Recently, I got a chance to catch our opossum Sonny awake and NOT eating so I had a little chat with him. He used to live in Carolina Wildlife but, now resides in our EHR. Me: Thanks for taking time out of your busy schedule of sleeping and scarfing mozzarella to talk with me. Sonny: You’re welcome, lets just make sure this interview isn’t too long because I have to get back to my nap. Me: What would your ULTIMATERead more
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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
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
QuikPost: Enrichment serving its purpose!
I just wanted to share some photos of our opossums making good use of their enrichment. This is Sonny and Cher, our Carolina Wildlife opossums that live together on exhibit. As you can see, they like to sleep together, whether it be in an old tree trunk, a hammock, or a shoe box. You may only be able to see one face peaking out of the shoe box, but both of them were in there. It was kind of funnyRead more
Creature Feature: Cher the opossum
This beautiful opossum is Cher! She lives on exhibit with her brother, Sonny, in Carolina Wildlife. In the picture above, she was in a tub of random enrichment items that was on the support hall. She had climbed into it during her exercise time while her exhibit was being cleaned. Cher (along with her brother, Sonny) was born in March of 2009 and arrived at the museum in late April. Both of the opossums were found motherless when they wereRead more
A breath of fresh air
If you have been reading the blog for a while, you may remember back in March of last year when we constructed an outdoor playpen for our indoor animals to exercise in. More recently, you may remember a post about us receiving two new baby opossums. Well, the opossums (named Sonny and Cher) have grown fast and today was their first time getting to use the outdoor playpen! Now that the weather is nice, we like to give our indoorRead more