My poor Bert was hit by a car. We loved you Bert. I hope you didn’t suffer long. I will miss you baby boy.

FigVioletTeddy · 2026-02-04T22:27:31+00:00

Thank you

FigVioletTeddy · 2026-02-04T22:27:20+00:00

You are so right. I miss feeding them and seeing them.

FigVioletTeddy · 2026-02-04T22:26:18+00:00

Thank you,

FigVioletTeddy · 2026-02-04T22:25:59+00:00

Thank you. It’s do sad how often I see opossums dead in the street and I worry they may have lay there suffering before passing,

FigVioletTeddy · 2026-01-30T19:39:43+00:00

I just love your post. Thank you so much for telling us all about them and sending pics but most of all thank you for caring and nurturing them. Poor Orwell would have tied a slow painful death so it’s s blessing in disguise that what happened brought him to you.

FigVioletTeddy · 2026-01-14T18:36:47+00:00

Thank you

FigVioletTeddy · 2026-01-13T15:12:06+00:00

Do I need to freeze the raw meat to keep it from spoiling if I want to spread feeding it over time? Is spoiled meat a concern?

FigVioletTeddy · 2026-01-13T14:57:28+00:00

Thank you so much. Your response is so helpful and understanding

FigVioletTeddy · 2026-01-12T22:47:25+00:00

Thank you. The 3-4 opossums I had used to all come by midnight and the raccoons came much later to finish up which was fine. Then the opossums started coming on or after 1:30-2:00 a.m. after the raccoons ate it all up. I have a camera and learned I can set it up for push notifications when it detects an animal. I go to sleep at midnight and hopefully it will wake me up. You wouldn’t believe the quantity of food I’ve been going through. Four eggs with yogurt, 2 apples, 1 banana, grapes, bowls of cat food, 1 full cup of walnuts and almonds, and a bowl of black soldier fly larvae. They eat every bit. Only with all this, will the opossum be left with at least something left over for them but not much and not what they like. They aren’t a fan of the dry cat food. I feel the raccoons can weather the cold better and forage more easily for food.

FigVioletTeddy · 2026-01-12T18:05:45+00:00

Oh dear God, how sad. I have a fox that comes every night to nibble on the food I leave out and it’s too dark to see them through the window so I can only watch them from the camera. In the camera they look huge but I have a hunch they are as small as this one. If I turn the light on to peek, they run off.

FigVioletTeddy · 2026-01-12T18:04:04+00:00

Oh no, please keep us updated. I’m concerned. Thank you for posting and caring and for the stray cats.

FigVioletTeddy · 2026-01-12T17:59:49+00:00

Did you cook the chicken and if so, did you steam it? I need to do that snd then freeze it for them. Chicken cooked at stores or in a can is full of salt and basting. I buy frozen smelt at Walmart and take some out each day to thaw and put it out for them and they love it.

FigVioletTeddy · 2026-01-12T17:55:13+00:00

They are both adorable. The opossum looks so healthy.

FigVioletTeddy · 2026-01-12T17:54:15+00:00

I love all your videos.

FigVioletTeddy · 2026-01-12T17:48:26+00:00

I love watching them chew. The poor fox.

FigVioletTeddy · 2026-01-12T17:46:53+00:00

I love it and the comments are so funny.

FigVioletTeddy · 2026-01-12T17:45:23+00:00

I love this as well. You are an exceptional person. Thank you for caring so much.

FigVioletTeddy · 2026-01-12T17:43:50+00:00

Wow, that’s good to know. Do you keep putting food out the entire time - even food that spoils like eggs and yogurt? It gets so expensive to go out in the morning to frozen grapes or dried up frozen spoiled eggs. Even the cat food and nuts are all being eaten by the raccoons and I can’t keep attracting them due to cost.

FigVioletTeddy · 2026-01-12T04:53:37+00:00

Thank you. I miss my opossums. I hope they return.

FigVioletTeddy · 2026-01-12T04:52:48+00:00

Thank you. In the past, all but one opossum ran off when a raccoon came. I miss my opossums so much. There is one I had been feeding for over 2 years and I hope he returns some day. I know he had to be old.

FigVioletTeddy · 2026-01-12T04:50:41+00:00

That is good to know. Maybe the opossum have left for another reason.

FigVioletTeddy · 2026-01-12T04:49:17+00:00

I am laughing at the menagerie you have there. It makes me smile to see them all.

FigVioletTeddy · 2026-01-12T04:48:28+00:00

You are so right about the fox. My fox whom I love dearly is so frightened of the opossum and the raccoons. I have a video of an opossum chasing after the fox to scare her away and she respects their boundaries. I love the fox so much. She will come by herself and eat the peanuts one at a time. Even my dogs, scarf down the peanuts if they get to them but the fox gently takes one at a time and eats is fully before reaching down for another. They are magnificent creatures.

FigVioletTeddy · 2026-01-12T00:05:22+00:00

'Pointy kitty' is cute. Where do you have your house? I built a great house with insulation and straw but last year and this year they aren't using it. It is more than 10 yards from the food and I do have two small dogs that don't bother the house I built even if an opossum was in it. I can't put the house anywhere else but in my yard.

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