{"id":504149,"date":"2026-10-22T11:48:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T11:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/504149\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T11:48:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T11:48:08","slug":"california-family-makes-unexpected-discovery-when-they-find-baby-opossum-alone-at-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/504149\/","title":{"rendered":"California Family Makes Unexpected Discovery When They Find Baby Opossum Alone at Night"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A California family made an unexpected discovery after finding a baby opossum wandering alone outside at night.Concerned the tiny marsupial could be in danger from local predators, the family brought her inside and created a cosy shelter with warm blankets.They soon realised the baby was covered in ticks, so they gently bathed her with mild soap and carefully removed the parasites using tweezers.The little opossum quickly became comfortable around her rescuers, showing a gentle temperament around the family&#8217;s young boy and his parents.The family researched marsupial nutrition and prepared specially formulated meals to support her growth and development.As time passed, the tiny animal grew attached to her new caregivers, happily cuddling with them and sitting on their shoulders and laps.After contacting local wildlife rehabilitation centres and finding they were at capacity, the family committed to caring for the orphaned opossum around the clock.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A California family made an unexpected discovery after finding a baby opossum wandering alone outside at night.Concerned the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":504150,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8],"class_list":["post-504149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=504149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504149\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/504150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=504149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=504149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=504149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}