A possum crapped in my living room last night
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A possum crapped in my living room last night
To round out a lousy day, late last night i hear some clinking among the cat food bowls - odd. Go to check and see an enormous rat (possum) eating out of the bowls. Took me about about an hour, 1 broom, 1 mop, and a hand-vac (for sound effects) to get him out. Meanwhile, what I thought were a bunch of dirty dust bunnies in the corner dropped from the broom, to my horror turned out to be stinky blops of crap- i literally scared the shit out of him. It wasn't pretty.
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Re: A possum crapped in my living room last night
Sorry to hear about your visitor. That's what you get for living in the wilds of the valley.Second Chance wrote:To round out a lousy day, late last night i hear some clinking among the cat food bowls - odd. Go to check and see an enormous rat (possum) eating out of the bowls. Took me about about an hour, 1 broom, 1 mop, and a hand-vac (for sound effects) to get him out. Meanwhile, what I thought were a bunch of dirty dust bunnies in the corner dropped from the broom, to my horror turned out to be stinky blops of crap- i literally scared the shit out of him. It wasn't pretty.
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YOu need to move in next to Uday. Her snakes would keep the possums at bay.
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Re: A possum crapped in my living room last night
It didn't play possum??Second Chance wrote:To round out a lousy day, late last night i hear some clinking among the cat food bowls - odd. Go to check and see an enormous rat (possum) eating out of the bowls. Took me about about an hour, 1 broom, 1 mop, and a hand-vac (for sound effects) to get him out. Meanwhile, what I thought were a bunch of dirty dust bunnies in the corner dropped from the broom, to my horror turned out to be stinky blops of crap- i literally scared the shit out of him. It wasn't pretty.
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ok, the kids are already terrified of the spiders so knew they'd be useless with a hissing marsupial. Hubby is distinctly unpleasant without his full 8 hours. Just relieved the neighbors didn't hear the shrieks of "get ouuut" and call 911 (hmmm, maybe not...). It did play possum, several times, hence the hour it took. At one point it tried to blend in by hiding behind the fake black lab puppy- I knew we should have gotten a real one. The cats just layed around laughing at me. Went through a whole roll of Brawny and 1/2 a bottle of rug spray. Just bought a bag of latex gloves that morning. Serendipity!
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"He'll be baaaaack!"
Unless you find out where he/she got access and seal it, possums won't stay away from food.
Just to add that thought into your subconscious.
By the way, if I'd have found a 'possum in my house at oh-dark-thirty, I'd have been cleaning MY poop off the floor as well. Scary lookin' critters at first glance...
Unless you find out where he/she got access and seal it, possums won't stay away from food.
Just to add that thought into your subconscious.
By the way, if I'd have found a 'possum in my house at oh-dark-thirty, I'd have been cleaning MY poop off the floor as well. Scary lookin' critters at first glance...
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Re: A possum crapped in my living room last night
Dustbuster should glom onto this for a new ad campaign.Second Chance wrote:... Took me about about an hour, 1 broom, 1 mop, and a hand-vac (for sound effects) to get him out.
PS - Sorry to hear about the eventful night!
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Re: A possum crapped in my living room last night
They need a PoopBuster.cindy.wellman wrote:Dustbuster should glom onto this for a new ad campaign.Second Chance wrote:... Took me about about an hour, 1 broom, 1 mop, and a hand-vac (for sound effects) to get him out.
PS - Sorry to hear about the eventful night!
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I would have herded him right out the door for you, MsSecondChance! He would never have had a first OR second chance! I'm really fast! And really a good herder! And I would have barked and barked and barked and barked and he couldn't have played possum!
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Okay, I'm the weirdo. While I do not like possums inside my house (we had one do what Second Chance's did when we lived in Hunt. Beach-just wander in an eat the cat's food) I'm used to them outside and even, really, think the little ones are cute.
We had fried up something in the Daddy Fryer on the patio table and had left it out (not good idea) and when I went out at about 10 PM there was this little wee possum kid perched on top of the fryer. The light shone through his pink little ears and he WOULDN'T GET OFF. I wasn't about to touch him, so I finally made some huffing shooing noises and he jumped away. He was quite calm and bold.
Then we had a baby possum asleep in the shelves in the garage and then he climbed up a broom handle and scared the shit out of our youngest who was leaning against the garage door jamb.
They are kinda cute.
We had fried up something in the Daddy Fryer on the patio table and had left it out (not good idea) and when I went out at about 10 PM there was this little wee possum kid perched on top of the fryer. The light shone through his pink little ears and he WOULDN'T GET OFF. I wasn't about to touch him, so I finally made some huffing shooing noises and he jumped away. He was quite calm and bold.
Then we had a baby possum asleep in the shelves in the garage and then he climbed up a broom handle and scared the shit out of our youngest who was leaning against the garage door jamb.
They are kinda cute.
Well, then
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I knew it! You dogs are all alike!AnnieCamaro wrote:If I had been there, I would have helped.
I would have started by eating all the rest of the cat food, so your kitchen wasn't loaded with temptation.
And you get on my case for eating all that birdfeed....
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--squirrelmama (10/3/07)
Many of these (squirrel) migrations were probably caused by food shortages as well as habitat overcrowding. We solved that for them. We not only reduced their habitat, we reduced the whole species by about 90%. The least we can do now is share a little birdseed with them.
--Richard E. Mallery
2008 Squirrel of the Year Award winner