thinking it was the neighborhood cats she wanted to chase out of her fenced yard, like aways before. I could hear her running very fast to the back of the trailer barking and growling, then I heard this sneezing noise, a hiss, clicking "smack" sound. I realized this was not Hayle and I never heard a cat sound like that before. So I got up and went to see what it was. As I went down the steps I saw a small gray possum run under the trailer. It was getting dark and I lost sight of where it went, so I got Hayle and went back inside. The next morning I took Hayle for her daily walk. When we 
got back I heard something moving in the front compartment under my trailer. I open the small door and there was this small gray possum again. I reached for a small shovel that was laying there and the possum jumped out and ran under the trailer again and out of sight. I have a skirting around my 5th wheel and there are some plastic containers stored under it. I took some of the skirting down and with a flash light looked under the trailer to see if I could see the possum somewhere. But had no luck finding it. I called my grandson Brett and asked him for help to find it. He came over and we looked a 
little more for it. I let Hayle out of the trailer to see if she might find it, and she did! It was under a small outside igloo dog house that was next to the trailer. Brett had a fish net in his hand and as I raised up the dog house he was going to catch it in the net. But again the possum run under the trailer and we lost him. It had been raining and started raining really hard. So we decided to wait until morning when we could see better.It was Sunday morning and it had been raining for two days now. The ground was standing in water. I woke about 8:30am and decited I'd look to see if the possum was back in the compartment where he was before. As I opened the small door it was not there. This compartment has two bigger doors in the front of the compartment so I slowly opened one door and looked inside and there he was curled up sleeping out of the rain and then I saw another head move and then another one. There were three small gray possums curled up sleeping. I have to admit they were cute, but I needed to get them out of there. So I called Brett and told him I found the possum. He was still in bed and said he would be right over as soon as he could get dressed. While I was waiting for Brett to come help me I moved the flower pots and other things out of the way so we could move around and catch them if they decited to run. Brett got here and I told him there was three of them in there, boy was he surprised. So We made a plan that he would put the fish net over them as I took the shovel to manover them out of the compartment. I opened the second door for more room to get at them, and as they went to moving around I used the shovel to get them out where Brett could catch them in the net. We got two of them in the net and the third one went out another way throu the other smaller door that was open on the side of the trailer compartment. The possum walked on this sticky paper that was put in the compartment to catch roaches a week before and the possum couldn't run or walk very well. He tried to get back under the trailer under the steps and I almost got him there with the shovel but he got away. So I got the flash light again and was looking under the trailer and saw him at the back of the trailer. So I went around to the back with the shovel and there I was able to get him out from under the trailer. Brett took him by the tail and put it in the fish net with the other two. Brett then took all three possums away.
I took Hayle in and gave her a bath, she was all wet and dirty from the rain. I then took a hot shower too. I read up on possums in the United States, and found that the possums diet is mainly plant-based, leaves, fresh gum tips, flowers, and occasionally they eat insects, eggs, and meat. Their size is small with brown or grey fur, ranging in size and weight from a finger-6oz. to 4ft-32lbs. They live 2 to 4 years old. During the great depression possum was a source of food. The meat was used in place of rabbit and chicken in recipes. Some where even made into possum pie. The possum oil (possum grease) is high in essential fatty acids and has been used as a chest rub and a carrier for arthritis remedies given as topical salves. A barrel of fruit was used to attract possum for capture, and garlic is used to keep them away. So needless to say I will be hanging some garlic in the compartment under my trailer!
I didn't think to take a picture of these little creatures so I want to thank the internet for photos that I used here.
