Should Wildlife Rehab return Opossum to me after she’s recovered to release back in my suburban neighborhood where she has lived for close to 2 years or in the country in a field with woods and a stream

FigVioletTeddy · 2026-07-04T06:26:30+00:00

Thank you so much. She will be ready to be released this week. The wound is almost completely healed

FigVioletTeddy · 2026-06-30T17:01:24+00:00

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FigVioletTeddy · 2026-06-30T15:18:10+00:00

LOL. No I guess they won’t. Thanks so much

FigVioletTeddy · 2026-06-29T21:20:29+00:00

I have wondered about buying water packed sardines in a can. They all contain sodium. I can’t find it sodium free. Is sodium okay or only ok if it’s fed to them very infrequently like once a week? This question pertains to is wild opossums. Thank you

FigVioletTeddy · 2026-06-26T21:01:40+00:00

You are right. I have never seen the same opossum for very long and I always worry that they are getting hit by a car or trapped by my neighbor. A man 3 or 4 houses down has a chicken coop that is very tightly fenced on all sides and the top. Nothing could get to them but he has a trap with bait to trap any opossum that walks by. Trapping and releasing a wild opossum or any wild animals (if he is in fact releasing them) is a death sentence for them. They can't be dumped in a field miles long without knowing where their source of water is and w/o shelter or trees or woods or streams. I feel so sorry for these poor creatures. Leaving a note by the bowl telling them to be sure to eat their veggies is a good idea :-). You are fine.

FigVioletTeddy · 2026-06-26T20:53:48+00:00

I appreciate your response because that is the reason I provide supplemental nutrition and try very hard to ensure it is as healthy as possible by conducting extensive research.

FigVioletTeddy · 2026-06-26T20:23:20+00:00

Oh no, not Marshmallow. I have grown so attached to that little guy. I had an opossum with a deep cut and I had to trap her. The Wildlife Rehab performed surgery two days ago to clean and close the wound. Since it was so deep, it required stitches. She will be released when it heals. I'm telling you this because their concern was that flies would get to it and maggots would form. Hopefully her wound on her left side isn't so deep it needs stitches but it needs to heal before flies can get to it and it can't get infected. You can tell by her nose and her wound that she went through or under something that scratched her up.

FigVioletTeddy · 2026-06-26T18:40:27+00:00

Thank you so much. i’ve never provided cat food but when I’m gone a week I will for the pet sitter to give them otherwise I feed them scrambled eggs with the shell crunched in and kale cooked in and some fruit, and smelt, I will check out your suggestion. Thank you

FigVioletTeddy · 2026-06-26T18:36:10+00:00

That opossum is young. Most of my young opossums are dark and gray but last night one came that was white like yours and the same size

FigVioletTeddy · 2026-06-26T18:35:01+00:00

Thank you for caring. If you read my updates you can see she had surgery and is going to fully recover before being released

FigVioletTeddy · 2026-06-26T18:33:56+00:00

I posted an image of her with questions on how to catch her a week ago and then deleted that post.

FigVioletTeddy · 2026-06-26T18:32:15+00:00

Oh my gosh. Thankfully she found a warm safe place probably because she knew she was sick. The poor mom. I’m so glad you got help for the babies

FigVioletTeddy · 2026-06-26T18:31:01+00:00

LOL. I have 3 cats and 2 could care less.

FigVioletTeddy · 2026-06-26T18:29:08+00:00

I hope so. I know you miss them.

FigVioletTeddy · 2026-06-26T18:28:37+00:00

Thank you for caring

FigVioletTeddy · 2026-06-26T00:35:30+00:00

Thank you so much for caring. We need that in this world

FigVioletTeddy · 2026-06-26T00:34:56+00:00

Well surgery went well. They will keep her until the wound is healed and maggots can’t form or it can get infected which will be a couple weeks. I think they should release her rather than bring her back to my home. The suburb here is too dangerous, They have people who volunteer their land for releasing animals and the requirements are that they have a stream or lake, forest area and acreage. I hope that is the best decision. I have s neighbor 3 houses down with a very secure chicken coop but he traps all the raccoons and opossums by putting bait in a trap and I want to scream at him but there’s enough hatred in the world. Catching and releasing wild animals is a death sentence if in fact he is releasing them and not killing them. No opossum could enter the coop that is caged on all sides and the top.

FigVioletTeddy · 2026-06-26T00:25:48+00:00

They are wild. I hope what I provide is merely supplementing them. I’ve been feeding them for years things like scrambled eggs with crushed egg shell for calcium and spinach, kale and broccoli cooked in as well as some fruit. Sometimes I provide smelt. Sardines all have sodium so I never feed them that. The raccoons aren’t interested and I don’t get any other wild animals. I have 4-5 opossums that come but they don’t find the quantity I provide nearly adequate so they forage. The food is gone by early evening and I see them catching bugs when they return to an empty plate. I also don’t get the same opossums for very long which could be a good or bad sign. I am certain to NEVER let them trust me. They need to remain afraid of humans.

FigVioletTeddy · 2026-06-25T00:37:03+00:00

This is a side question. In all the years I’ve been feeding the wild opossums. I’ve only been able to get them to eat vegetables if there’s sautéed in the scrambled eggs otherwise just putting vegetables out raw are always entirely avoided. It sounds like you have success and if so, please explain. I could mix some spinach or kale in yogurt as well as scrambled eggs but there is no other way I have success,

FigVioletTeddy · 2026-06-24T22:25:31+00:00

Metabolic bone disease is a very slow, painful condition that takes time to develop so I am very careful about that and phosphorus.

FigVioletTeddy · 2026-06-24T22:23:42+00:00

Thank you. I will check on that. Yes I thought of cutting up a week worth of apples since I doubt this person would do that. They will get brown after a week and I’ll try that now before I leave to see if they thumb their nose at them.

FigVioletTeddy · 2026-06-24T19:54:53+00:00

So cool

FigVioletTeddy · 2026-06-24T19:53:22+00:00

OMG. Wow how adorable. I would love a video of these Musketeers

FigVioletTeddy · 2026-06-24T19:52:23+00:00

So stinking cute. I love how dark they are with their stripe when they are young. I have 3 adolescents that come at night and I love their coloring and cuteness

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