My story of a little opossum that became ill in my yard the last time I visited PETA's message board
brittneydoe = Meatwad 

 Posted By   Date/Time 
 brittneydoe   4/7/07 3:54 PM 
OMG! I was outside today and this really cool possum was walking across my yard. All of a sudden, it like just fell down. Its still breathing and stuff, but wut should I do???   
  ManyAnimalsWonder   4/7/07 4:08 PM 
OMG... it's okay I hope... get a towel. cover it up. Can you call someone?   
  brittneydoe   4/7/07 4:13 PM 
i dont know who should i call   
  ManyAnimalsWonder   4/7/07 4:15 PM 
Gosh... 911 maybe... this IS a Opossum...They should be able to direct you.   
  ManyAnimalsWonder   4/7/07 4:16 PM 
Is it still breathing?   
  brittneydoe   4/7/07 4:17 PM 
i put it in some towels and brought it into our carpeted garage. maybe it will get warm. i know who to call now ima go call   
  brittneydoe   4/7/07 4:17 PM 
yes its breathing deep and heavily   
  ManyAnimalsWonder   4/7/07 4:17 PM 
Opossums play sleeping... so CPR is not good.. well the mouth to nose part... can you roll the Opossum over?   
  brittneydoe   4/7/07 4:21 PM 
i asked the animal guy and he says if there is one like that then they will come and take ti away. i dont want him to!!11!!1!ONE 
I didnt tell him i had one just asked what would ahppen. 
its on its side rigyht now. IMA scared   
  ManyAnimalsWonder   4/7/07 4:23 PM 
brittney... okay... calm down a lil.... you got to get air into hmi or he wont make it... rolll him on it bac...okay?  
brittneydoe   4/7/07 4:24 PM 
ok brb   
  brittneydoe   4/7/07 4:25 PM 
k its on its bak   
  ManyAnimalsWonder   4/7/07 4:28 PM 
Brittney are you still there?   
  brittneydoe   4/7/07 4:29 PM 
im here!!!!!   
  ManyAnimalsWonder   4/7/07 4:29 PM 
Btrittny?   
  meghanlauren   4/7/07 4:30 PM 
i think possums do that, because they're scared, so they don't want you to think they're alive ... they probably think you're going to try to eat it and hurt it, so i think it's just 'playing dead'   
  ManyAnimalsWonder   4/7/07 4:33 PM 
Look into it's eyes... if it doesn't blink... poke his/its eye with a fingr.. 
But get it on it's back cuz you need to save it.   
  ManyAnimalsWonder   4/7/07 4:35 PM 
Is thew heart beatting?   
  brittneydoe   4/7/07 4:35 PM 
it didnt blink, but i turned it on its back. now what do i do. I hope it didnt die!!!1  
ManyAnimalsWonder   4/7/07 4:37 PM 
Grab the bac legs and hold them high okasy?   
  ManyAnimalsWonder   4/7/07 4:38 PM 
You can save him... let me knoe when legs are up....   
  brittneydoe   4/7/07 4:39 PM 
um ok but wut does this do   
  ManyAnimalsWonder   4/7/07 4:40 PM 
Get a good seal on his backside with yer lips and give 3 good puffs of air,,,, let me knoe when you did this.   
  brittneydoe   4/7/07 4:42 PM 
EWWWW 
my dad has an air compressor, couldnt i just put it on low and do it that way   
  napalmtheory   4/7/07 4:42 PM 
This has to be a joke.   
  brittneydoe   4/7/07 4:44 PM 
no im trying to help a possum that i dont want to see die. you must not care about animals   
  ManyAnimalsWonder   4/7/07 4:45 PM 
anything you can Britt... just don't waste time...   
  brittneydoe   4/7/07 4:46 PM 
ok ill try the air thing  
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  brittneydoe   4/7/07 4:48 PM 
OMG!!!!! it made this noise and now its running around the garage like crazy!11! It even hissed at me too. 
