Opossums carry a protozoa that is not good for horses. Used to sell a lot of hay to horse people, always removed their feces from the hay before feeding to horses.
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Opossums carry a protozoa that is not good for horses. Used to sell a lot of hay to horse people, always removed their feces from the hay before feeding to horses.
I have had two patrol K-9s, both had many encounters with opossums. Mostly they killed em and walked away without injury. They will bite quite viciously if playing dead does not work. They can get rabies as they are a mammal, it is rare however as they have a lower body temp than other mammals. they carry other nasties, such as the following. So keep your pets vaccinated
Opossums carry diseases such as leptospirosis, tuberculosis, relapsing fever, tularemia, spotted fever, toxoplasmosis, coccidiosis, trichomoniasis, and Chagas disease. They may also be infested with fleas, ticks, mites, and lice.
Now skunks, on the other hand, carry rabies quite often. My first partner only got sprayed once, my second partner seemed to think the spray was delightful, he was sprayed 7 times....getting me into the line of fire onceI went straight to the patrol LT,s office(I like to share),he told me to get out immediately told me to get out and go home and not return until I showered and changed uniforms....didn't help. It was a quick remedy though to dealing with several calls for service
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Last edited by echo154; 08-12-2021 at 06:10 PM. Reason: selling
Possums don't usually attack dogs ... dogs usually do the attacking .
Possums will retreat , playing dead (playing possum) is a main defense but if the dog bites ...and doesn't want to let go ...as a last resort the possum will bite back , they have teeth .
Usually if the dog leaves the possum alone the possum will leave the dog alone .
They try to lead a peaceful co-existence with the other animals .
My cats just look at them walking by and don't seem to care at all.
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Opossums always get a free pass here. I've never had them bother my chickens. They just waddle along their way fat dumb and happy.
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Pretty much everything posted here confirms what I’ve read. The dog tends to ignore new critters after seeing them a few times so unless something bad happens they’ll have to coexist.
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"Opossums carry diseases such as leptospirosis, tuberculosis, relapsing fever, tularemia, spotted fever, toxoplasmosis, coccidiosis, trichomoniasis, and Chagas disease. They may also be infested with fleas, ticks, mites, and lice."
While I appreciate your reply, I don't believe many (if any) of these are a real threat to the OP's pet from a possum not living in Australia or Latin America.
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The good news so far is that the presence of the dog and her interest in the possum seems to be discouraging more possum visits. I started checking the yard with a bright flashlight before letting her out and haven't seen it in 3 days. She usually gets one last trip outside around midnight to 1:00 AM; plenty late for the possum to be in the yard. Here's the hunter in her environment.
I really appreciate all of the replies. I had a possum walk between my feet one evening many years ago and it bothered me more than the possum but I'll never forget those teeth!
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I had one put a nasty gash on the back of my rat terrier. I kill on sight, mostly with the jeep, they will, and do wipe out whole turkey, quail, and song bird nest! Don't even try to grow cantaloupe if you've got Mr opossum around because they will ruin everyone of them. I also know a dead one will draw a turkey vulture faster than anything else! Got absolutely NO use for them!
My entire corn on the cob was missing so I set a hav-a-hart trap last night, Sure enough 1 almost grown possum this am.
It never make a sound or showed any aggression, It's now free to roam another day.
Besides the way BI-dum is going that may be supper one day soon?
