I think possums are mostly carnivorous, but like mice, rats, and other
rodents I think they will eat anything they come across, meat, plant, or
garbage. Before you go to the trouble of fastening your netting, just keep
an eye on your plants, if he is coming back for more and actually eating
your strawberries then go ahead and fix your netting. He might have been
just wandering through, or hunting for toads, mice, worms, grubs, etc..
By the way...a friend of mine says they make great pets if you get one when
it is young enough. They are just scary looking to your visitors.

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Rob Smith, NY
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"Polar" wrote in message
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Dunno how he got in under the netting, but there he was,
hissing at me. I only wanted to get him out so the cat wouldn't get
him. Anyway, he escaped on his own.

My question: Do they eat strawberries? If so, I'll have to
fasten that netting down more securely.

TIA


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Polar