Re: [CH] Possums

Lorraine Heidecker (lheid@saclink.csus.edu)
Sun, 26 Apr 1998 09:53:46 -0700 (PDT)

 Whoa! Judith's tale of the "drowned" possom gave a whole new level to 
the notion of "playing 'possom".

We have possoms ('possoms? opossoms?) here in (sub)urban Sacramento.  One 
used to browse the cat food left on our deck.  (We actually fed the thing 
- I think they'r kind of cute!)  Anyway, they did seem to be very big on 
veggies of all sorts (sweets too - grapes with honey on them went over 
VERY big!) so I imagine they'd be hell in a garden!

My POINT (and I do have one) is that they were very wary of dogs so I 
expect the coyote urine suggestion would work just fine!  (Or you could 
get a dog or leave one you may have out at night!)  I also understand 
they are not very long-lived so this could be a passing problem.

Peace, love and peppers

Lorraine