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Someone brought him into work (animal sanctuary) a couple of weeks ago because of bait box poisoning and no one thought he would make it at first, but he improved quite a bit in the day after intake. Sometimes they can turn around and end up just fine, and he really had us thinking he would make it. I was allowed to bring him home to give him extra attention and it worked. He was growing and looking really good.

Then yesterday, he got really lethargic and didn't have any life in him. Baby opossums are really good at clinging, that's how they survive with their mother, but he just kind of slid off of everything and had no fight in him. I went to feed him tonight and found him warm but not moving. He probably went not long before I got to him.

He was the first animal I've been in charge of from the beginning and it sucks because it's not anything I did anything wrong. Sometimes there are longer term effects of poisoning that we can't see or do anything about even if we can. I know I did the best I could and it was an uphill battle but it still feels really bad.

I'll keep doing this work in hopes of helping animals but I did have this really brief but really intense moment of nihilism and anger about people recklessly using poison for pest control. I can really understand why people who work with animals have a high rate of burnout and mental health issues. This sucks.

It also doesn't help that I overdid my preworkout and am amped the fuck up lmao

RIP little dude