Friday, 18 April 2014
Update your bookmarks (again)!
If you have the possum webcam site at possum.dyndns.tv bookmarked, you will need to change the link to http://possum.tv.
I've just been informed that DynDNS are cancelling their free accounts from 7th May 2014, which means that any links to the possum webcam server at http://possum.dyndns.tv will (presumably) stop working after this date - unless I move to a paid account. Since I now have the possum.tv domain, and the dyndns domain name wasn't a very good one to begin with (I only got it because it was free), there's no reason to pay to keep it alive.
For what it's worth, I have temporarily set up possum.dyndns.tv to redirect to possum.tv, but this will stop working when possum.dyndns.tv dies.
Sunday, 6 April 2014
Wasabi is back!
Just a quick note to say that Wasabi has been seen tonight for the first time
since his release from hospital over three weeks ago. He looks healthy and is still as friendly and happy as ever.
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| Wasabi - 6th April 2014 |
Friday, 4 April 2014
Update 4th Apr 2014
The young ringtail who visited last time has been given a name: Batgirl. She is brave and athletic, and when her name was mentioned to her, she responded with an energetic leap onto a nearby branch, as if saying that she likes the name.
Batgirl (who is probably the daughter of Tilda and Wasabi) seems to like humans; she tends to come closer when humans are around, whereas other ringtails usually retreat, but she doesn't accept food. It's probably good that a young ringtail sticks to natural foods anyway.
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| Batgirl (all she needs is a cape) - 31st Mar 2014 |
Batgirl (who is probably the daughter of Tilda and Wasabi) seems to like humans; she tends to come closer when humans are around, whereas other ringtails usually retreat, but she doesn't accept food. It's probably good that a young ringtail sticks to natural foods anyway.
Sunday, 30 March 2014
New domain name
I've managed to obtain the domain name possum.tv. Previously it was being used by some Russian site, but it seems they shut down some time ago and let the registration lapse.
This means that you can get to the possum webcam server via http://possum.tv and http://www.possum.tv, as well as the original link http://possum.dyndns.tv.
Also, this blog is now at http://blog.possum.tv. The original link http://possumtv.blogspot.com.au will still work, and redirects to the new domain name.
What do you need to do?
As far as the blog goes, both the old and the new link will always work correctly, so you don't have to change anything.[edit: If you use an RSS feed, you might have noticed all of the entries have changed to "unread". This is a one-off thing caused by the old domain name redirecting to the new one, and can be ignored.]
The Possum TV Live webcam server is a little more tricky because it's still on a dynamic IP address. While both links will normally work there are situations where either or both may stop working for a while. I would recommend changing your link to http://possum.tv, but for the time being keep a backup link to http://possum.dyndns.tv.
In other news, I've also found a typo in the script that takes snapshots of possum boxes. The effect of this bug was that if the system was a bit slow, rather than waiting for a new snapshot to be generated (as intended), it instead returned an older snapshot in its place. This has now (hopefully) been fixed. I apologise to anyone who has lost snapshots due to this bug.
This means that you can get to the possum webcam server via http://possum.tv and http://www.possum.tv, as well as the original link http://possum.dyndns.tv.
Also, this blog is now at http://blog.possum.tv. The original link http://possumtv.blogspot.com.au will still work, and redirects to the new domain name.
What do you need to do?
As far as the blog goes, both the old and the new link will always work correctly, so you don't have to change anything.[edit: If you use an RSS feed, you might have noticed all of the entries have changed to "unread". This is a one-off thing caused by the old domain name redirecting to the new one, and can be ignored.]
The Possum TV Live webcam server is a little more tricky because it's still on a dynamic IP address. While both links will normally work there are situations where either or both may stop working for a while. I would recommend changing your link to http://possum.tv, but for the time being keep a backup link to http://possum.dyndns.tv.
In other news, I've also found a typo in the script that takes snapshots of possum boxes. The effect of this bug was that if the system was a bit slow, rather than waiting for a new snapshot to be generated (as intended), it instead returned an older snapshot in its place. This has now (hopefully) been fixed. I apologise to anyone who has lost snapshots due to this bug.
Friday, 21 March 2014
Update 21st Mar 2014
Wasabi hasn't been seen since his release from hospital over a week ago. It's normal for him to go away for long periods of time, so this is not a cause for concern, but it would still be very good to know how he's getting on.
Recently a very young ringtail, who is quite probably the offspring of Tilda and Wasabi, came to the house and sat on the hand-rail of the balcony, undeterred by the presence of humans. The ringtail wasn't after food (at least s/he ignored small pieces of apple and pear on the handrail), and it's almost as if the little one was a messenger from Wasabi: "go to the humans and tell them that I'm alright".
Recently a very young ringtail, who is quite probably the offspring of Tilda and Wasabi, came to the house and sat on the hand-rail of the balcony, undeterred by the presence of humans. The ringtail wasn't after food (at least s/he ignored small pieces of apple and pear on the handrail), and it's almost as if the little one was a messenger from Wasabi: "go to the humans and tell them that I'm alright".
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| Baby Ringtail - 19th Mar 2014 |
Friday, 14 March 2014
Wasabi's Stay in Hospital
This is going to be a very long and rambling entry, because I want to detail as much as I can for the benefit of anyone reading who might be in a similar situation.
The tl;dr version is that it's good news. Wasabi was captured and put in Possum Hospital. He was treated, his condition improved rapidly, and he has now been released.
The tl;dr version is that it's good news. Wasabi was captured and put in Possum Hospital. He was treated, his condition improved rapidly, and he has now been released.
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| Wasabi in Hospital - 9th March 2014 |
Sunday, 2 March 2014
Update 2nd Mar 2014
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| Oz scratching himself - 26th Feb 2014 |
Saturday, 15 February 2014
Oz's First Visit
Just a quick post to let everyone know that Kiki has brought Oz to the house back-riding for the first time. He seems inquisitive and not at all fearful and even nibbled on some food from Kiki's mouth.
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| Oz riding on Kiki's back 15th Feb 2014 |
Friday, 14 February 2014
Update 14th Feb 2014 - First photo of Oz
First of all, just a note to say that I've put up a new blog - Game of Thorns - where I can write about non-possum things.
Here's the first (and, if we exclude snapshots taken by the box camera, so far only) photo I have of Kiki's baby Oz. Sorry it's a bit blurred, but I didn't want to get too close and scare the little one.
Here's the first (and, if we exclude snapshots taken by the box camera, so far only) photo I have of Kiki's baby Oz. Sorry it's a bit blurred, but I didn't want to get too close and scare the little one.
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| Oz, looking out of Box 7 - 12th Feb 2013 |
Sunday, 2 February 2014
Update 2nd Feb 2014
Recently, two female ringtails were seen near the house, one with two back-riding babies and one with a slightly swollen pouch. It's always very difficult to tell who's who with ringtails, but these two look very much like Tilda and Ruby.
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| Tilda with back-riding babies 29th Jan 2014 |
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