Why Are Possums Such Jerks?
I get possums around the house time to time. I think maybe because I have an outdoor fish pond they are attracted to it. Fortunately for us, my dog is a hunting dog by nature and tends to chase and sometimes kill any small animal that intrudes. The unfortunate part is the possums are nocturnal so they show up at night and my dog finds them and barks at them constantly. This makes sleeping difficult. This happened a couple nights ago. I had to go outside and see what was going on. The dog and the possum were faced to faced barking and hissing at each other. I guess Happy (my dog’s name) was reluctant to attack it, so they were just having a shouting match. I took a water hose and sprayed the possum so that it would run. Of course once it let down its defense and turned away, my dog took it down. At least I thought so. It was no where to be found the next day. Either it faked death and ran away or Happy “disposed” of it somehow. Hope he didn’t eat it.