{"id":2844,"date":"2025-04-05T04:18:10","date_gmt":"2025-04-05T04:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/2844\/"},"modified":"2025-04-05T04:18:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T04:18:10","slug":"chubby-possum-is-full-of-regrets-after-trying-to-make-this-bird-box-his-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/2844\/","title":{"rendered":"Chubby Possum Is Full Of Regrets After Trying To Make This Bird Box His Home"},"content":{"rendered":"

There\u2019s nothing better than crawling into a cozy home at the end of a long day and settling in for a nap. At least, that\u2019s what one brushtail possum in Australia thought until he sorely realized he couldn\u2019t make it past the front door.<\/p>\n

Facebook\/ACT Wildlife<\/p>\n

While trying to nudge his way into a bird nesting box last week, the fluffy possum found himself wedged in the small opening. The more he tried to pry his way through the hole, the more lodged he became.<\/p>\n

When the Fyshwick division of ACT Wildlife<\/a> arrived shortly after, the tiny intruder was still stuck and even more disgruntled than before.<\/p>\n

Facebook\/ACT Wildlife<\/p>\n

The team quickly realized that they wouldn\u2019t be able to pull the possum, later named Bob, out without hurting him, so they devised a more elaborate plan.<\/p>\n

\u201cBob had to be brought down, still stuck in the wood panel, sedated by a vet and extracted from the wood,\u201d ACT Wildlife wrote on Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Facebook\/ACT Wildlife<\/p>\n

While the ACT Wildlife team was dismayed by seeing Bob trapped in the nesting box, they weren\u2019t surprised. Bob\u2019s native home is at risk, and he was likely looking for shelter in all the wrong places.<\/p>\n

\u201cReduction in habitat for possums is a big concern,\u201d ACT Wildlife commented on Facebook.<\/p>\n

Facebook\/ACT Wildlife<\/p>\n

Thankfully, the ACT Wildlife crew found him just in time to extract him from the nesting box. Once he woke up from his anesthesia-induced nap at the clinic, Bob was relieved to be freed from the wooden enclosure.<\/p>\n

He soon received a clean bill of health and returned to the wild to continue his search for a comfortable home.<\/p>\n

You can see more images of his rescue here:<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been a few days since Bob\u2019s release, and the folks at ACT Wildlife thankfully haven\u2019t encountered him since. While they\u2019ll always be available to help if need be, the team is hopeful that seeing no signs of Bob means he\u2019s finally found the right home.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll worked out, though, and Bob was released to hopefully choose better housing,\u201d ACT Wildlife wrote.<\/p>\n

To help animals like Bob get the care they need, you can donate to ACT Wildlife here<\/a>.\"Rescuer<\/a>Rescuer Jumps Into Action After Seeing A Nose Poke Out Of Cardboard Box\u201cIt was honestly a little miracle \u2026\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There\u2019s nothing better than crawling into a cozy home at the end of a long day and settling…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2845,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1718,1714,1716,70,1715,1713,16,15,1717],"class_list":{"0":"post-2844","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-science","8":"tag-animal-encounters","9":"tag-ashley-ortiz","10":"tag-daily-dodo","11":"tag-science","12":"tag-standard","13":"tag-the-dodo","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-wildlife"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114283433675767694","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2844\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}