I need a possum!

[phorsenuf]

My family has this weird thing we do regarding the possum on big thunder mountain. My Dh and I are trying to find a possum. Believe it or not, they are hard to come by
Where do you recommend looking for one????

 

[EsmeraldaX]

A live one?

 

[browneyes]

I saw 2 in the middle of the road this morning (they weren't exactly alive though).

 

[Pam]

I did a quick google search with "Opossum Suffed Animal" and a ton of sites popped up.

This one:
www.krittersinthemailbox.com/animals/opossum/plush.htm
had a very neat looking possum!

 

[DisMN]

Are those possums that hang from the trees in Splash Mountain? If so we have a "thing" for them too.
They are the CUTEST little buggers aren't they?

I used to sell these wonderful stuffed toys in my store. They were very life-like to the point where if you set one of the rabbits in the yard people would think they were real......I'll see if I can find out if the company is still in business.

Another company I sold toys from that MIGHT have a life-like possum is called Charleen Kinser Designs but they're tremendously expensive.

Or *gulp* as EsmereldaX wonders, are you looking for a live one?

 

[phorsenuf]

Originally posted by Pam
I did a quick google search with "Opossum Suffed Animal" and a ton of sites popped up.

This one:
www.krittersinthemailbox.com/animals/opossum/plush.htm
had a very neat looking possum!

He's cute.....
We want to find a Christmas ornament too.

 

[EsmeraldaX]

I'm assuming for a moment that you mean a toy one, like a plush toy? I'm also assuming you mean an oppossum, like the ones in the Southern USA, not an Autrailian possum?

http://www.opossumsocietyus.org/gifts.html

http://www.stuffedark.com/opossumfolk.htm

http://www.purcifuls-toys.com/oppossum.html

http://www.folkmanis.com/l-q.htm (folkmanis makes great puppets)

Fiesta plush makes one too. It's item # A50905

http://www.berlinbear.com/fiestaanimals3.html

http://www.toykeeper.com/pages/ip.opossum.html

http://www.krittersinthemailbox.com/animals/opossum/fita50905.htm


If you were looking for a live opossum, you would most likely have to contact the wildlife dept. of your town to see what sort of permits were required to keep one. I know NH has very lenient laws for having exotic pets, but you may need to apply for a permit and find a breeder in another state.

 

[Pam]

A possum for a pet??

They have a very nasty temperament - and are carriers of rabies.....

I think the OP just wants some toys and an ornament!

 

[KathyTX]

This little guy was hanging out in my aunt's back yard:

I can't even begin to describe how foul they smell. Very skunky.

 

[EsmeraldaX]

Originally posted by Pam
A possum for a pet??

They have a very nasty temperament - and are carriers of rabies.....

I think the OP just wants some toys and an ornament!

Actually, I've handled orphaned opossums (and ditched exotic pets that people gave up) before, and they are very sweet little animals.

They can carry rabies, like any warm blooded mammal can, but it's not a particularly common carrier of rabies in the USA.

Whether the OP meant a live animal or not, there are a lot f people out there who think it's cool to have a wild animal as a pet. It's not, no matter how sweet they are as orphaned babies.

Wild animals belong in the wild.

I think she's just looking for plush toys too, but I used to work in the pet industry and the illegal exotic pet trade in this country is actually kind of scary...

 

[patsvette]

in my backyard i have a family of them living under my garage and my dog chases them at night,shes already got 4 so far.

 

[Meriweather]

Originally posted by Pam
I did a quick google search with "Opossum Suffed Animal" and a ton of sites popped up.

This one:
www.krittersinthemailbox.com/animals/opossum/plush.htm
had a very neat looking possum!

PAM!! I knew you would be here Is that were you get your ingredients??

We have them around our house too.......they come up on the deck.

 

[FroggyinArk]

they make a real tasty stew too........................


hey what can i say i is from arkansaw ya know

















couldnt resist,

 

[disneyworld!]

we had a family of them living in our shed!

 

[Pam]

PAM!! I knew you would be here

I am a hick, huh?? (Dare I admit that somewhere there is a possum skin....???)

 

[Keli]

Ugh! I'm not terribly fond of possums. Two or three of them liked to come up on my porch this summer at night and raid the bag of cat food that I kept there. The hiss and make threatening noises if you startle them and they scared my dd to death one night. They finally moved on after I started storing the cat food somewhere else.