[CT Birds] Dilemma

[Angeladimmitt at aol.com]

from Angela Dimmitt
2/21 New Milford yard - ADVICE NEEDED!  Last night I had a new "bird"  on a 
squirrel-proof suet feeder - an opossum.  How it got there I don't  know.   But 
just how do you get an opossum to leave its  feast?  Naturally it played dead 
- I approached it, I yelled at it, I shone  a flashlight in its face, I 
prodded it with a stick - it played dead, not even a  baring of its teeth, nothing, 
just played dead.  After I left it, it  resumed eating and nothing would stop 
it until it had had its fill.  Quite  a large fill.  Any suggestions?  A 
tazer maybe? Or let the poor little  guy (or gal - how do you sex a furry critter 
wrapped around your suet?) just get  on with it (which of course I did).
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