Yes, in some U.S. states it is legal to own opossums as pets. A lot of these pics come from rescuers who foster the opossum temporarily, but some are pets.
It is Delaware. But now I am just thinking less of Delaware. I mean, you can judge a person by the company they keep, so I feel like that should roughly translate to states as well.
Yes, in some U.S. states it is legal to own opossums as pets. A lot of these pics come from rescuers who foster the opossum temporarily, but some are pets.
Map of legal states:
Source: https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/pet-opossum-legal-states
That makes much more sense. They all just seemed so calm that I couldn’t figure them out. Very little of the “HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH” I know of them.
As far as I can tell, once domesticated, they make good pets.
Here is a video on pet opossum named Butter who was rescued as a wild orphan (3:39 min) - it’s super cute: https://youtu.be/6VW73ZFZiLI
Only one of the green ones surprises me.
Is it Delaware?
It is Delaware. But now I am just thinking less of Delaware. I mean, you can judge a person by the company they keep, so I feel like that should roughly translate to states as well.