A possum got into my house
@rosekiss (30413)
Eugene, Oregon
September 20, 2015 9:10pm CST
I leave my back door open for the dogs to go in and out, and i have alwyas left it open until we go to bed. Well, one night, I was sitting in my chair watching tv, and I heard something in the dog's dish. I didn't know what it was, so I turned on the kitchen light, and when I saw it crouching in the corrner, the first thing I thought of wasto to shew it out with the broom. It just wouldn't go, so it started running around in the kitchen, and I had to stop it from getting into the rest of the house, so I got the broom, and scooted it on the floor by the door, hoping it would leave. Instead it was curled up in a ball like they do, and it was showing its teeth. I figured i bettter not try to pick it up by the tail as it would probably swing around and bite me. I found a showvel that I scooped it up on, and threw it outside. I thought I had killed it, but I han't. It was playing possum, {hence the name}, and if did leave as I knew where it was, and the next morning it wasn't there. It could have bit the dogs or me, even though it was a baby, and I am just thankful that it didn't. Since then, I close the door before dark,and I also pick up the both dogs dishes. That is one night I will never forget, as I have lived here over eiight years, and this is the first one that I have seen, let alone come into the house..
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@scheng1 (24649)
• Singapore
5 Oct 15
How I wish a possum will come to my house!
Too bad I live in a big city, and I live in high rise apartment.
it will take a very brave creature to climb up flights of stairs or to take elevator and come to my house.
Sometimes I really hope that there are wild animals in my area.
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@rosekiss (30413)
• Eugene, Oregon
5 Oct 15
I like wild animals but only if they stay in the wild, and don't come near my home, or wander inside of it. We don't have wild animals like bears, coyotes or things like that, and I wouldn't want to see any of them either. They need to stay inthewild and not venture into neighborhoods, as that is a danger to humans and to the animals as well.
@besweet (9831)
• Ireland
21 Sep 15
I've never seen a possum, it must have been terrifying to find it in your house. You were lucky that it stayed out of the house after the incident and never came back.
I have never lived in a ground floor apartment so the only animal that I've found in my house was the neighbor's cat. It was passing through the balconies and I found it under the bed a couple of times.
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@besweet (9831)
• Ireland
21 Sep 15
@rosekiss lol.. You are lucky to have the dogs for protection by wild animals or your neighbor's pets.
I didn't have a problem with the cat coming over, but she was white and fluffy and when I saw her the first time I wanted to scream until I realized it was her. Also, I had to call the neigbors every time and ask them to come over and get her back.
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@rosekiss (30413)
• Eugene, Oregon
22 Sep 15
I have never had birds in my house, but when I was still married and we lived in Indiana, a bat got into the house, and that was scary, as it kept flying around our heads and wouldn't let us move. Once I turned the light on, it dropped, and we got rid of it.
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@Rollo1 (16676)
• Boston, Massachusetts
21 Sep 15
I can count on one hand the number of times I have ever even seen a possum, and definitely never had one near the house. I think you did a great job just to get it out of the house. I would have been running around wondering what to do.
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@rosekiss (30413)
• Eugene, Oregon
21 Sep 15
Once I saw the broom, then I knew what I had to do, as i had to act quickly, so I or my dogs wouldn't get hurt.
@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
1 Oct 15
I have heard reports of them getting quite vicious - glad you were able to get rid of it safely.
@jstory07 (148731)
• Roseburg, Oregon
21 Sep 15
I am glad that the possum was not hurt and you were not bitten either.
@rosekiss (30413)
• Eugene, Oregon
21 Sep 15
You got that right. When I saw it crouched in the corner of my cupboards, I knew I had to get it out of there somehow, so when I got the broom, that coaxed it out of the corner so I could scoot it to the door with the broom, then scoop it up and throw it outside.
@rosekiss (30413)
• Eugene, Oregon
21 Sep 15
Once I heard something in the dog dish, I immediately turned on the light, and then I saw it. I immediately took the food up off the floor, and got the broom to lure it out of the corner, and out the door. It didn't go out the door though, as it started running through the kitchen. I had the broom in my hand, so I just put the broom in front of it to scoot it to the door and outside. I am glad that i had the broom as it helped me get rid of it.
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
22 Sep 15
We have raccoons coming for 'dinner'!
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@rosekiss (30413)
• Eugene, Oregon
22 Sep 15
Where I am at, we don't have raccoons, and that is another animal that I wouldn't want to tangle with. My ex almost tangled with a raccoon when she had babies, and I never saw anyone run as fast as he did/
@Marilynda1225 (91086)
• United States
21 Sep 15
I probably would have had a heart attack seeing a possum in my kitchen. Thankfully you were able to get it out of the house
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@rosekiss (30413)
• Eugene, Oregon
21 Sep 15
I din't know what it was at first, as I thought it was a big rat, and I was partially right, as they do have a rats tail. I just had to get it out of the house so as not to hurt me or the dogs.
