help :) I found a opposium (maybe sick)

These animals have slowly moved north over the last century. Some may suffer
from frostbite on the tail and tend to have short lifespans in the north. They
are known to play dead and, if your animal is young, probably took that
response out of fear of you. Returning the animal to the wild is probably the
best thing to do. They are wild and would not make a good pet. Most likely
your state has rules governing the capture of wild animals anyway so all it
will take is one neighbor saying something to the wrong person and you will get
a visit anyway.

>Subject: help :) I found a opposium (maybe sick)
>From: Chris Zero.RemoveThis@your.com
>Date: 11/21/04 5:25 PM Eastern Standard Time
>Message-id: <9452q0hcecqt9pnffp21iv7v2rhjk2d7dp.RemoveThis@4ax.com>
>
>Hi:
>I found this oppossium in the woods behind my house..never saw a
>oppossium up here in Minnesota before.
>it just laid there when I came up to it. I carried it back to my house
>and put it in a oldhamster cage. I put water and fruit and a little
>cat food in for him, but he dose not move much.
>he sits up and looks at me,but mostly kind of lays on his side.
>no visible wounds or anything. it is starting to get pretty cold out
>now. can they survive this cold?
>should I put him back?
>I thought I would give him some food and water and if he seemed
>healthy I would release him.
>Anyone know about oppossiums? I sure don't
>
>any advise will be appreciated...Thank You
>
>Dave.
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