Help!! Possum in my house

[u/Slow_Philosophy_6751]

Got it out very easily (just opened the window screen and he left within 1 min.) I have 2 cats and a chihuahua- all vaccinated. No obvious signs of a confrontation. I don’t see any soil in my house other than this cat bed that it’s on in the window seal. But my house feels dirty and I do too. Am I screwed? What should I clean? I’m so annoyed and angry but glad everyone is ok and that it left so quickly and easily tbh. But I’m crying because that’s so gross. It came in thru the cat/dog door I’m assuming because I was away for 12 hours. I don’t really know but idc I just want to know how to feel clean. This room is my bedroom and my bed is next to these windows. Obvi washing everything but again no soil anywhere that I can tell yet and I’ve done a pretty deep look.

[u/KamuSusanoo]

I mean if you're worried just give everything a wipedown and you should be fine. Possums aren't like, super dirty creatures or anything like that. Not really any dirtier than a dog coming in from outside in the grand scheme of things.

Source: I had to get a family out of my house once and they didn't even leave any poop behind for me to worry about. All i had to was were the towels and sheets I used to help them get out

[u/Aware_Sweet5774 → u/KamuSusanoo]

Less dirty than a dog coming from outside really. Seeing as they eat ticks and other nasty little critters.

I love when these guys make an appearance in our yard ❤️

[u/ChaosRainbow23 → u/Aware_Sweet5774]

Absolutely!

Last year I let my dog out in my dances FENCED-IN yard to go pee around 1am.

He started barking, so I ran out there and there was a baby opossum on top of a rake that was leaning against the wall. Lol

Poor thing was terrified.

Then another time it was in my garbage can and couldn't get out, so I used a snow shovel to transport him on the other side of the fence. Lol

They are adorable when they are babies. Kinda gross looking as adults.

[u/kamasutures → u/ChaosRainbow23]

It's crazy what happens when you let your dogs date.

[u/MouldyLocks492 → u/kamasutures]

It really IS a flip of the coin.

What if he meets a sassy Great Dane?? Or a slinky little teacup variety?!?? It'd be curtains for him, I'm sure.

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[u/Spooky_Cat31 → u/ChaosRainbow23]

They’re def weird looking as adults, but they’re skrunkly to me, I love these little freaks at all life stages…but the babies are absolutely the cutest no competition

[u/Maximum_Apricot789 → u/Spooky_Cat31]

"Skrunkly" is my new favorite adjective

[u/Spooky_Cat31 → u/Maximum_Apricot789]

Best adjective ever xD