latest addition to the Main St Menagerie
The house next door, the one with the pigeons roosting in the window, is being restored, and the pigeons have moved out. Woot! The downside is that like all good builders, they start hammering at 8:00am while I am still trying to get some beauty sleep.In addition to the pigeons, other city-dwelling animals have been evicted.
Including a 12 pound oppossum.
You see his glamor shot, taken on my back porch (10 feet off the ground up a rickety staircase).
I never really thought of oppossums as anything other than roadkill. But after a few minutes trying to get him to pose prettily (without getting very close!) I see that he's really a giant, slow moving, carnivorous mouse. Even has ears like a mouse! Need someone to do his hair, though. Looks terrible in the photo. A video would do him much better justice, with cute paw-licking, ear turning, eye blinking, just like your favorite mammalian pet.
I called animal control, and then the emergency number provided in the voice message, and they say no one will come out "for a stray" at night. A stray? Is this someone's pet? If so, please come pick him up, right now!
posted by Jeff @ 10:27 PM
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