OPIE ON MOTHERS' DAY MAY 11, 2008

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My husband named him Opie because opossum starts with the letters "OP". We have been baby-sitting him for a month now. I don't want to release him until he can eat softened dry cat food so that I can put some out for him (because I don't think that the other animals will eat that and I know that they will gobble up any turkey or ham that I put outside). Yesterday when I had him outside of the bathroom window where I have constructed a play area for him, he ate half of a softened piece of cat food that I had put in his play area so he is finally getting the idea that it is food (although not food that is as tasty as his favorite dish- ham). I am hoping that if he eats the softened food that he will eventually be able to eat the regular cat food that the other big 'possums eat.