A Celebration of Sasha's Life

Sasha has now not been seen for over two years. It is not impossible that she is still out there and has moved to a new territory, however she was very old and was behaving oddly the last time she was seen, so it seems likely that her time had come. 

While I don't want to single out Sasha over any of the other possums in the area, she has lived here longer, and had more babies, than any other possum, and she deserves to have her life celebrated. She does not deserve to fade into obscurity once the blog mentions stop.

Sasha - 7^th May 2015

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First photo of Sienna and babies

 

Sienna with babies Oola and Omni back-riding - 22^nd Oct 2026

Update 15 Oct 2026 - Introducing Leif, Sienna, Omni and Oola

Blossom's latest baby has been named Leif.

Leif back-riding on Blossom - 25^th Sept 2026

Update 24th Sept 2026 - Blossom's new baby and Sprout returns

Yesterday Blossom arrived with her latest baby, back-riding for the first time, and Sprout returned for a visit.

Blossom with 6^th baby back-riding - 23^rd Sept 2026

Baby Possum Alert

 Blossom's latest baby (her 6^th) has just started emerging from the pouch

Her baby has probably been out for a few days now but Blossom has been a bit irregular in her usage of the possum boxes and this is the first time the little one has been seen.

Hopefully, Blossom will keep using box 2, but check all of the boxes just in case!

Blossom with baby in Box 2 - 9^th Sept 2026

Update 11th April 2026 - Introducing Bisou

Blossum's new baby is now back-riding and has been named Bisou. The little one may be female but I'm not sure about this.

Bisou back-riding on Blossom - 7^th April 2026

Baby Possum Alert

Blossom's latest baby (her 5^th) has just started emerging from the pouch.

Unfortunately, Blossom has been in box 3 for the past couple of days where the camera is terribly bad, but with luck may decide to use box 2 or 7 which are also in her territory.

Blossom with baby in Box 3 - 13th March 2026

Update 10th February 2025

I would first like to apologize for not posting anything for so long. When I started this blog I made a rule that I wouldn't apologize for posting entries later than intended because I knew that this would invariably happen and I didn't want every entry to start with a tedious apology and excuses.

But this time it's been months and months and people have probably been wondering whether this blog was gone for good.

Drak - 8^th Dec 2025

Update 26th October 2025 - Introducing Roxy the Ringtail

 Drak is growing up.

Drak - 11^th Oct 2025

He shares a box with his mother Blossom, but no longer back-rides and recently has got up the courage to visit the house on his own.

Baby Possum Alert

Sprout has a baby (her first) who has just started emerging from the pouch.

Sprout has not used the possum boxes in a long time, but was in Box 1 today. 

Sprout with baby in Box 1 - 24^th Oct 2025

It is anyone's guess whether she will continue using this box.

Also, I am going to post an update very soon. I was working on it today when I saw Sprout's baby.