Show us on the doll where the possum hurt you...Originally Posted by Thundarstick
cwetebay you, not being the OP, I'm not are why your reply was so negative to my post(other than to discourage newbies from posting)! Tularemia, chagas and others are now encountered as far up as the state of MO. Chagas is mostly by Kissing or assassin bugs. Climate change I guess. My post was intended to simply give information I have. Plague and Hanta viris have been noted in all but about 9 or 10 states .....but not in alarming numbers. We have had cases of tuberculosis, toxoplasmosis, rabies and some nasty roundworm infections in Illinois. Who knows what else will be coming across our southern border! Now if you go to your doctor and get your blood tested and he asks if you have ever been to Southern Papua New Guinea you might start to worry
cwetebay you, not being the OP, I'm not are why your reply was so negative to my post(other than to discourage newbies from posting)! Tularemia, chagas and others are now encountered as far up as the state of MO. Chagas is mostly by Kissing or assassin bugs. Climate change I guess. My post was intended to simply give information I have. Plague and Hanta viris have been noted in all but about 9 or 10 states .....but not in alarming numbers. We have had cases of tuberculosis, toxoplasmosis, rabies and some nasty roundworm infections in Illinois. Who knows what else will be coming across our southern border! Now if you go to your doctor and get your blood tested and he asks if you have ever been to Southern Papua New Guinea you might start to worry.
My post was not intended to discourage - merely inform. Yes, rare cases of oddball diseases pop up a lot of places, but when you hear hoofbeats - don't look over your shoulder thinking a herd of zebras are a comin!
TB, toxoplasmosis, rabies, yersenia, hanta virus, and a whole battalion of different roundworm species are endemic in most of the ole US of A, but not from our marsupial buddies - and definitely not in the scenario that the OP presented.
I always enjoy the banter on this forum! But I do try to take the time to educate when there is information presented that i might know something about.
(And believe me.... I've been educated again and again on this forum on matters that I definitely know little about!!!)
Cheers!
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My boston terriers just ram them and knock them over then pee on their head.
That’s hilarious.
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It is, I laugh myself silly every time.
fresh wild possum roasted over open fire is good eaten according to Joe Teti on dual survival, I saw it on tv so its got to be true.
There are two good uses of possum practice with EDC gun and compost !
The internet is full of lies about how good and how cute possums are as said above they carry many diseases it is fact look it up and learn, they are tied to T.B. transmission from cattle to deer they do kill chickens and will clean out a mess of them in a night often just biting the top of the head off. I have seen them do the same to abandoned kittens . I have seen where they corner a adult rabbit and killed it and a Grouse roosting in my wood pile . Possums are probably the #1 reason for pheasant decline but you will be hard pressed to find any of that they are like democrats when it comes to reporting facts on them!
My last dog was a 30 pound corgi mix I lost track of the possums he killed he did not let them play dead only one bit him that I know of and it was shredded for it.
Ticks are bad here I have killed several possums covered with ticks so by my own eyes I can tell you they do carry ticks anyone who says otherwise is just plain wrong. Last year I had one get in my small live trap set for red squirrels getting on my porch I dunked it in a bucket of water about 30 ticks floated up or were in the bottom of the bucket . One in the larger live trap I set over where turtles lay their eggs by my RV pad was really covered with ticks I tossed it in the burn barrel with a pint of gasoline. OH YEAH THEY REALLY CLEAN UP ON TURTLE EGGS ! I have caught more possums then Racoons at it have caught one skunk as well most of them were shot in the act at night .
A friend's wife reached in a bag of dog food to feed the dog the bag was in the barn and was bitten by possum, the county health department ordered her to get rabies shots for good reason they may not die of it they can carry it and live with it. Skunks can live long with rabies be born with it and have young that are infected same cycle over again.
Do your research cats and horses are at risk from having possums around .
When I think back on all the **** I learned in high school it's a wonder I can think at all ! And then my lack of education hasn't hurt me none I can read the writing on the wall.
I bet more TB is still transmitted by raw milk, than by possums. TB was pretty common when I was a kid, and everyone drank raw milk.
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waksupi you must have read that wrong unless you think deer drink milk from the cows!
Possums are bad news I did just feed one to the buzzards maybe that is a 3rd good use for them! Big male too!
When I think back on all the **** I learned in high school it's a wonder I can think at all ! And then my lack of education hasn't hurt me none I can read the writing on the wall.
Waksupi is quite correct. The whitetail deer is the reservoir host for most wild ruminant transmission. Inapparent / non-clinical TB shedding is what caused the demise of whitetails in Michigan for example.
Raw milk is by far the most common means of infection historically - which I'm sure will be an issue again soon with recent legislative changes.
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