A mature short-tailed opossum will reach a body length of about 4 to 6 inches (10 to 15 cm) with a tail that is another 1.5 to 3 inches (4 to 7.5 cm). Skittles (my female short-tailed opossum) finally came out of her nest for a bite to eat, after not eating anything yesterday, even passing up meal worms. Brazil has closed its borders to animal trade now so all of the Rainforest Opossum that you see now outside of those countries are captive bred.
Short-Tailed Opossum The Short-Tailed Opossum is a cute and charismatic animal that are not only adorable but full of personality. *An STO's home should allow climbing room as they enjoy space to climb about. Life Cycle Brazilian Opossum, Rainforest Opossum and of course the the Short Tailed Opossum. These animals can be aggressive to each other after puberty, so if several animals are to be kept together, there must be in a large enclosure with several nest boxes and their behavior must be closely monitored. HOUSING: The Short Tailed Opossum is an escape artist, and must be kept in a secure enclosure. See more ideas about Opossum, Possum, Tailed.
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An 18x18x24 exo terra or a 3x2x18 vivarium work well. Like all marsupials, possums have a pouch, or a marsupium. This New World species is correctly called an “opossum” as opposed to the Old World “possum”. They very small and interesting animals. We have new litters year-round. Adult weight is between 2 and 5 ounces (60 to 150 grams.)
Short-tailed Opossums can become loving and gentle pets if handled from a young age. Tanya is a beautiful baby female Brazilian short-tail opossum that was born on …
Jan 8, 2016 - Explore nacl143's board "STO (short-tailed opossums)" on Pinterest. The Short-Tail Opossum is found mainly in Brazil and adjoining countries of Bolivia, Paraguay, and Chile. All our babies are handled daily and socialized to be the perfect pets before meeting their new families. We bred Brazillian Short Tailed Opossums in Stillwater, Oklahoma. They are super cool and always interesting. Even some adults adapt readily to handling. We are small hobby breeders with a lot of love for what we do! After a fairly short gestation time, only about twelve to fourteen days, the offspring are born. The opossum was kept at a room temperature of 14 to 15°C and at a relative humidity of 25 per cent. Breeding Opossum. The males are about 25% larger than the females. They are a great apartment pet and can be housed very easily in a medium sized terrarium or a rodent cage measuring 90 cm x 45 cm x45 cm.
The babies are extremely under-developed, though.
Short tailed opossums MUST be housed solitary, only being put together for short periods of time when trying to breed Lignocel make a great substrate/bedding and a nest They stay inside the pouch where they … Lesions had also been noted on the animal's tail. Short tailed opossums are tidy animals but are known to escape their enclosures.
The Virginia opossum is the only marsupial native to North America. I love these little fellows. A one-year-old entire male short-tailed opossum, weighing 88 g, was presented because of progressive dry patches on the tips of the pinnae that had developed over a six-week period.