Possum emergency!

On our way to Harry's place Jasmin and I found a baby Common Ringtail Possum (Pseudocheirus peregrinus). It was lying on the grass between a super-market car park and a main road. It was shivering and calling his mother. Also, as can be seen on one of the pics, it was injured a bit on the left eye. Because the mother was nowhere to be seen and as the street and car park were pretty busy, we decided to take it with us.

The cute little thing was freezing in the wind chill. Its cuteness was stunning somehow..

Mother for an hour. The guy at the emergency hotline insisted we should give the possum to a woman, not to a man. She should put the possum on her bra to make it comfortable. Not only the warmth, also the heartbeat and maybe the smell help to calm the baby down. Jasmin was lucky to be the only women around. We all wanted to hold it!!!

Harry got hold of an emergency hotline for injured wildlife and we brought the possum to a carer. Poor little thing!