One day I received a call, it was my friend Maritza who had a veterinary clinic, a person had come, with an animal with damaged legs. Apparently the mother had been exterminated, many say that opossums are bad, in fact it is an important species, since they spread seeds everywhere.
The animals that eat fruits leave the seeds in the fertile soil, other times they eat them and when they do popo, the seeds reach the ground and with the rain comes the surprise of a new tree. They also control other animals, such as mice and large insects, if you do not want cockroaches at home, let the marsupials live in their habitat.
The opossums carry their children in a bag that is not observed, it is called a pouch and protects like none. When children progress, she does not abandon them without precaution, it takes months to safeguard their existence, that is why the burden on her body. That's why opossums are impressive, but the one that arrived that day had difficulties, their legs had deteriorated, it was easy prey, for any animal that was hungry. It was impossible that I did not feel nostalgic, because the marsupial could not walk well.
So I took it home, I fed it with avocados and several fruits, also pieces of cooked chicken and I filled the patio with branches. His health was degenerating, every time he walked he looked worse, calcium and supplements were administered, but no improvement was observed. He started coughing, we did therapies to make him feel better, but he did not show recovery and a few days later he died.
After knowing the opossum , I learned a lot about their behavior, they put themselves in strange poses when they are in danger, to seem that they do not live; their pink tail have a lot of strength, they can hang with it. Another method of defense is to urinate and defecate without precaution, this has a horrible smell, which will scare any predator. They have a very strong jaw, which can eat cruel bones, they are even scavengers, that is, they eat dead animals. Some think they are ugly, but they are animals with good presence, they also come out at night, so you will not find them in the day in the mountains.
Wild animals, such as opossums, are not pets, however, there are cases in which a human is irresponsible, takes them out of their habitat and does not have the necessary nutritional requirements, generating deformities in their limbs and diseases. For this reason, these animals can not be released and must remain in captivity, something sad for those born free. And remember, do not buy wildlife.
La información sobre la zarigüeya se obtuvo de: https://www.animales.website/zarigueya
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