Our lab, Rusty was tied up outside one night and he was barking his head off. Megan looked out the window and there was one laying in the drive way. We brought Rusty in and called the animal control officer. We thought it was dead. By the time he came out it was GONE! He told us that when they are threatened they pee all over themselves and then "play dead". He said that is where the term "playing possum" comes from. Once they aren't in danger any longer they escape. So, your possum probably was sick or something. They usually only come out at night. |