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Baby possum stumbles into house, decides to make orange fluffy cat its "mom" (video)

Carla Sinclair
Dec 11, 2024
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When a family of possums snuck into a house through a kitty door, probably to enjoy some cat kibble, one of the babies got left behind. But without missing a beat, he found a surrogate "mom" in the shape of a fluffy orange cat named Mr. Oliver.

Footage below shows the tiny critter yawning as he hangs out on the big guy's …

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