Random Picture Thread - Part Deux
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Wow, cooksie - that looks alot like a baby iguana!
I though some of you might enjoy an update on Milo...he is growing fast, and weighs over a pound now (he started out at about 25 grams, and could curl up in Jerry's palm). For those of you with an innate aversion to opossums, know that he is an incredibly affectionate little creature. These pics show him lavishing love on Jerry - licking his head and cuddling up to him:
I though some of you might enjoy an update on Milo...he is growing fast, and weighs over a pound now (he started out at about 25 grams, and could curl up in Jerry's palm). For those of you with an innate aversion to opossums, know that he is an incredibly affectionate little creature. These pics show him lavishing love on Jerry - licking his head and cuddling up to him:
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Thanks, Mary - he is a sweet little guy. Hmmmm. I just noticed that Jerry looks a little stoned. Oops.
Awwwwwwwwwww!! Milo!!
He's hugging Jerry's head and smiling
LOL
He's hugging Jerry's head and smiling
LOL
He just LOVES Jerry. Yes, I am the one who fed him with a syringe for WEEKS, but he loves Jerry better than anything....
Keltin said:
His main diet is dry cat and dog food. But what he really likes is BUGS. Fortunately, we live in the tropics, and there are quite a few available. We catch them and hand them to him, and he grabs them and gobbles them up, especially beetles and those big cockroaches. Yum! He eats with his hands, like a squirrel. Very cute. According to all the places I've researched, he is also supposed to eats fruits and vegetables, but he doesn't seem to care for them.
He is so cute! thanks for the update. 
My goodness Milo has grown. Love that second pic! Try giving him some corn. When the armadillos were tearing up our yard, we set out sweetheart traps and put corn cobs in them. It never failed. We always got a possum or two. The wild ones are pretty scary....hissssss 
. Milo is obviously a little sweety though .
. Milo is obviously a little sweety though .
Thanks, Cooksie - we'll try some corn. There is plenty of corn here! From what I have read about opossums, that hissing, tooth-baring stuff is all a bluff, and they are really quite gentle. If they feel really threatened, they just fall over in a faint. Milo has done it a few times when he got really excited about something...they just "play opossum."
My goodness how he has grown, Karen! He's getting to be quite a little man! We keep dishpans full of cat food outside next to the garage and we have a couple of opossums who visit regularly. They also like the canned cat food that we put out from time to time. If we have salad mix start to go bad, I'll put that out there for them too.
I've never understood why some people don't want them around. They eat all kinds of bugs, snakes, mice, rats and all of the other critters you don't want hanging around your house and as far as I can tell, they don't seem to "destroy" anything. They never bothered my small garden but they may be because we feed them quite well
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I've never understood why some people don't want them around. They eat all kinds of bugs, snakes, mice, rats and all of the other critters you don't want hanging around your house and as far as I can tell, they don't seem to "destroy" anything. They never bothered my small garden but they may be because we feed them quite well
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Mama said:
Me either, mama. Opossums get a very bad rap, probably because they look a bit like big rats (that tail is amazing), and they do that hissing thing that scares people. But Milo, at least, is a really friendly and affectionate little critter. Thanks for being such a good neighbor to your opossums, mama- you are a kind person.
Vinnie looks like a sweet guy and a good protector.
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Got out for some fun, and to shoot my buddys 1 year anniversary for the production company he runs.
Marvin:The Clown Prince, and DJGrom
Marvin:The Clown Prince, and DJGrom
Just a couple of my kids over Thanksgiving. My son is playing football with his dad and my daughter is splashing about in rain puddles.
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Love those action shots! They are both adorable.
You are becoming a first-rate photographer, Mary. Of course, those adorable children are SO photogenic.