I CAN'T BELIEVE SHE DID IT AGAIN

Possums can be mean, nasty little critters, for sure.  I'm with you, I couldn't have left it in the room 3-4 days, even if they are nasty animals...that's just cruel. 

Sounds like you have a promising career ahead of you:  Pest Removal.

My Buddy, as I've posted many times, also has an outstanding reputation for pest removal. 

Once, when the dogs were sleeping outside a nice Spring evening, I walked outside to find Buddy laying on his bed as usual.  But, not so usual...right next to his head layed a possom...ON BUDDY'S BED, RIGHT NEXT TO HIS HEAD.  OMG!  Buddy was sleeping soundly, apparently he brought it in with him...maybe he was lonely.  LOL

Well, Buddy has killed many a critter in his 9 years...so we start to dispose of this one just like all the others.  But this one seemed softer than most of his kill...you know what I mean...not stiff.  Anyway, DH is walking with this possom on the shovel, then tosses it over the fence (catapult possom) and I'll be darn if that thing didn't get up and run away!  The darn thing was ALIVE laying on Buddy's bed with him the whole time.  We couldn't believe it.  Best "playing possom" story I have. 

Oh man, can't imagine one in the house!  Can't wait to see pics.  I'm always amazed at their "playing possum."  I swore the last one I saw, he was HUGE, was dead.  Cars were driving around it by the score.  I came back an hour later and saw it get up and walk away.  That's nerve.

Have to relate my story, of course.  We had one in the garage that was driving the dogs bananas.  Found out it was a female who had her babies in a large bucket in our garage.  My DH covered the container as best he could and drove them to a nice safe country spot.  The good part is on the way there he kept having visions of the possum getting loose, and the potential problems this could cause!

What is your crazy dog thinking?

Dos she wanna eat it?

Does she want a friend?

I'm sorry but that is one of the funniest things I've heard in awhile. Maybe I'm lucky to know my dogs would kill it before they'd bring it in the house....as awful as that sounds, LOL.

Oh man, sorry to hear about your busy night, whatcha gonna do with that crazy dog?

I think we should take up a collection and get you a catch pole. 

One of my dogs tried to sneak one in the back door one night.  I thought she had an avocado and told her to drop it.  Surprise.

I wouldn't leave one locked in my house for any length of time.  Diseases, not to mention the damage they could do.  And possum poop?  No thanks.

I have another possum story.  My cairn will attack them when they are in our yard.  He has killed some and bitten others before they escaped.  I always try to stop him ASAP. One evening he attacked one and bit it so much I was sure it was dead.  We went inside. It lay in the yard for about 45 minutes.  (I was going to have DH dispose of it when he got home.)  I went back out with my dog and the possum was standing up and walking!  My dog immediately ran over to it, but suddenly the possum lowered his head as if in submission and made no eye contact, no teeth showing, no growling, and slowly started backing away.  My cairn looked at it, and then just walked away and started peeing on a bush.  I quickly scooped him up to take inside so the possum could leave peacefully.  Possums do have their place in the food chain.  This one seemed to know that he had to take different actions to survive being in our yard.  I'm glad it seemed OK for what it had gone through earlier.

MY OLD GOLDEN BUCK, BROUGHT SEVERAL IN.  THE FIRST IME HE DID IT I WA IN RECLINER WATCHING TV AND HE CAME IN AND LAI DOWN BESIDE THE CHAIR--I LEAVE MY BACK DOOR OPEN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE IN GOO WEATHER.  ANYWAY, I GOT UP T GO MAKE MYSELF A CUP OF TEA AND ALMOST STEPPED ON A "DEAD" POSSUM BEISDE THE CHAIR BETWEEN BUCK'S LEGS.  I PICKED IT UP BY TAIL AND TOOK IT AND PUT IT ON THE PATIO AND SHUT THE DOOR, WENT TO GET A SHOVEL TO BURY IT, GOT BACK AND IT WAS GONE.

 OVER  THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS HE BROUGHT IN 3-4 MORE BUT I ALWAYS WENT AND GOT THE SHOVEL AND SCOOPED THEM UP AND PUT THEM ON PATIO--AND IN SHORT ORDER THEY TOOK OFF.

