NOTE: Many of the following products are available to order from www.Amazon.com If you have no other designated charity, we would greatly appreciate you clicking the following link to begin shopping: link to Amazon Smile. (Amazon Smile link is also available on every page of the Opossum Society on the right shoulder.) Amazon will then donate a percentage of your purchase to OSUS and you will get a reminder each time you return to shop at Amazon Smile that a portion of your donation will go to the Opossum Society of California (OSUS). You can change your registered charity affiliation any time you wish.
Advantage II Flea & Tick repellant
www.Amazon.com
PetSmart, PetCo, Pet supply stores
Bioplasma cell salts (Hyland’s homeopathic)
www.Amazon.com
Vitamin & Health Food Stores
Bulb Syringe
Drug store/Walmart
Burlap bags “Burlap potato sack” 23” x 40”
www.Amazon.com
Cages (need 11 gauge ½” x 1” wire) Check with your state for cage size requirements
CDE animal cages (will custom make with ½” x 1” wire and ship anywhere in USA)
www.cdecages.com
www.kwcages.com in San Diego, CA
Outdoor chicken coop cages
https://www.amazon.com
Free rabbit hutch plan online (make adjustments to cage grid and dimensions for the opossum)
http://www.woodworkingsiteonline.com
Calcium Carbonate 1000 mg (no vitamin D added) Swanson’s vitamins (adjust down dose to equal 700-800 mg daily
https://www.swansonvitamins.com
Capstar
www.amazon.com
www.1800PetMeds.com
Ensure
Original Nutritional Shake (for humans) Recommend vanilla or strawberry flavored
www.Amazon.com
Pharmacies, grocery stores
Ferret hammocks
www.Ferrets.com
https://www.ferret.com/sleepers-and-hideouts/hammocks/207/
Finger Lights
www.Amazon.com Party finger lights for kids
Fleabusters home service
www.fleabuster.com
Flea Repellent
Advantage, Frontline Spray, Revolution, Capstar
Veterinary office or:
• Pet Meds www.1800petmeds.com 800 738-6337
• Pet supply stores
Flea Destroyer nematodes
Destroys flea larvae in yard for 3-6 months
http://www.amazon.com
#3½ & #5 French Feeding Tubes
Chris’s Squirrels & More https://www.squirrelsandmore.com/ 860-749-1129
Ask your vet to place an order for you with his/her next order
Food containers
www.amazon.com search “air tight dog food containers”
Formula
Fox Valley Formula https://www.foxvalleynutrition.com/ 800 679-4666
Water temperature thermometer
https://www.amazon.com
Plug in formula by brand name or homemade formula to view nutritional value for your species
http://www.ewildagain.org/calculator.html
Kcal calculation: https://wildliferehabber.com/rehab-data/kcal-calculator
Formula Warming Device
Walmart or Kmart for under $20.00 (have to use one for humans)
Gram scales
www.amazon.com
Hill’s Prescription Diet – Feline a/d
Veterinary Office
Homeopathic Remedies (local health food or vitamin stores)
Homeopathy Information
http://www.ewildagain.org/health.html
www.abchomeopathy.com (search by remedy name)
Illumination
Finger lights
www.Amazon.com Party finger lights for kids
Headlamps
www.Amazon.com (head lamps)
Strobe flashlight
www.Amazon.com
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Irrigation flags (wire)
Kaopectate Antidiarrheal (for humans)
www.Amazon.com
Pharmacies, grocery stores
Manuka Honey
Manuka Honey USA https://manukahoneyusa.com/ 800 395-2196
Metamucil Fiber Supplement
www.Amazon.com
Pharmacies, most grocery stores
Mirror (searching underneath objects to locate opossums)
Amazon.com
O-ring syringes
Fox Valley Nutrition www.foxvalleynutrition.com 800 679-4666
Chris’s Squirrels & More https://www.squirrelsandmore.com/ 860-749-1129
Pedialyte Pops
Walmart and most supermarkets in the baby food section
Pedialyte Powder packs
Most supermarkets in the baby food section
Pet-Tinic
Pool Rescue Ramps
Probiocin
KPAD Soothables Kaolin Pectin Anti-Diarrheal
Jeffers Pet 800 533-3377
Rag Lady
Clean ravel-free rags to wrap babies in while syringe feeding 866 724-7787
Warmers (More insulation between the heat source and babies needed as their max temperatures exceed the opossum norm of 95°)
Heat Disk (microwavable)
Fox Valley Nutrition 800 679-4666
http://www.mcssl.com/store/17128612/snugglesafe-heatpads
Grabber mini hand warmers (average temp. 135°, max. 156°- lasts 7+ hours)
Heating Pads
Kmart –
Make sure it’s not on a timer to shut off automatically. Never use higher than “LOW” setting.
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Waterbator construction (page on OSUS website)
Wheels, exercise
Contact Opossum Society of U.S. for wheel plans to build it yourself
References:
CalFire – Active fires in the state of California
Centers for Disease Control, National Center for Infectious Diseases
Humane Society of the United States
Opossum Society of the United States
USGS National Wildlife Health Center (medical personnel alert wallet cards)
Rev. 10/25/19