Possum...

Ok, I so I drop the official "O" in the spelling and spell it like a hick - sue me.

This younger Possum has been living in the back yard for a few months now. I guess since it was born. We tend to get a few of them which is weird since with three dogs and a neighbor behind us with one dog, you'd think they'd avoid these yards like the plague.

This year luckily, Lucy hasn't killed any of them, and this one seems to be smart enough to know how to avoid her. I'm not exactly sure how smart they are, but it seems to know the schedule I keep when I let the dogs out to use the bathroom at night, and it always seems to be on the other side of the fence or hidden once I do.

Call me dumb, but I didn't know Possums actually climbed trees very much (I always see them on the ground). Well this one apparently likes to climb - tonight I let the girls out, and there it is - about 12 feet up above, looking down, kinda worried. I took some pics, talked to it (it seemed to calm down when you talk to it), and threw a couple of dog biscuits at the bottom of the tree for it to get later. Lucy wasn't pleased.

Anyway - here's a pic of it as ugly as it is. Click the pic to see a bigger version.