We are Volusia County Animal Attic, a full service wildlife removal company servicing Volusia County, FL. Your friendly neighborhood animal control company! If you have a wild animal problem, we are always happy to help, whether the job is big or small. We have been voted as the top animal removal company in the region for the last three years, and we are eager to give you a great service and our whole team will be focused on dealing with your wild animal issue. Our team of agents can take your call 24/7, and can offer some simple advice on actions that you can take, while they can also offer a general estimate of the cost of our animal control services. Satisfaction is a key benchmark for us as a company, so we will always treat you with courtesy, and our technicians are trained and have the latest qualifications so they can deal with your problem efficiently. The first step that we will take is to make a thorough examination of your property, so that we can identify exactly where the critters are getting in and out, and where they are active in your home. We will then use the most humane approach we can to effectively deal with the issue, whether that be traps, exclusion or other methods to resolve the animal problem. Call us now at 386-267-5047 for a solution to your wild animal problem.

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Opossums are marsupial animals. This means that like the kangaroos in Australia, they carry their young on their back or on their pouches. When you see a baby opossum alone somewhere in your house, there can be two reasons for this. The first one is: it is ready to leave its mother and hunt for its own food. The second reason is that it accidentally fell from its mother. If this is the case, it is still ill-equipped to live alone.



Baby Opossums That Needs Nurturing
Baby opossums are fragile creatures. When you see a baby that has eyes that are still closed, chances are, it was abandoned by its mother. Mother opossums do not generally go back to the place where they think they left their young. This can be the case especially if they feel threatened in the previous location. What you can do is, call your local wildlife reservation specialist in your county and hand over the baby opossums to them.

Care for Opossums
Unless you have experience in caring for baby opossums, don’t try to feed them anything. They are very sensitive to food and they can’t live on commercial powdered milk from the grocery store. There is a special formula that is specially made for opossums to help their muscles grow stronger. You have to keep in mind that opossums are wild animals. They are not used to human intervention. The babies will need the care from their mothers. They have to be kept warm and they should be fed on a set interval.

What You Can Do
As mentioned above, caring for opossums will generally do more harm than good. Especially if you are inexperienced. Your local county wildlife rehabilitation center has experts who are used to nursing baby opossums to health. Call a county animal control rehabilitator immediately. You can also take the babies to the shelter.

Be Careful When Handling the Baby Opossums
You can get a box and put small holes in it. Make sure that the box is the right size for the baby opossums. Put all of them inside it. Make sure to punch enough holes so it will be easier for the babies to breathe. Use gloves when handling or transporting them. Their claws or bites may contain rabies and other diseases. You should put them in a box that has a handle. You can also carry them inside a cage.

As a general rule, opossums which measure at least 7 inches are old enough to take care of themselves. If you see that the mother opossum is dead – caught by other predators, got hit by a car, or struck by a disease – contact a wildlife rehabilitator. It is cruel to leave the baby opossums on their own especially if they are thirsty or starving. If they die inside your house, you might find yourself having a hard time getting rid of pungent or strong smells.

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