Probably an injury. Its very rare that possums get rabies.
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Originally posted by Sika View PostMost likely rabid. Should have called animal control.
Any mammal can get rabies.
We’ve killed two rabid skunks on our place in the last three weeks (confirmed positive via testing.)
We were told this has been a particularly bad year for rabies because it’s been so dry, which concentrates animals around water and food sources.
I doubt that it was rabies.
Not impossible but very improbable. A lot of folks think that opossums are immune to rabies and while they are not, something with their body temperature makes them like 10 times less likely to have rabies. That virus cant live at the temps the opossums body operates at
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Originally posted by Thwackdaddy View PostI doubt that it was rabies.
Not impossible but very improbable. A lot of folks think that opossums are immune to rabies and while they are not, something with their body temperature makes them like 10 times less likely to have rabies. That virus cant live at the temps the opossums body operates at
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