Glimmer's Night Light

Glimmer was a juvenile Virginia opossum found cold and stunned on a road (playing possum). She recovered but had a neurological tilt to her head. We gave her an enclosure with climbing branches and hiding spots. She'd emerge at night, her pink nose twitching, her prehensile tail feeling its way along branches. Her habit of eating ticks from our property made her a garden hero. The nighttime yard is missing the rustle of her movement in the leaf litter, the sight of her carrying nesting material in her mouth, and her gentle, hiss-free acceptance of fruit offerings.