Because of their nature and uniqueness, they make excellent pets. They weigh three to six ounces. The animals fur is grayish with a lighter tone underneath. They have a prehensile tail wehich they use to carry nesting material. They have large sensitive ears and have keen hearing.
Housing can be in ten gallon aquariums with a tight fitting lid.
They are escape artists. We use pine shavings and provide them a nesting box. We make our nesting boxes out of plastic milk jugs, cut in half, placed upside down with an entrance cut into it. Provide the Opossum shredded paper, and they will make an elaborate nest in their home. It is very important that the water bottles used for these opossums do not have a metal ball in them.