Twice today I've gone in my garage and found a baby in the floor. Cold and covered in cobwebs and leaves. Both times I cleaned him off and gave him back to mama. Neither of them seemed injured or anything... just... not where they belonged. I'm pretty sure they'll be fine. They seem like durable litter buggers. 🙂
Anyway, it seems that the babies that are with Little Mama are at a stage I wasn't prepared for: The "wandering off, yet being small enough to get out of the cage" stage. 😳 NOT GOOD. They are just fitting right between the bars!
My garage is kind of a mess (for now, not ever!). If a baby ended up truly lost in there I'd never find it. To make matter worse I actually have no idea how many she has. I know I got a photo of her with what appeared to be 6, but there could have been more in her pouch. I gave her 3 more so that's AT LEAST 9. I haven't tried rummaging through her pouch to get a good count so I'm going to have to assume that they are all still there - seeing as how I don't have a firm number, anyway. I kind of have a sneaking suspicion that it was the same little dude that got out both times.
Neither of them were (or he wasn't... whichever it might have been) far from the cage, thank goodness. But I know that they CAN haul ass so that's the reason for the moat. Now if a baby falls out he'll be in a confined space and easy to find - not lost in the vast junkiness of my garage.
Do y'all have any idea how hard it is to find things that an opossum can't climb? They are excellent climbers. The moat is made out of an old aquarium, a piece of wall paneling, a long cardboard box, and a piece of acrylic. That's the best I could do with the junk I had on hand. Thankfully, I am pretty sure it will be effective. 🙂 And maybe I won't need it for long. They sure are growing fast!
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