own methods. Thank you for caring and taking care of little piggy.

I'm trying to comfort but she is hissing 😅 I love her naming her misty

Thank you for caring and God bless you!

Thanks for being kind and saving that lovely girl :3

I had a tiny baby a few years ago they are very unique animals I had her for 2 years or so for a while I had a baby squirrel also . They were both very tiny at first I kinda had to figure it out . Glad you put some hints like the stimulating them to go to the bathroom like momma cats and puppy's ect. Some people just think mom is cleaning them

Trop mignon il a était adopter tout petit et il vit en intérieur il est en sécurité😍😍😍😍

She's a sweet girl. I wish grammar schools could teach kids about wild animals, so there's less fear and hopefully more compassion for other living things who R different.

Thank you so much for this helpful video. It is one of my dreams to raise a possum. ❤

She is a cutie! But almost blind from trying to read tiny letters, lol

❤️ it warms my heart so much it made me chuckle a little bit. I love this little guy

I love to see baby opossum yawning!

Thank you for sharing your experience and information about opossums, I love them also so sweet.

She's such a cute little critter, thank you so much for saving her.

Yeah she's really sweet little little thing well good luck with you and her she's really adorable

She is beautiful. Very heart warming!

I love opossums Bloodviking

God bless you taking care of these beautiful creatures, particularly the orphans.

Beautiful possum and beautiful video!

Thank you for saving her 💓

Fantastic Informative and great video Thank You so Much for Posting 💯⭐️

I'm glad I adopted my opossum just at the age where it was starting solid food.

She's soooooooo cute!!!

She's so cute!

This video produced some of the craziest-ever, nonsensical "baby talk" from me. Such as, "LookItDaWuhhhhh!!!" You are such a good person to do this!

We don't have them in the UK, which is a good, thing, because of the close proximity to roads, anywhere you live. I was sad to read that they only live 2-2.5 years. it would break my heart to raise such an adorable creature only to have it die so early.

So Stinkin CUTE!! ❤❤❤

Oh my goodness he is so cute love him very tiny.

Awesome little opossum

I just found one about this size today. Thanks for the info

No disc golfers here? I clicked on the link because of the driver you used. Great video! Thanks!!

You are a true hero

This is the CUTEST thing ever!

Oh my goodness, i wish i had a possum buddy

It's so cute :) I have an opossum that keeps coming by my house every night poor thing is in bad shape

That's so sweet! Thank you so much for taking care of this adorable opossum. How is she doing nowadays?

5:25 She is actually trying to climb on your back like she would do with her mother, i know this comment is not really relevant anymore but did you ever try to let her freely climb your arm and see were she goes, what she would have consider being your 'back'?

Thank you for having this video. My nieghbor found a baby possum on thier front steps very weak and asked if I would take it. I rescue anything so I said I'd give it a shot. I'm learning alot very quickly thanks to folks like you. It's doing better already, puppy formula 3x and its perking up. Thanks again!

Great video thank you

"Listen Hot Rod" 😆❤

At least the lady washes her own hands 🙌.

Wow. Amazing.

My husband and I THOROUGHLY enjoyed this video...not sure why it popped up in my suggestions but it's great. We adore wildlife! I have a couple videos posted to my oen channel of my raccoons....... What state are you in June?

Omg how cute 😍

Truly precious. I at this moment have a mama with 9 babies at that age. They are just starting to venture out and lick some watermelon and yogurt . What's the best gruel to mix up ?

What a little sweetheart

She’s a little honey 🍯

I just found an opposum five days ago it was in a rat trap. I thought it was dead but when I removed the trap it started to move. I’ve been caring for it since. It is able to walk but I’m afraid that a 😊

Sweet!

What is she eating on plate? Thank you. My daughter just rescued one from a cat. So your video gives her and I hope we can save him or her

That's cute.

Que hermoso 💗😍

PSA: its easier to "relieve" them with a damp napkin/towel vs a dry one. This is a happy camper...

