Would commercial herbicides kill wild animals, like possums?

[Baitball Blogger]

Just found a dead possum near an area that was heavily treated. Though, it looked like a very old possum. May have just been her time.

[Drahthaardogs]

1. Not likely

Plus no one is spraying this time of year. It is harvest time

[Baitball Blogger]

2. Definitely was a herbicide.

They dye it green so that the golfers know to avoid it, I imagine. It does successfully kill overgrowth.

[Drahthaardogs]

5. IF it was dyed green, it is probably hydroseeding

I bet someone was overseeding for the winter.

[Baitball Blogger]

6. Nope

They only applied it around the trees where the mowers can't reach.

[KT2000]

3. yes - depending on the herbicide

you should find out what it is because whenever these products are used, there is drift. It is also tracked into the home where carpeting cleans it off the shoes. Herbicides usually need sunlight and water to degrade so it can build up in home flooring and stay there. Children should be kept off the carpets where this has accumulated. Young children do not have matured systems to deal with many of those poisons.
Also, many of those products are neurotoxic

Find out the name of the product, then search environmental health publications or the Northwest Center for Alternatives to Pesticides at www.pesticide.org as they have charts that show health effects of various products.

[Baitball Blogger]

7. Thank you.

[CottonBear]

4. Possums have a very short life span of 2 to 4 years.

They age rapidly at the end of their short lives. They usually only live for 2 years in the wild.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_opossum

Our local zoo has two cute little possums. They're always sound asleep in the daytime.