Feeding time in the opossum room! There are 110 baby opossums currently in care at the Wildlife Rescue Center, meaning there are LOTS of tiny chirping mouths to feed multiple times a day. Baby opossums, or joeys, are born after just 13 days of gestation and are the size of honey bees at birth. For about 2 months, they stay inside the pouch and survive by attaching themselves to their mother's "spaghetti-like" nipples. After this life stage, they ride on their mom's back, clinging to her fur as s