Opossums eating ticks

[lyle_destroys]

As a trapper, I always skun and fleshed whatever possums I would catch because they have paper thin flesh and makes excellent practice. I don't kill them on purpose though.

 

[tuffcity]

It's claimed that a wild turkey will eat up to 200 ticks a day. How many turkey eggs does a 'possum go through in a spring?

Just a thought...

 

[midwestwi]

We had three free range ducks in the yard and had almost no ticks that year. An otter got all three and most of the chickens by fall though. I leave most animals like possum alone unless they start showing up in the daytime which can indicate rabies or other disease. Any animals like this during daylight hours get shot. We have had two sick raccoon over the last few years stumbling around during the day.


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[cuerro viejo]

My chessy killed two this week. You'd think they would know better to pick on a chessy.

 

[Jbxl20]

Just keep in mind that just because an animal is out during the day doesn’t mean it has rabies or some other disease like distemper. Sometimes it’s a female looking for food growing babies or an animal that might have got kicked out of where it was staying. Not saying they shouldn’t be shot just don’t assume they have rabies or are sick. We have had many tested that we caught that came back negative

 

[TSAMP]

It's claimed that a wild turkey will eat up to 200 ticks a day. How many turkey eggs does a 'possum go through in a spring?

Just a thought...

Turkey are on daytime patrol. Possums run the nightshift. #teamworkmakesthedreamwork

 

[zacattack]

I’m pretty sure that They actually groom themselves like cats and eat the ticks that get on them. They don’t go foraging for ticks like guineas do.

 

[ArrowForester]

“I got five pounds of ‘possum in my headlights tonight.........”

 

[orionsbrother]

Guinea fowl!!! They do a good job of avoiding predators, especially if you have several... but they can be noisy.

 

[22lr]

“I got five pounds of ‘possum in my headlights tonight.........”

You beat me too it! Well done! Well done!

Here is the song for everyone's listening pleasure!

 

[Finch]

We had a momma oppossum under our patio before we converted it to concrete. I lifted up a deck board to get a better look because my dog was going crazy. Dumb luck but I lifted up the correct deck board on the first try and there was momma with 13 babies hanging on her back. They left during the night thankfully.

 

[Cervid]

We had three free range ducks in the yard and had almost no ticks that year. An otter got all three and most of the chickens by fall though. I leave most animals like possum alone unless they start showing up in the daytime which can indicate rabies or other disease. Any animals like this during daylight hours get shot. We have had two sick raccoon over the last few years stumbling around during the day.


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possums apparently almost never get rabies, probably due to a lower body temperature than most other mammals

 

[MuleyFever]

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He's just playin'.

 

[qwerksc]

He's just playin'.

Hard to play with every bone in yer body crushed to bits by a mad mofo who is especially hard on the little critters, killed em real good, a lot.