Marsupials in size of a rat (16-20 cm)

It lives in the south – and Central America. Can reach a age of 7 – 10 years.
The male is a little bigger than the female, has to be kept separately or else they are going to fight with each other. They should only be together during reproduction.
In time of reproduction the male is being put beside the female for 10 – 14 days however the male is being removed afterwards or else you risk the male is going to be eaten by the female when she gets pregnant because she gets more aggressive towards other opossums.
The baby’s are born undeveloped and are hanging on the females nipples.
The female is usually staying in the hide box for a month and only comes out to eat. After a month the baby’s begin to crawl around on its own feet.
And hangs on the mother when she leaves the hide box.

The baby’s can be taken from their mother when they are about nine weeks old and reach sexual maturity at 4 ˝ month old. The baby’s can be given kitten food.
Short after the baby’s are taken from their mother. They need to be split up or else they start fighting.
The terrarium for one must be at least 250 l or larger.
They like to climb and therefore need a very high terrarium with more than one hide box.
When the male are introduced to the female there should also be a hide box for him.
Substrate can be for ex. Wood shavings, sphagnum or saw dust. And for nesting material straws and hay.

Food: Basic food is dry cat food, but must be offered a lot of insects such as (crickets-grasshoppers -cockroaches) and a small amount of mealworms.
Mice can also be offered (pinkys and fuzzys) live as well as dead.
Have read many places the opossums eat a lot of fruit, but my animals seldom eats it.
But I should be offered regularly most sweet fruits can be used.
Fresh water must always be available, they do have a tendency to mess up the water so it must be changed daily!! A water bottle is preferred but they need to learn to drink from it so they need a water bowl as well in the beginning.