Don't recall ever seeing a possum up here, but I feel the same way about coons and foxes. Nothing against them personally, but they prey on my chickens and we ain't havin' none of that.
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Who here has a "different " pet?
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Don't recall ever seeing a possum up here, but I feel the same way about coons and foxes. Nothing against them personally, but they prey on my chickens and we ain't havin' none of that.
Round here wife says: possum = shoot on sight. They carry some disease that can cross to horses. Pets; 3 horses currently, we are on dog #4 over 20 years. Wife is animal control in Baraboo, gotten involved in a couple of "round ups", do not attempt emu herding.... She took a short course on elephant catching. Circus world museum is located here.
Didn't know that. Well then, they just made the "hit list".
Another good bumper sticker.
Don't get much call for that down here.
Does a badge come with that???
The possum horse thingie.
http://www.aaep.org/info/horse-health?publication=752
Possum lovers don't read this next bit.
gruesome event: I sent an obviously AFU possum to the happy hunting grounds with a 22 pistol. Turns out a 22 to the skull creates a disturbing extended death "dance" ewwww. If there's a next time? 12 gauge at a bit longer range.
http://www.aaep.org/info/horse-health?publication=752
Possum lovers don't read this next bit.
gruesome event: I sent an obviously AFU possum to the happy hunting grounds with a 22 pistol. Turns out a 22 to the skull creates a disturbing extended death "dance" ewwww. If there's a next time? 12 gauge at a bit longer range.
Spockwerks
NAMAZU Pez de Terremoto
Yeah, part of the reason for that may be that marsupials (lemme say 'most' marsupials because there are no absolutes) have 2 separate brains in their head. 1 on the left, 1 on the right that are not connected to each other. Our brains have a left and a right hemisphere that have a lot of connections to each other and each one appears to have certain special areas of interest. Placental animals like us are clearly smarter than marsupials, shoot one in the head they dead. But marsupials, according to your post don't get off so easy. Shoot on of them in the head it sounds like they only go half dead.
That is really interesting, thanks for the insight.
That is really interesting, thanks for the insight.
Spockwerks
NAMAZU Pez de Terremoto
BTW I have a Rosey Boa. It is a miniature Boa Constrictor, 10 years old maybe 24" long. Ever try to measure a snake? He's a good boy, never hissed, struck at, nor bit any one. He does put a hurtin' on them mice, maybe one every 2 weeks from May to Sept. and doesn't eat at all the winter months. They have 2 legs, or the remnants of 'em. 2 spurs that he can wiggle when getting frisky with his girlfriend...if he had one.
Was the third time I read before I realized it said SKINK not............
Might make it tough to keep up a breeding population in Georgia.
Meddy
XS650 Addict
Found this in our lounge room yesterday, a young one only about 2 feet long but Tiger snakes are still deadly even this size.
The local snake catcher came and removed it. (it was caught in the mousetrap.)
The local snake catcher came and removed it. (it was caught in the mousetrap.)
Spockwerks
NAMAZU Pez de Terremoto
Are they speaker wires tacked to the floorboard?
Meddy
XS650 Addict
Yes
Yeah, snakes. I encourage them around the farmstead. Don't consider them pets per se but we had a female rat snake that lived out in our freezer shed for many years. One time the missus went to get some potting soil out of a sack and while reaching in the bag she grabbed the old girl. Erp. The wife tolerated her, barely.
A couple of summers ago the wife came across her in the strawberry patch that's next to the shed. She was dead, appeared to have been ripped up by Racoons we figure. I measured her out at 5'2".
I've had young ones drop out of the rafters of the pole barn while messing with the bikes. Plop, what the? Oh. Ok.
In the cellar on top of the water heater along with the heater element changing tools...uh, hello there.
In the goat barn above the work bench laying along the electric wire. I see ya. So far none inside the house proper.
A couple of summers ago the wife came across her in the strawberry patch that's next to the shed. She was dead, appeared to have been ripped up by Racoons we figure. I measured her out at 5'2".
I've had young ones drop out of the rafters of the pole barn while messing with the bikes. Plop, what the? Oh. Ok.
In the cellar on top of the water heater along with the heater element changing tools...uh, hello there.
In the goat barn above the work bench laying along the electric wire. I see ya. So far none inside the house proper.
CoconutPete
1979 XS650 Special
angus67
Welder's penetrate deeper!!
Mogwie
Tomterrific
XS650 Junkie
My daughter had two pet rats, Buttercup and Sweetie.
Three snakes, one looked like a coral snake, and a lizard of some sort.
A slug, kind of smelled and then died.
Now she has a cat, finally.
Tom
Three snakes, one looked like a coral snake, and a lizard of some sort.
A slug, kind of smelled and then died.
Now she has a cat, finally.
Tom
Hmmmm....two brains that aren't connected. Sounds like some of the folks I work with at the university.
We have a dog - Millie who is a golden doodle and she is fantastic.
We also have two cats - Adelaide and Fiona.
Anyone want a cat? Cheap? Shipping paid throughout Canada and the CONUS.
Want two of them?
Mine come with a warranty.
"Satisfaction guaranteed or double your cats back."
Some of the fokks out here raise "Fainting Goats".
Crazy things. Entertainment I guess.
thats not a warranty.... thats a threat
I got suckered into taking another couple of kittens last year.
Naturally they turned out to be nothing like the picture on the box .!
Mouse the female is a tiny little Mach3 missile/ love sponge whilst Ronny the boy is a huge marauding 4Kg thug that stomps around the neighbourhood savaging all the local cats, dogs and wildlife.....Brother and Sister ? yeah right ...
Don't be fooled by the picture like I was............. reeled in hook line and sinker.
They look sneaky to me.