11.17.2007

Catch a Possum by the Tail

Another event you loyal readers find out about months after it occurred is The Great Possum Rescue. A mother opossum was hit by a car near my parents' house; hours later when my mom came upon it, she found that two of its newborn babies were still alive inside its pouch. She mothered them for a day and a half before taking them to a woman in Ithaca who cares for orphaned animals.

She woke up every hour and a half during the night to feed them, and we teased her about the lengths to which she goes to avoid the empty nest syndrome now that Debbie's in college.

They are sweet, little creatures, though.





1 comment :

heidiann(e) said...

your mom is one of my heroes for yet another reason now!