I really like these guys. I had one as a pet about 40 years ago. His mama had been hit by a car and killed. The rest of the babies escaped but mine stayed by mama's body.
At the time of capture, Pat Paulsen (comedian) was running for president, so we named him Pat Possum. He lived in one of those big cat cages...the kind with several levels. He slept on the top level in one of those cat beds that are made out of really soft material and all enclosed except for the front opening. He would let us hold him and he would take food gently out of our hands. He was a great pet, but rather dumb.
I still have the occasional 'possum go through the property at night, but all they do is poop in the tortoises' water.
There is a area of protected land with few ppl allowed on it it is over 48 miles away from me I work there and toke possum to vet to make sure it didn't have any parasites that can be harmful to the wild population all whent well was not any form of aggressive so he was a good reslease