Thread: I need some advice about an injured Possum

Hi folks and thanks for the support.

I must admit, my wife and I are missing the possum, but it is better off.

This was a picture I took just a day or two before we found it.

Something had attacked it again and some of the new fur had been scratched again but it seemed OK and was happy to be hand feed.

When we found it on the veranda a day or so after this picture was taken, it had heaps of skin missing from it's nose and ears.

Just an update on our visiting possums.

Sorry to hear it. I assume cats attacked it?

Hi folks, I need some help.

The small possum in the above post is now on it's own.

We have not seen the mother for some time and now, as you can see, the young one is being attacked by something.

My question is, what should I do or do we just let nature take it's course?

This is the third night in a row that the young one has turned up with injuries and this time they look pretty bad.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

i would be trying to work out whats attacking it as a first step

neighbour have a cat or dog ?

May be attacking the possums when they are vulnerable?

Hi,
I have seen similar injuries on cats that have been bowled over by a car - lots of skin missing in places, and fur pulled out.
Do you think the injuries would fit a vehicular encounter?

cheers

I don't think it's car inflicted injuries because there have been more scars each night for the last three nights.

I suspected it may be another possum, as the young one from the original photos, with the badly injured possum, has been coming regularly, for a feed but nearly always at a different time to the small one.

But just a few minutes ago, the the older one showed up while the small one was still here.

They were a good distance from each other so I fed the older one.

To my pleasant surprise, the small one walked over to the other one and they sat there, both chewing on the same piece of corn cob.

Both would normally come over to the screen door and make a noise to get our attention, but they are both staying up on the roof.

Something has got them spooked?