Look what Gibby found on the beach this morning
This is Gibby
We're coming off an extreme heatwave. I walked with a friend and his dog early this morning. At one point, Gibby ran onto the rocks and started looking for something. I couldn't see anything and we kept walking. Then Gibby started becoming agitated and barking so I went to investigate.
In a water -filled crack in the rocks was what looked like a dead rat - but it wasn't. It was a little ring-tailed possum - the cutest things under the sun and a protected species. I picked it up - it was alive - just. It's little tail gripped my fingers. Took it home zipped into a shopping bag. They are nocturnal and I had no idea of how long, and indeed how, it came to be on the rocks.
It's a bit hard to make out the possum. That's his right front claw in the middle. Just right of, and above is his ear with a dark line at top right of his ear which is his closed eye. Snout pointing right.
Managed to get a little water past his teeth with a syringe. As I write, be is curled up and sleeping in a covered tub in the shower recess. I trust Gibby but there's a limit.
Update: Just had a call from a wildlife carer who is on the way to pick him up. I'm glad he is going to someone who knows how to care from him.
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She was just not going to let us keep walking. What a girl.
The wildlife carers have just been to pick him up. Said the first priority is to give him some electrolytes; it's been wicked hot here. At least he's alive and in good hands. 
I'm in SE Australia; in the mornings I usually walk the dog at a small beach village 5kms away. There are several reefs and rock platforms bordering the beach and it was on these rocks that my dog found the possum.
I can't imagine how he got there; maybe a red fox - there are plenty in the dunes. Maybe a big sea bird. Maybe he made his own way down the scrub in search of water. I have no idea. 
Extra scritches for Gibby!
One of her favourite treats: a frozen solid chicken heart. To each their own, I guess. 
I guess that's what matters for her! 
Kudos to Gibby and to you for saving this precious little life! 
Isn't she? Not something you would expect from a manic little terrier.
