I have 2 dogs with very active sniffers. They were sniffing around the stairs in our house, and I thought “no big deal, probably just some mice.” I set some mouse traps as I normally do, and in the off chance it’s a rat, I set out some poison because my mouse traps aren’t rat sized. About 15 minutes later, I hear one of the traps go off, I go to the stairwell to the crawlspace, and lo and behold, I see a opossum standing there licking the peanut butter off the trap. I freaked out, because it’s not what I was expecting, and the opossum had gotten somewhere I can’t seem to track down. Unfortunately, I can’t find the block of poison where I had set it, so I’m worried the little booger has eaten it.

Now that I know there’s possibly still an opossum in my crawlspace, I set a live trap with a bowl of fruit. What are some other good snacks I can put out to catch this guy, and has anyone else had similar situations with them eating mouse poison?

9/1/2026

I wish I knew who created this chart so I could give them credit. According to my local rehabilitation facility it is quite accurate. I hope it is of use to all the participants in our subreddit.

We feed neighborhood stray cats and our opossum friends stop by. Unfortunately there is also a coyote so we leave the garage door up a foot so the kitties and opossums can get in but the coyote can not. We have 2 males that are regulars and 2 or 3 females. Tonight this little one made her debut and we are wondering how old she is?

This is one of my favorite old videos of JellyBean I just love her ears and her face and just everything xD

I miss this little girl so much.