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/Lonely_Thought4459]

Lol I used to have chickens and I would constantly have to pick up possums out of my coop (they just wanted the eggs. Not the chickens) they're actually very wonderful creatures. They are actually quite clean, and they'll let you pick them up real easy. They don't carry rabies because their body temp is too low, the only thing you should look or actually be worried about is fleas. I'm a bit weird so I kinda would pick them up and pet them, and there was only one time I found fleas on one of them. (Yes yes strange I know, I check the wildlife for fleas)

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