Remudamom Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 For those of you who have no idea what I'm talking about, I was held hostage tonight by an insane possum. http://www.xanga.com/remudamom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockermom Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 Wow. I would have freaked out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remudamom Posted October 8, 2009 Author Share Posted October 8, 2009 Wow. I would have freaked out. I did. Cool avatar, btw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockermom Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 I did. Cool avatar, btw. I did it for you. I didn't think anyone noticed me. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BettyL Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 They can be scary critters! One night I ran outside to find my snarling dog in a fight with a opossum who was trying to eat her dinner. My dog won! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 That is crazy. Kind of sounds like my exhusband snoring lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibbygirl Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 Dang!! We have possums all over here too and never in my life have I seen one act like that or growl!! :eek: Crazy! Glad you're alright Remudamom and I'm not ignoring you either. ;) :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannie Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 Eeek...Scary! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaxMom Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 WOW! What is wrong with that possum?? It's like he missed the memo on possum behavior. :001_huh: Reminds me of a conversation my husband had with our local humane society when he called about a possum in the garage. I heard him on the phone, describing this critter, who was sleeping in a cabinet, then I heard him say "Shoot it?!?!... oh, ok... really?" Apparently the lady said "Shoo it," as in, with a broom. He did, and it left, though somewhat reluctantly. That growling is just crazy, though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncmomo3 Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 Freaky!! If it scared you up a refrigerator, Remudamom...the rest of us would have passed out cold.:svengo: Great pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Country Mouse Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 I HATE possums. I'm glad you got rid of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaT Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 Scary possum. Now I'm afraid to go in my barn. We have possums that think it is their home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakia Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsrevmeg Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 EEEEeek!!!! I have never been growled at by one. Hissed at yes, but never growled at. EEEEEwwwww!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionfamily1999 Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 Holy guacamole! :blink: I think I would have piddled myself! :leaving: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CookieMonster Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 I had a 'possum caught in a rabbit trap once. I opened the door and he didn't move. I poked him with a stick and he started hissing at me and baring his teeth. I jumped back in the house, all afeared. He slowly removed himself from the cage (it took like ten whole mintues). I told my husband about it when he came home that night. He laughed at me, repeatedly. He said the 'possum was just threatened, but their 'bark' is worse than their bite. He said that he's played with 'possums since he was a boy and he's never had one bite him, even when they were growling like that. Although we did encounter a rabid 'possum once. Hubby knew right away somethin' was wrong with him. The dog killed it. I love the chickens clucking in the background. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavyWifeandMommy Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 DD-it sounds creepy. I never heard on growl before but have delt with them younger in the dog pen and back porche. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shalom22 Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 That was just creepy. Great sound effects for a scary movie. It's a good thing that you were carrying around a video camera......:confused:. Do you always carry a camera with you when you go to the chicken coop? LOL. Maybe you ought to have a phone installed in the coop next to the freezer for any future emergencies.:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ereks mom Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 They love to come up on the back deck and eat Kitty's food and sleep in his bed. In winter, he sleeps in a small box insulated with foam rubber cushions and covered by a makeshift curtain to keep drafts out. I put a warmer in it on cold nights, so the possums get in to get warm before Kitty goes to bed! It freaked me out one time last winter when I pulled back the curtain to put in a warmer and there was a possum hissing and growling at me!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathleen in VA Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 I think that beats my copperhead in the garage story (over a year ago now). :) Might it have been rabid? He sounded very, very odd, but then, I don't know what a regular possum sounds like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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