#trashcat

May 29 2025 Trash cat

Enough spells to take care of trashcat of course

So this happened yesterday. Headed to lunch w/ Mom & Dylan when I saw what I thought was a field rat dodging cars off Hobson in Sapulpa & I swerved to miss it when I realized it was a tiny #possum who was noticably burning its lil tootsies in its terrified scurry. I pulled over not thinking I'd be able to really capture or assist it as Mom & Dylan simultaneously said "you'll never be able to help it, it's a possum." Well to EVERYONE'S surprise when I got out instead of "playing possum" it popped it's lil ears up, we made strong eye contact I put my hands down, it hopped in my hands, we BOTH squeaked, I got a tiny nibble (it's barely has teefs), flinched & it hopped right up under the driver's seat. 😍 They asked "what are you gonna do"? "Close the door, go get a box & go to lunch." There was some slight excitement & commotion as anyone who knows me around any bebe especially animals I become very animated & also I didn't know beforehand my quasi son Dylan has a genuine fear of possums & it remained under the driver's seat "staring at him with it's beady lil 👀's" as he said & it had hissed - until we got to Dollar Tree do get a box and some towels. We offered appropriate food and water, put it in a safe dark, warm space & a few hours later lil baby was stuffed & rejuvenated. 🙌🏼 @thevanillagorila offered to tend the box over night seeing as their both nocturnal 🤣 LOL I woke up to a barrage of the cutest Snapchat videos of them hanging out most of the night (🤣"tending to the box to ensure its safety" is what he he said) on his chest while he was gaming and "Mom, what the hell did you do I'm now in love with a possum." "Ironically" 🔮 I have been melting over TikTok videos of possums recently & talking with Stephen who even just mentioned his desire to have a sugar glider, another family of marsupial. Then this teenie baby jumps right into our lives, literally. #junkrat #trashcat #possumbaby #opossumbaby #rescue #marsupial #adorable #possumrescue #opossumrescue #animalrescue #opposum #babyanimals #opossumsofinstagram #possumsofinstagram #opossumlove #possumlove #oklahomaopossum #marsupialsofinstagram #opossumlover #possumkingdom (at Tulsa, Oklahoma) https://www.instagram.com/p/ChpahiLMRCT/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Happy National Friendship Day! Celebrate like these baby opossums are — by reaching out and grabbing a meal with a friend. Two heads are better than one!

Allyson, our LVT, and rehab staff Kristin worked together to help this unruly juvenile Virginia Opossum with an injured tail. And boy, was he a handful! Opossums are cute and look cuddly but they are still wild animals (and still behave that way!) and we are careful to respect that. The big gloves aren't for show — with the highest number of teeth of any North American mammal, a bite from an irate opossum is no joke! You can donate to help our work at swvawildlifecenter.org/make-a-donation/

Intern Stephanie drew some adorable art on the lid of meals for our educational opossums — aren’t they cute?

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