Can't I eat without you watching
- Thread starter Sliverfox
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"Erm, have you nothing better to do than stare at my rear end?"
Jazzy1
Got A Cracker?
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- Adirondack Region NY
Here are my coffee mates:
hearlady
Basic Member
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- N Carolina
Well get out of my garden then!
hawkdon
Well-known Member
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- Liberty MO
I had a visit from a doe last nite, trotted across my front lawn as
I watched it on my spy cam screen....coool....
I watched it on my spy cam screen....coool....
Warrigal
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- Sydney, Australia
I get an occasional glimpse of the brush tail possum that comes into my garden every night to eat the fruit that I leave out. She is very shy and easily spooked.
When I start preparing her food platter I turn on the outside spotlight to let her know food is coming. Then I walk up to the back fence and call out things like "Here Poss, Poss, something good for Possie to eat". Then I go back inside, turn off the interior lights so that my kitchen becomes a hide, and wait to see her come down and start eating.
I don't have to wait very long and as soon as she starts eating I turn off the outside light. She may live in suburbia but she is still a wild creature. I don't want to make a pet of her.
She lives under the roof of a neighbour's garage and goes out after dark to forage for food. Not everyone is happy to have a possum eating the fruits and flowers in their garden so I figure that if she feeds in my yard she is pretty safe. One day I hope to see a joey also enjoying the food I provide.
When I start preparing her food platter I turn on the outside spotlight to let her know food is coming. Then I walk up to the back fence and call out things like "Here Poss, Poss, something good for Possie to eat". Then I go back inside, turn off the interior lights so that my kitchen becomes a hide, and wait to see her come down and start eating.
I don't have to wait very long and as soon as she starts eating I turn off the outside light. She may live in suburbia but she is still a wild creature. I don't want to make a pet of her.
She lives under the roof of a neighbour's garage and goes out after dark to forage for food. Not everyone is happy to have a possum eating the fruits and flowers in their garden so I figure that if she feeds in my yard she is pretty safe. One day I hope to see a joey also enjoying the food I provide.
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MaidMarian
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- Baltimore, Maryland USA
Warrigal
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- Sydney, Australia
@MaidMarian Yes, they are very different.
We have different species of possum over here - the brush tail, the ring tail and the pygmy possum, to name a few.
Ring tailed possum, smaller than brush tails.
Pygmy possums, the smallest of the possum family
We have different species of possum over here - the brush tail, the ring tail and the pygmy possum, to name a few.
Ring tailed possum, smaller than brush tails.
Pygmy possums, the smallest of the possum family
That's why ours have an "O" in the front! Some one probably saw that tail first and screamed.
Too late Warri!
Sliverfox
Well-known Member
Here she is again.I thought she was eating wild apple leaves,,but think she was eating small branches?
Notice her mouth is open,, cheek is puffed out.
That's wild phlox & weeds in front of her.
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