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Originally Posted by bullseyebarb
First, see if there is a wildlife rehabilitator in your area who would take on these little guys.
If not.....baby possums need fluids more than they need nutrition at first. Try infant Pedialyte. Keep them warm. They will need more than soy products. Not nourishing enough. Try Multimilk, Nurtur-all, KMR or Esbilac. Later on, mashed foods......boiled eggs, kitten chow, papaya, potato and Gerber baby foods. Add NeoCal Glucon or crushed calcium lactate tabs.
Good luck! I've got quite a little zoo going on down here myself.
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Yeah, I've been supplementing with peanut butter. Make it alot easier if I drive on down Barb and drop 'em on your doorstep!
The nearest rehabilitator is quite a ways off. Plus, I like
the challenge and also, they are just opossums
. They did take a liking to one of the cats as they wouldn't let go once they grasp on to her fur (she was in NO WAY amused). Speaking of not amused, that'd be my darling wife who's got yet another box of baby animals in the bedroom!
Brian