Some of our readers know that cold in the South can be a truly unpleasant and even dangerous time. But this blog is supposed to be happy updates and news, so it will have to suffice to say Winter is not a great time to be inside or outside.
The two elderly opossums, Mama and Sweet Pea, are good friends and keep each other warm. Mama has been diagnosed with congestive heart failure, sadly common among older opossums. She is on oral and injectable medications and receives subcutaneous fluids twice a day. She doesn’t mind and keeps on sleeping (she’s on the left).
