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They’re cute, little opossums; riding on Mama’s back; her tail rail, secures precious brood. They’ll grow to be lethal rats; they’ll try to eat your dog or cat and they will probably win their battle, as they have, giant shoulder chips. My Manx once tangled with opossum female and since she had little tail; great mouthfuls did her hinny make. Proud of the white upon her chest, she quickly cleaned up the mess and us, none the wiser be. For several days she laid around, our little calico clown; but she was aged and likely to do so. Around the house she trod; with no marks or blood on bod; until she could no more and it puzzled us to our cores, why she’d stopped eating. We took her off to the Vet; a virus, we surely bet and what a shock we did get, when Vet said, “Opossum’s chewed up her behind!” Surgery was our next option; because an opossum went’a‘chomp’in. In a couple of days we’d have to stop in and pick her up, once again. Listless at home, as our tabby roamed; her little sister, her ego blistered; examining tube sticking out her butt; wouldn’t leave her alone, so violent hisses and growls ensued. For days on end, our humiliated furry friend; would her long days begin, in such a moody brooding. When that tube came out, happy calico clown, like “Tigger”, bounced all around. Table to table and chair to chair she leapt and made us all shout; “Bad cat!” Nevertheless, not one thing was broken. Her sister, how she sniffed at the stitches, in her hips; our Manx finally laid down the law and let a big paw rip! Swatted Tabby was offended! The hissing, spitting fight ensued; with Tabby rolling through the room; Manx, she released such gloom and doom that made Tabby a bit smarter. Perhaps Manx’s situation, demonstrated by her jubilation, coupled with her agitation; rejuvenated her. A lively “kit”, she was again and I tell you, my Manx friend, enjoyed her newfound days again; happy that she was saved. For a while, Tabby quivered; dazed, she sat and shivered, because Manx had sent her up proverbial river. A double lesson, it had been; though Tabby did irritate Manx again; Manx from then on did engage in more careful play; but not with an opossum.
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