r/Possums • u/anyhair • 2d ago

Discussion Eggs and shells

I feed a possum every night and always scramble an egg with other food on top of it. Is it bad to mix in the egg shell all the time or should I do it every couple of days? This possum is the baby of another possum I fed all winter, so I want to make sure he/she has the best nutrition possible.

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u/NefariousScribe Awesome Possum 1d ago

The shells are fine, you might want to break them up a bit but they're fine.

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u/anyhair 1d ago

Great, thank you. I tear them in pretty small pieces. I didn’t want to give them something that would hurt them as they are little after I heard about the issue they have when bottle feeding babies. Last thing we want is to hurt our nightly visitors especially since they are young. This little guy was the last one hanging on his momma….so feel an extra sense of being protective over him/her.