MaryClyde , We have possums here in our neighborhood and they get into everything ! My big ole cat has come in with a scratched up face more than once .I don't know why he wants to hang out with such riff raff .Once he got into a fight with a racoon ,he almost lost one side of his face over that ,you'd think he knew better .Ther's fox running around outside now and deer too . Linda next thing you know he will find a bear ! ----- Original Message ---- From: Mary R Mungo <MRMungo@Comporium.net> To: southern-chat@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, May 4, 2008 7:38:24 AM Subject: Re: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] Opossum I'm not going to shoot it Stella, I would have to learn to shoot the gun first!! AND, he certainly hasn't been run out of his natural home... I live WAY out in the country and besides my next door neighbor, who lives about an acre away, my next neighbors are about a half mile away. Theres plenty of woods for him to live in without crossing into my domain! He looked like he was a young animal and maybe he had searched my fence for a way to get in... and remembered, cause he went straight for the opening... which will be closed the next time he comes along. I love animals, but I was actually afraid of this one... what with rabies already found in our county. He wasn't acting funny, he just wanted to get away from that bright light that I was shining in his face... Down here in South Carolina we call them possums, and you see a lot of them lying in the roadways, especially this time of year... MaryClyde ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stella Roper" <busmar1852@webtv.net> To: <southern-chat@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 12:09 AM Subject: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] Opossum > Don't shoot it... call someone to get it...The poor animals have been > run out of their natural habitant...and it was probably hunting food for > sure. Stella > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SOUTHERN-CHAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > --- > avast! Antivirus: Inbound message clean. > Virus Database (VPS): 080504-0, 05/04/2008 > Tested on: 5/4/2008 10:29:34 AM > avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2008 ALWIL Software. > http://www.avast.com > > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SOUTHERN-CHAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