What do I do now??????????   
  cekud   4/7/07 4:49 PM 
It's probably a self defense mechanism. Possums can play dead for countless hours if they feel threatened. Especially if it's during the day time. It may wait until it feels comfortable and it's dark to continue on.   
  ManyAnimalsWonder   4/7/07 4:50 PM 
Okay let me know when yer ready....   
  brittneydoe   4/7/07 4:52 PM 
it ran off to the corner of my dads garage. i stuck this air thing up its butt and pushed this lever on it. i guess i had it on too high cause it shot across the room liek 100 miles an hour. 
now its running around like mad   
  brittneydoe   4/7/07 4:54 PM 
ok it stopped again i guess i didnt do it right, ill try it again   
  brittneydoe   4/7/07 4:57 PM 
OMG NOOOOOO!!! *cries*   
  brittneydoe   4/7/07 5:04 PM 
manyanimalswonder are you good at knowng possum stuff?   
  ManyAnimalsWonder   4/7/07 5:04 PM 
What Happened Brittny   
  brittneydoe   4/7/07 5:05 PM 
I dont know. All of a sudden its eyeballs went flying across the garage  
 brittneydoe   4/7/07 5:05 PM 
Did I do it wrong?   
  ManyAnimalsWonder   4/7/07 5:06 PM 
OMG....how much air pressure did you uies...damm..OMG   
  brittneydoe   4/7/07 5:07 PM 
the needle said 150, its one of those really tall ones. 
*cries*   
  brittneydoe   4/7/07 5:08 PM 
It died. Life is so unfair *cries* 
your like 20 miles from me, can i ask u something?   
  ManyAnimalsWonder   4/7/07 5:10 PM 
I have alotta Opossums here and watch Animal Planet alot...still have the Opossum Brittney?   
  brittneydoe   4/7/07 5:11 PM 
yes   
  ManyAnimalsWonder   4/7/07 5:13 PM 
Can you ewwwww... still find it's eyes? They'll be slippery, kinda.   
  FrizzyRat   4/7/07 5:14 PM 
Oh for crying out loud! You do know that when you apply that revival technique you are supposed to put a baloon over the poor possums head don't you?? 
No wonder it went shooting around the garage like that! 
This is all manyanimalswonders fault . Don't you worry your pretty little head about it brittnydoe.   
  brittneydoe   4/7/07 5:15 PM 
i cant find them, my dad has too much junk  
soccer12   4/7/07 5:17 PM 
If they'd take it away, where would they take it? I suggest that you ask, and if they do something you don't like, then I don't know what else you could do.   
  soccer12   4/7/07 5:19 PM 
Uhm.. Maybe turn a fan on in the garage to succulate the air. It might help the breathing   
  ManyAnimalsWonder   4/7/07 5:19 PM 
You gotta find at least one Brittny... gotta give this lil guy a chance...Ohhh I feel sic.   
  ManyAnimalsWonder   4/7/07 5:20 PM 
You gotta find at least one Brittny... gotta give this lil guy a chance...Ohhh I feel sic.   
  brittneydoe   4/7/07 5:20 PM 
It DIED!!!!!! *cries hysterically*   
  brittneydoe   4/7/07 5:23 PM 
You live about 20 miles from here dont you?   
  FrizzyRat   4/7/07 5:24 PM 
It's probably not really dead, remember its a possum. 
Do what manyanimalswonder says. Then put a baloon over it's head and try the air thing again (better turn the guage down to about 80 or so though). It should work this time. 
Trust me I've seen this before.   
  brittneydoe   4/7/07 5:27 PM 
ok wait a min   
  brittneydoe   4/7/07 5:30 PM 
oops  
brittneydoe   4/7/07 5:48 PM 
It exploded *cries*   
  gotgod101   4/7/07 5:58 PM 
dont freak out. havent you ever heard of possums playing dead? They do it when they're afraid of a hawk eating them because hawks like their meat fresh. They do it whenever they feal threatened too. Thanks for checking though, its really nice your worried about a possum...most people wouldnt be!