Porkchop came to Awesome Possumz in May 2021.  She'd been found by a well-meaning young lady who kept her for ten days and fed her an inappropriate diet with no calcium and very little fat. 

 

She had a fat little bloated belly (which is how she got her name) and her fur was very thin and patchy.  Due to the low calcium diet she'd been fed, I was worried that she had the start of metabolic bone disease but after a trip to Blue Ridge Wildlife Center in Boyce, VA, she got a clean bill of health.  The only issue the vet saw?  She was TOO friendly!  She was put in an outdoor cage with two other possums about her same age in an attempt to "wild" her up. 

Her sweet nature and calm demeanor ended up mellowing out the two boys she was with (that's never happened before!).  Possums who do not display "normal" possum behaviors cannot be released back into The Wild, so, when she was only four months old, it was decided that she would be an education possie here.  She gave kisses to everyone she meets and took her job of being absolutely adorable very seriously!