I know how you feel about Patty. I grew up in the "country." So therefore, I brought home every baby bird, kitten, puppy, rabbit, you name it, if it didn't have a mommy I brought it home. Even once brought home a bunch of baby mice (because their mother was dead.) My parents didn't like that too much. Most of these animals....their nests were interrupted by one of our dogs.

When I was in Jr. High, our dog was chasing a "possum." Being that the babies ride on their mothers back, or in their pouches...(THEY ARE MARSOUPIALS) (SP?) one of the babies fell off/out. I took the baby in. It looked like a little rat. It had no hair, and it's eyes were shut. We fed the baby through an eye dropper for the longest time. She slept in a cream of wheat box. At the time, when she was small, we kept her in a hamster cage, so she wouldn't crawl around and get hurt. We ended up naming her Posey (pOzy- long "o")

Posey ate dog food. Her favorite treat was banannas. She was a wonderful pet. She also was litter trained.