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Originally Posted by Skeezyks
It's difficult to tell how your opossum friend would do in captivity or whether you'd stand a chance of taming it, I suppose. But there are live traps you can get to capture such an animal. (We once got one to capture a racoon that was laying waste to a decorative pond we had at the time.) Sometimes local animal control officers have them available & you can rent one at little or no cost.
I've seen a couple of programs on the PBS TV program "Nature" on how the ever-increasing incursion of human civilization into formerly wild areas is causing more-&-more wild animals to adapt to life in urban centers. One interesting phenomenon that is apparently occurring is that species that used to be active during the day are becoming nocturnal since there tends to be less human activity at night.
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Thank you for your response. I agree with you that nocturnal animals like Opossums have been forced to adapt to their loss of habitat by hunting for food during the day time instead of at night. I see the Opossum starting around 3 p.m. until about 6 p.m. foraging the gardens in the neighbor's yard, after partaking in the delights I leave for it, in my ground feeder and water bowl.
I feel bad for it. I will probably rent a trap from online as animal control is not operating due to Covid restrictions (I called them, they told me they are not patrolling neighborhoods for strays or feral animals right now due to Covid).
I also see raccoons, cats, dogs, turkeys, wolves, coyotes stroll through the yard between where I live and my neighbor's house a lot. It's very distressing b/c it just reminds me that human overpopulation is killing off the wildlife. Poor animals have no where left to go because of people.