Adorable

I want one to raise!

Hi there, love the video. Mom and rescued an injured opossum last night. Maybe a broken front left arm or worse? We are trying to get professional help for him quickly but no one has responded to our emails or phone calls. We haven’t got a clue how to help him now, that he is safely indoors, in my enclosed shower. We would really, really appreciate any advice you can offer to us. We really want to help him if possible. Thank you very, very much. Gianni & Mamma from Maryland 🙂👋🏼

Since I found out I have opossums and skunks living under my decks I have been watching a bunch of videos on them! Learning what I can. I'm afraid I will be seeing babies run around my yard this spring! As much as I would love seeing that, I dread seeing it in the city! I feed the guys now with winter coming up, but should I? I know that will keep them around, but I can't help my self! I know how hard the winter is on any animal in the city. I use to feed stray cats, but there doesn't seem to be very many anymore. Beside I have neighbors that help out with the cats now. I use to rescue the cats, and find homes for the babies. But what do I do if the Opossums have babies? They are wild and the laws are not the same as cats.

So cute

So, they are not white when they are little? I thought they were. I had an odd run in with what I thought was baby opossum but now seeing a baby here I don't think that's what had crept into my tub! It was a small fluffy white opossum and we were equally frightened of one another. xD

I currently just acquired a baby possum and need to know what the ratio is on the puppy replacement milk and water?

The algorithm just misspelled my description of the name. It was Purina Possum. Good grief, they don’t know when to leave things alone.🧐

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cute babypossum :V

Wasn’t she rocking against your arm looking for her pouch? I mean, that’s what marsupials do

It keeps wanting to climb on you because that's what they do with momma is ride her back all the time so she is just trying to do what comes natural, but you keep stopping the poor baby. Maybe if you would have let her on your shoulder or neck he/she would have been so happy. They are so sweet and have a bad rap like rats do. I'm a rat owner and they are great pets but I would love a possum.

Just so all of you "aw cute, I'm going to go keep the one in my garage and make it my kitty's new brother" viewers are aware.....leptospirosis, tuberculosis, relapsing fever, tularemia, spotted fever, toxoplasmosis, coccidiosis, trichomoniasis, and Chagas disease. They may also be infested with fleas, ticks, mites, and lice. Opossums are hosts for cat and dog fleas. So be sure to quarantine and test before introducing it to any domestic mamals, including yourself. 🙄 But, with that out of the way, they are freaking adorable and they are super soft. And just like wild rats carry disease, and feral cats, it is just important to take standard precaution. I would for sure adopt one though if I knew my kitty would be safe from getting sick. Too cute

Just found two what do you feed them?!

Can you show us one that’s the size to let go? I found one but not sure if I should take it to TWRC or not. It comes out at 6:30am and eats the other possums throw up from eating almonds peanuts and apples. 😢

How do you know when they are ready for other foods like worms?

Are the baby males as active? I had domestic pet rats, and the females were always busy busy busy! At what age do they start slubbing?

I just found one and it’s mom was dead I really don’t know how to care for it

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I’ve got my first rescue and I just got him home it might even be a she very very small possibly a broken front leg and I don’t know the first thing about taking care of a possum any suggestions

What type of milk did you give him or her to drink

Do you have to tube feed?

I don’t know why some commented that possums don’t get rabies. I live in NW Florida and we have at least 2 reports a year on possums that had rabies along with several rabid raccoons. We find young possums once in awhile. They really are so cute.

I'm raising my second baby possum right now. The first one was a female who we had to put her mother down in our yard. We raised her until she was big enough to fend for herself. I taught her to forward as well as I could seeing as how I'm kind of a forager myself. This one we have now is also a female. What I worry about is if the time comes for her to go and she refuses. She was welcomed into my home she will not be kicked out against her will. Incomes the legalities. I live in Texas. I looked at the laws the best I can but I'm not very good at this sort of thing. I come from the world with very little technology. Can anybody give me any pointers?

How much did you feed her at first ??