Opossums are marsupial mammals like the kangaroo but much smaller and with an unattractive appearance. It measures between 30 and 50 centimeters and weighs between 2 and 5 kilos. If you have managed to find an Arizona opossum in your home, they must be entered in your home in the search of its food. If you have ever wondered what natural diet of an opossum is and how does it get its food, we have given enough details in the following section.



What is the natural diet of an opossum?
The Tempe opossum is an omnivorous feeding animal so it is adapted specifically to digest neither plant material nor animal but it can eat everything. Enjoy especially the consumption of fruits, roots, and vegetables but also of small mammals and birds, and insects and larvae.

Opossums eat varieties of food. They especially like to eat living insects and mice as well as worms and snails. They also like overripe fruit, such as apples, pears, mangoes or bananas, or fruit yogurt. They also eat grains and eggs. In addition, fresh water should always be in the cage.

They not only dig but actively hunt animals and small birds. Also they vigorously unearth insects that detect underground or in empty trunks, use their solid claws and right front legs to tear open burrows. They are known to find out and eat rats. They open food containers to reach objects such as cat food and dog sandwiches.

One of the most notable things eaten by Arizona opossums is ticks. In fact, most of the Tempe opossums will remove and eat large part of the ticks that try to bite them.

Their natural food includes fresh meat, pet food, bird seed, garbage, fruits, vegetable, frogs, birds, and berries. Their diet and food may change depending on the season. As for an example, they eat large insects in the summer season and small mammals like birds and rates in the winter.

How does it get food?
The Tempe opossum is a nocturnal animal. During the day it rests and at nightfall, it goes out to look for the food that it needs to subsist. Consume fruits, worms, lizards, birds, small mammals, insects, maize, birds, amphibians, roots, rodents, rabbits, human garbage, carrion or cereals. Opossums depend on touch and smell to find its food. They also use their opposable thumbs and tails to climb trees in the search of its food. They usually find their food from human homes, garbage cans, chicken coops, gardens, and many other places.

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