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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Last nigh at 11:30 I was sound asleep when Mrs. Carrera was yelling for me to wake up. Reuben the hunter killer had struck again. He added yet another species to his kill list.

He killed a sub adult possum. It was not just playing possum, he had destroyed it's head into the bloody pulp. Once again, he had a tight grip on the middle of the possum. So out comes two dog bone treats. I waved one right in front of his nose, and he hesitated, but dropped the possum. I grabbed it by the tail and "took it to the train station" AKA the compost pile.

I did not bury it last night, I did that this morning in the sunlight.



I will spare your the gory photo. The compost is covered in flowers, and I had to find a bare spot to bury it. I dug up a bunch of worms with the black composted soil. In went the possum and I covered with soil. The worms make sort work of it.It has enough soil over it to avoid stinking.

So the count is one squirrel, two bunnies, uncounted mice, multiple skinks and the little tiny brown snakes, and one possum. I was really happy it was a possum, and not a skunk.

Back when we had our mini dachshund and had a fenced in back yard, I looked out one day and saw him chewing on something. That wasn't unusual because he often found twigs and sticks and chewed them like bones, but I could tell this was different. I went out and he was chewing the head of a squirrel. I don't think he kill the squirrel. I think that was our other dog. He'd done the same, chewed the head until it was an empty meat sack. The skull and contents had been squished out through the mouth. It was not a pretty picture. He was not happy that I took his chew toy and snack.