{"id":9236,"date":"2021-10-31T17:41:38","date_gmt":"2021-10-31T22:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/?p=9236"},"modified":"2021-10-31T17:51:04","modified_gmt":"2021-10-31T22:51:04","slug":"injured-debilitated-virginia-opossum-gets-help-recover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/injured-debilitated-virginia-opossum-gets-help-recover\/","title":{"rendered":"Injured And Debilitated Virginia Opossum Gets Help To Recover"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-9237\" src=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/virginia-opossum-humane-animal-rescue-202110-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Virginia opossum standing on branch\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/virginia-opossum-humane-animal-rescue-202110-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/virginia-opossum-humane-animal-rescue-202110-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/virginia-opossum-humane-animal-rescue-202110-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/virginia-opossum-humane-animal-rescue-202110.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The following story was shared with us by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humaneanimalrescue.org\/wildlife\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Humane Animal Rescue Wildlife Center<\/a> in Pennsylvania.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Virginia opossums are Pennsylvania\u2019s only marsupial, and they play many important ecological roles \u2014 including cleaning up ticks and scavenging old meat to clean up the environment! Pennsylvania is the northernmost range of Virginia opossums, and winter can be tough on these guys. While they have a beautiful fur coat, their ears, toes, and sensitive tails do not have fur and are prone to cold-related injuries, such as frostbite.<\/p>\n<p>The young male opossum pictured here arrived at Humane Animal Rescue of Pittsburgh\u2019s Wildlife Center and was treated for trauma, frostbite, a bacterial infection, and being underweight and dehydrated. He was found in a snow pile near the side of the road by a kind passerby. He received a diet with <a href=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/emeraid-omnivore\/\">EmerAid IC Omnivore<\/a> prior to a normal adult opossum diet, which is vital for the recovery process.<\/p>\n<p>He recovered fully and was released back to his home territory once the weather warmed up a bit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virginia opossum found at the side of the road recovers from trauma and other health problems with the aid of Humane Animal Rescue Wildlife Center.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":9237,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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