hey I caught a young possum in my life Trap I just baited it with a chicken egg yeah took
the bait didn't expect to catch a possum but I got a young one stay tuned we're gonna visit
a possum today
[Music] [Laughter] [Music] welcome back to Pine Meadows hobby Farm I'm your host Jerry
Hansen I set out my live trap near the turkey house and I baited it with just a regular
chicken egg I've got another live trap out there a little bit bigger I've caught a skunk
in there and some squirrels in that other trap uh before uh this is the first time I
ever caught a possum this is a young possum got in there and uh I'm not going to dispatch
him because possums are beneficial for the farm they do eat mice which we are having
problems with a rodent population I'm not sure if they go after rats they could I don't
know I know they go after my chicks and my turkey poles so they go after of course chicken
eggs and as a farmer I can keep those things locked away from these Predators but this
guy's kind of cute and he also they're they're great for having around their their friends
they will eat ticks they'll eat rattle steaks and for some reason they are immune to rattlesnake
venom
got a little bit of shade there for him right now he's cute got this little rat type of
tail and those little five appendages on his little feet got little claws on the feet and
it's got that pointy nose yeah he's kind of cute The Beverly Hillbillies would cook a
possum up and make a possum pot I ain't gonna do that with this little guy we're gonna go
ahead and just turn it loose and let it continue catching rodents and I'll just keep my uh
my chicks locked away yeah
yeah I'll let him go and let him free range and we have a possum and a couple baby possums
that freak with the cat dish on the back porch I don't mind that I really don't mind uh like
I said as a farmer I need to keep my babies locked away from now on away from these Predators
because they will find a way to get into them but I don't want to destroy beneficial wildlife
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and I don't think baking soda will kill these guys I don't think they're that kind of a
creature it could but I don't want to uh risk that anyway
looks a little hot [Applause]
I'll set it down in the shade I'll set it down in the shade and then I'll come out and
open the door tonight and turn it loose and Let It Go on its merry way
yeah interesting wildlife and counters here on the homestead especially when we live in
the wilderness anyway I'm her host Jerry Hansen thought I'd share a little possum uh adventure
with yeah uh yeah he's kind of cute and they're beneficial I mean you know we gotta take care
of our beneficial creatures anyway I'm your host Jerry Hansen this is Pine Meadows hobby
Farm we're our Frugal Homestead Tech High in the Cascade ranges of the Pacific Northwest
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