what do opossums eat?
Possums have a varied diet and eat fruit, insects, snails, slugs,  eggs, mice, rats, fish, frogs, and crayfish. Possums eat snakes,  and are immune to all snake venom, excepâ¦t the venom of the coral  snake.
Possums' feeding habits range from omnivores (the Common Brushtail possum) to specialist browsers of eucalyptus (Greater Glider), insectivores (Mountain Pygmy Possum) and nectar-feeders (Honey Possum). <br /><br /> In the wild, they eat young shoots, leaves, flowers, nectar and fruit of a variety of trees and shrubs. They also feed on insects. They do not eat fish. <br /><br /> Possums also enjoy a feed of bread and honey put out by helpful suburban homeowners.