Seen while walking past Flagstaff Gardens tonight.
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I have just put up an entry on the Possum TV blog - after a delay of more months than I would like to think. Sun is the featured possum.
https://blog.possum.tv/2023/07/update-12th-july-2023-introducing.html
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This is Blossom from two weeks ago. Blossom has a very young baby in the pouch.
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Owing to work pressures, and, it has to be said, a morbid fascination with watching the bird site descend further and further into a dysfunctional nazi-infested hell, I have been depriving Mastodon of possums.
Everyone needs more possums, so here's one of the very first possum photos I have. This is Ginger from November 2004.
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This is Wink with Sun on her back from about a week ago. Brushtail possums are very flexible; they often look like plump furry balls but they can stretch out very thin if they need to.
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This is Amiri riding on Kiki's back from 2013.
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I have just put up an entry on the Possum TV blog. Sasha and her baby Lorien are the featured possums.
http://blog.possum.tv/2023/04/update-4th-april-2023.html
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This is Walt from 2022.
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This is Bilbo from 2019.
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It's apple o'clock. Lots of noisy crows today so not sure how much good sleep our possum friend got but gobbled down some apple before heading out at dusk. Now (1hr later) the possum Olympics must have started on our roof. Some fun up there tonight. ☺️
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This is Piranha from 2011.
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This is Arrow from 2017.
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Bit late tonight and my overnight boarder had already left for tonight's possum business. Sure she will be back for breakfast.
Meanwhile a different friend showed up in the tree so they have enjoyed some apple too.
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This is Kwila riding on Cocoa's back from 2007.
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Flea and Pino started off dangling by their back feet from a tree branch but they lost their grip and fell to the patio below. Possums can generally take falls in their stride and this didn't deter them.
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This is Sasha from 2019. Sasha still visits regularly.
Brushtail possums have very sharp claws. Unless you are familiar with how a particular possum behaves, it is unwise to offer it food by hand as the possum can sometimes snatch at the food and cut a finger with its claws. I will often offer food skewered on the end of a popsicle stick to keep my fingers out of harms way. It's usually necessary to slightly sharpen the end of a popsicle stick to be able to push it into food, but don't bring it to a sharp point as it's possible to accidentally poke the possum in the face with it.
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This is Blossom riding on Wink's back from 2021. Both possums still visit regularly. Blossom is now grown up and has had one baby of her own, with a second now possibly in the pouch. Wink is currently the dominant female in the area, however she has ceded a small sliver of territory to Blossom.
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This is Wink (left) meeting her grandson Rae (right) in 2022. Rae is being very brave; normally in this situation Wink, who is the dominant female, would chase off another possum who dared approach this close. I forget exactly what happened this time, but I think both backed off; maybe Wink didn't feel like a chase through wet, slippery foliage.
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This is Blossom from 2022.
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This is Jedi riding on Shane's back from 2021
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