Well Carmen just came in with what I thought at first was a mouse on her shoulder, she said it was not a mouse but a gliding Possum which after having a look on the internet found it was a Feathertail Glider.
It was so small and she had a hold of it by the tail so I was afraid it would drop it's tail, as the chipmunks did back home when caught in a no win situation. It looked like it was a baby, so I did not want to put any more stress on it by taking photos.
I have since found this link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feathertail_Glider
If you have a look, it is native to this area, and the small size and lack of stripes indicated a feathertail rather than a Sugar glider, which is larger.
It was found in the bathroom near the cat food and one of the cats was eyeing it off, so it ended up some distance from the house in a tree where we hope it will stay, and stick to it's diet of bugs nectar and pollen, gliding from branch to branch.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment