OPOSSUM DO NOT CARRY RABIES!!!!! THEY ARE BASICALLY HARMLESS. THAT'S WHY PEOPLE WHO HANDLE THEM (ASPCA or HUMANE SOCIETY etc.)KNOW HOW TO PICK THEM UP AND THEY WILL NOT HURT THEM. Opossum will not mess with you unless you try to hurt or threatened them. Opossum are wonderful for getting rid of TICKS and cleaning out dead carcasses. We used to have a terrible tick problem in our yard until the opossum family came along and we have not had a tick in years. They eat some of the cat food that we leave out for the cats, and I am glad they are there. Please do not listen to Scott Breeze!!!! The man is either a LIAR or TOTALLY MISINFORMED and just assumes that what he is saying is correct. Raccoons on the other hand can be mean and vicious. They also can carry rabies. They can attack other animals and sometimes possibly people too.
A lot cheaper than getting rabies. Rabies is nearly 100% fatal in animals and humans. Lots of raccoons and possums in this area are infected. It's not expensive, under $40 anywhere you go.
Not sure, still in the first stages of shots
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