DATA ON ORPHANED OPOSSUMS' WEIGHTS (grams)
| DATE | TIME | FEMALE 1 Little Sister |
FEMALE 2 Miss Piggy |
MALE Mickey |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 22, 1998 | 2:25 PM | 39.60 | 61.50 | 39.10 |
| July 23, 1998 | 3:55 PM | 39.09 | 68.16 | 38.16 |
| July 24, 1998 | 1:25 PM | 39.68 | 69.05 | 40.50 |
| July 27, 1998 | ? | deceased | 71.36 | 40.84 |
| July 28, 1998 | 9:00 AM | 78.59 | 47.47 |
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| July 30, 1998 | 2:15 PM | 81.10 | 43.45 |
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| August 3, 1998 | 4:20 PM | 115.55 | 46.97 |
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| August 6, 1998 | deceased |
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| August 7, 1998 | deceased | |
DATA ON OPOSSUM FEEDING AND OBSERVATIONS
| DATE | TIME | FOODS | REACTION | OBSERVATIONS | OTHER COMMENTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 27, 1998 | 9:30 AM | boiled egg, water, cream of wheat | semi-interested | alert but not very hungry | there was clear liquid in front of male, perhaps he coughed up? |
| July 27, 1998 | 1:00 PM | remaining food from earlier | |||
| July 28, 1998 | 9:00 AM | puppy chow with milk | slowly going to it, trembling | alert, eating, and playing | |
| July 28, 1998 | 3:00 PM | puppy chow with milk, banana, apple | slowly going to it ar first, really interested in fruit | alert, eating, and playful | started having healthy bowel movements, a small tree limb was placed in the cage for them to climb on |
| July 28, 1998 | 8:00 PM | puppy chow with water, banana, apple | female went to apple first, male tried banana | shivering | female is grooming herself |
| July 29, 1998 | 9:20 AM | puppy chow with milk, cantaloupe, grapes, water | male liked fruits, female more interested in chow | sleeping at first, after awakened they were very curious, sniffing, grooming, walking around | female groomed herself and the male also, change paper in cage |
| July 29, 1998 | 1:00 PM | banana, egg with milk, cantaloupe, water | loved the eggs | alert and eating | grooming |
| July 29, 1998 | 8:30 PM | banana, cantaloupe mixed with vitamins, puppy chow, water | male slept most of the time, female ate, male began to eat as observer left | ||
| July 30, 1998 | 9:30 PM | chow with milk, meat loaf, grapes | |||
| Aug. 6, 1998 | male has been lethargic and had a low appetite for 2 days | male is dead, female wants to cuddle inside observer's shirt, seems to not be feeling well, no appetite | |||
| Aug. 7, 1998 | remaining female taken to the vet, diagnosed dehydration, infected fluids | female died before leaving the vet's office |
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