I GUESS WHEN SHE GOES AFTER THEM IN THE YARD THEY PLAY DEAD AND SHE BRINGS THEM IN.  WHEN SHE LEAVS THEM THEY "COME ALIVE' AND SHE CHASES THEM INTO THE BATHROOM

OMG the thought of SEEING a possum is hilarious to ME!!

if we have any in Canada here i've sure never seen one! only the animated kind from "over the hedge" lol

we've got other critters tho... groundhogs, gigantic squirrels the size of cats, raccoons, porcupines, skunks (that's a fun one to deal with), snakes... and those are the smaller ones!

the jack russell i grew up with had 2 groundhog kills. one was from under my neighbour's add-on to his house, but i'm pretty sure he was already hurt (i was at school, and was upset to hear). they called us to let Digger "finish him off" :S !!!! another one was when we were walking along, and all of a sudden a little baby one stood up on his back legs and looked at us as if to say "hello friend! my name is..." *CHOMP-WHIP-dead* that's all it took. he saw it and didn't hesitate, while i was busy thinking "awww! look!" ... i pulled him off of it and with one hand holding the dog, tried to help the poor thing up to run away, but he squealed for about 5 seconds then stopped... lets just say the walk back to the house, i was shaken- but Digger had his head held sooo high! it was his shining moment lol. i imagine if he, or Zoey would ever come into contact with a possum, much the same would happen.

we're lucky(?) enough to live in a rural environment, where critters are pretty minimum. Altho my bf said he came across a deer with Zoey walking  in the park the other day. she let out a low little woof and stood her ground between my bf and the deer until it quickly bounced off... i would have loved to be there lol. what a brave little sissy hahaha

i can't believe your dogs bring them in the house tho! makes me think of when cats bring in dead birds/mice! :S ew!

and the sleeping on the pillow??!!! what the?! must have been tiring grabbin it and haulin it all the way in the house(???) 

Wow I can't believe they end up in your house!  Though I guess it makes sense...Cairo has carried in plenty of dead things, though he usually brings small ones that he can hide in his mouth (I've become an expert at recognizing that sneaky stance he has in such situations and the sidelong looks to make sure I suspect nothing).

 Possums are also really not the brightest animals out there...I've got a possum skull and believe me, the brain cavity is smaller than you could think possible for a critter of such a size.  I've heard however that they are generally not aggressive if they can help it (though I'd think that rule is waived when they're cornered), despite how intimidating they look and sound.  They really are very interesting creatures.  I've had the opportunity to observe them quite closely before, and I can definitely say they're unlike any creature I've ever seen before.  But even still.  I'm not sure I'd want one in my house.  

Like others, I have to relate a couple of possum stories. I had a little terrier mix named Frankie, fearless like most terriers, he had cornered a big possum and was attacking it. My son heard the ruckous and got Frankie away,before he did some serious damage to the possum. I'm told it  was bleeding (I didn't dare look) but liitle Frankie was unscathed! Whew, I knew the possums have sharp teeth and was worried.

Another incident, I was staying at a house that had sat empty for a few months and apparently the possums had gotten too comfortable in the yard. My lab started barking  and wanting to go out at 4 am! I was hesitant, but felt I had to go see what he was so upset about. There in the front yard were 2 opposums, probably mates, hanging upside down on tree branches. I got to see them pretty close and hoped they wouldn't fall and get torn apart by my dog. Weeks later I was sad that our lab killed one of them when it stupidly wondered into his kennel during the night, most likely for the uneaten dog food.

Ugggggh... I HATE possums.

Cherokee's a little possum hunter herself. We have a 6' fence around the entire back yard, and apparently they like walking along the top of it..so my dog LEAPS up and grabs them. She never used to kill them (we've been in this house 4 years..I can't possibly count the number of possums she's caught.. she's killed probably 10 though . I close the back door at night during possum-season now, so she hopefully can't kill anymore), just leave them laying there (looking dead, of course), and then they'd get up and leave after I called her off. I guess she's onto their tricks now though, because she always kills them. But I gotta tell you, I would murder my dog if she brought a possum into my house, LOL! It's bad enough she leaves them around the yard and I have to either wait for them to leave (if they're lucky) or scoop them up into a trash bag (only after I'm positive they're dead!!), but in my HOUSE?? Aggghhh..

One time 10ish years ago when I lived with my aunt, a baby possum (size of a big rat) crawled in an open window and into her bathroom. She woke up the whole house with her shrieks, LOL. My cousin went and shooed it out. It was kind of cute, but full-grown ones? Bleh.