Garage invader nabbed!!

[JD Mandrell]

Been trying to catch what I thought was at first maybe a rat or mouse all week in my garage, but the traps kept getting sprung without catching it.

So I set a larger trap and last night caught the little invader.

 

[Bushman5]

teehee, he looks grumpy.

possum, yes?

 

[cmdionne]

teehee, he looks grumpy.

possum, yes?

Yeah it's a possum

Careful you don't get bit, possums are a major carrier of rabies IIRC.

The three you need to be careful with are possums, bats and foxes.

A little off topic, I'm wondering what sort of sound he was making or if he was just bearing his teeth.

 

[Shotgun]

teehee, he looks grumpy.

possum, yes?

You don't have them up there?


Did he freeze on ya? They're supposed to freeze up when they're scared as a defence mechanism IIRC.

 

[Shotgun]

Yeah it's a possum

Careful you don't get bit, possums are a major carrier of rabies IIRC.

The three you need to be careful with are possums, bats and foxes.

A little off topic, I'm wondering what sort of sound he was making or if he was just bearing his teeth.

Aren't raccoons big carries as well?

 

[myright]

EEKK - those things are so freakin' ugly.

We've got a bunch of those little ugly critters around here.

Have fun getting it out of the trap

 

[MacHete]

teehee, he looks grumpy.

possum, yes?

No, no, no- possums look like this:

Fun 'Possum Facts:
Only North American marsupial
Most teeth (50) of any land mammal in NA
Males have a forked penis
Females have a twin-chambered womb
Prehensile (grasping) tail

 

[cmdionne]

Aren't raccoons big carries as well?

Perhaps, but the three I mentioned were the ones that an ER doctor I knew was always talking about. We certainly have alot of raccoons in our area and I don't remember him ever mentioning them.

 

[Bushman5]

You don't have them up there?
.

yea except we call them mice! you should see our rats!

 

[mrappraisit]

Looks like a mean little sucker! How are you going to get him/her out of the trap?

 

[cmdionne]

Here's a map of michigan rabies cases up until 2005

Seems like Bats are the big one, only one racoon on there that I can see (south central MI).

 

[Shotgun]

EEKK - those things are so freakin' ugly.

We've got a bunch of those little ugly critters around here.

Have fun getting it out of the trap

12 gauge and a mop will do it. Bwahahaaa!

 

[Shotgun]

Here's a map of michigan rabies cases up until 2005

Seems like Bats are the big one, only one racoon on there that I can see (south central MI).

Who are the unlucky SOB's that got bit by Elks?

 

[Bushman5]

give ya a case of beer if you put a leash on the possum.....

 

[cmdionne]

Looks like a mean little sucker! How are you going to get him/her out of the trap?

I've always found the barrel of a .22 between the bars works well. Although most of the trapping like this I've done is up at my grandparent's place and they have chickens and rabbits (want to keep the possums away)

 

[dawsonbob]

give ya a case of beer if you put a leash on the possum.....

If he does that, I want to see him put some lipstick on it and take it for a walk. Pic's of that would be worth two cases of beer.

 

[GWashington1732]

Looks like a mean little sucker! How are you going to get him/her out of the trap?

Well, the cage is metal right? A few good volts should do it.

 

[Mark J]

Who are the unlucky SOB's that got bit by Elks?

Well, it looks like the dots for Elks are clustered around Detroit. My guess would be that a drug deal with an Elk went bad and the Elk turned on his supplier and bit him.

- Mark

 

[JD Mandrell]

A little off topic, I'm wondering what sort of sound he was making or if he was just bearing his teeth.

It's kind of an odd low throaty growl...like a motor idling.

 

[JD Mandrell]

Did he freeze on ya? They're supposed to freeze up when they're scared as a defence mechanism IIRC.

No, so far he just growls. Out in the country where I grew up they always dropped and played "possum", but this one is more PO'd!!