One Ugly Mother

A few weeks ago while sweeping my back patio (1st time in about a year) a found a huge hole in the wall. Huge being kind of relative. Anyway. So the hole lead to inside the wall between my neighbors and my townhouse. And I figured an animal or two have been living in the hole so a pest control company was called before they closed up the hole. The last thing I want is a dead animal rotting in my wall. So the company set out traps (the no kill kind) and I was warned it was probably possums. The first night caught a baby possum that was fairly cute. I didn't get a picture b/c the animal removal guy got to it before I got up. But Thursday I woke up to hearing something in the trap so I went out to check it out. It was the mother possum and boy was she mad and ugly. This time I got a picture. She reminded me of a rodent of usual size or something from Princess Bride! I am glad she was in the cage and not attached to my leg with those teeth of hers. So, there you have it. My brush with wildlife! Ha.The hole.
the ugly mother! (I did feel a little bad she cut her nose on the trap)
check out that tail. not too pretty.