Didn’t know that about Possums.
And I too had a skunk hang around. It use to sit around my out door table with the cat waiting for her food. Never sprayed anything thank goodness.
Possums were a rather benign presence. We were just never able to catch the stray cats because they always managed to get in the traps first.
I didn’t either until not that long ago.
I wish skunks couldn’t carry rabies. If they’re not startled, they’re fine (but they’ll either steal eggs or kill chickens. I’m not sure which. Just know that it’s a bad thing if they get into a chicken coop) We had one out of about 4 that was a little bigger than the others & was almost black on white. Pretty thing.
Possums are very benign. Which is why I got so indignant that someone would abuse them. Course I don’t think anybody should abuse anything or anyone (lol okay. maybe excepting lefties) It’s weak.
Tell me about stray cats. We’re overrun right now. Two of them we would keep, I guess, but there are another 5 or 6 that just have to go. One of those is either real fat or pregnant.