Just got these videos of our opossums Chandler and Juliet from Keeper Mary. Enjoy. Read more
Posts tagged: #opossums
Galileo’s Field Trip
Galileo took a field trip last week. ( I love when the keepers get the opossums out for field trips. I think Sonny’s field trips were my favorites). Read more
In Memory of J. Pos
I’m sorry to report that Jessica Opossum passed away last week Jessica Opossum enjoying her enrichment Jessica was one of our Education Holding Room animals, she got to educate many school and birthday party children during her time here with us. Earlier this year our other female opossum Cher also passed away, opossums have a very short life span often living no longer than 3 years. Click here to see Jill and baby Jessica dancing WeRead more
heART health month
February is Heart Health Month. This art work was hand delivered for our opossums: Annie is hanging it up for our opossums to see.Read more
QuikPost: This evening’s enrichment
It’s around 6 PM and I just finished checking on Carolina Wildlife animals. The opossums and woodchuck had “toys” for their evening enrichment. It seems like gas cans with large holes drilled in them were the items of choice. You can see the opossums sleeping a few feet to the left of their can. I am not sure what scents or food the keepers may have put in the can- I’ll have to check in with them tomorrow to see.Read more
Opossum snack
The other day I boiled some eggs for our opossums for a treat. Here is a quick video of Sonny and Cher grabbing their snack.Read more