Animal Lover Gives Animals Full Support (Warms them up in her bra)

Austin American Statesman ^ | 1/7/03 | John Kelso

[HumanaeVitae]

The baby possums are easier to put up with in your brassiere than the baby squirrels, says Allison Adams of Round Rock.

"The hardest to deal with in my bra are the squirrels," said Allison, 23. "The possums are actually the easiest. They're adorable, beautiful little animals, and since they're used to being in a pouch with their mom, they're used to the feeling. The squirrels, they're not used to it. They're moving around, and every once in a while you hear them squeaking."

Seriously, the animal rescue worker really does load baby animals into her bra to warm them up as part of her work for Wildlife Rescue of Austin. Let's say someone hits a mother possum by the side of the road, and the babies are brought to Allison to be saved. If they're cold, pop, there they go, straight into Allison's bra.

"Just whenever the babies come in, it's the easiest way to warm them up," she said.

So what's the record number of baby animals in her bra at one time? "The most I've had at one time was 12," Allison said, speaking of a passel of young possums. "I was living in Killeen at the time, so it was for about an hour and a half, two hours."

Allison, who works at the Northwest Animal Clinic in Georgetown, puts baby animals in her bra regularly. She figures over the past six years she's stuck baby possums, squirrels, kittens or cottontail rabbits in her bra a total of 75 times.

Doesn't this itch? "No," she said, "they get grabby, and sometimes it's a little much. 'Cause when they're on their mom, they have to get grabby. It's instinct. So you just kind of write it off as the thing that's going to happen every now and then." I'll bet that would cause a stir over at Lakeline Mall.

A tip for those who want to put baby animals in their underwear: Don't put all of your eggs in one basket, Allison suggests. Put some on one side, some on the other. Otherwise you're going to be out of plumb.

Incidentally, Allison says she can go for quite some time with animals in her bra. Maybe one day one of them will play possum in there and refuse to leave.

"I can walk around all day long with them in there," she said. "When we're going somewhere, I mean, it's unrealistic to keep them in the car in a carrier for four or five hours. They get cold."

You mean you can drive with animals in your bra? You betcha. Sometimes when Allison is driving her GMC, she has animals in her front end, so to speak.

"It probably looks pretty funny," she admitted. "A tail hanging out here, a tail hanging out there." But she's been lucky. So far she has yet to be pulled over by the police with critters in her duds. Imagine that little conversation: "Hey, lady, step away from the possum."

By the way, Allison is engaged. So how does her fiancé feel about it? "Everybody has to ask that," she said. "Well, it's kind of a stunner when I come home and he goes to hug me, and he can't, because I have hissing possums. But I guess you get used to that."

John Kelso's column appears on Sundays, Tuesdays and Fridays. Contact him at (512) 445-3606 or jkelso@statesman.com.

[HumanaeVitae]

Cheers

[mg39]

Some animals get all the luck...

[NittanyLion]

Let's hope she dosen't come across a wounded wolverine.

[dirtboy]

? "No," she said, "they get grabby, and sometimes it's a little much. 'Cause when they're on their mom, they have to get grabby. It's instinct. So you just kind of write it off as the thing that's going to happen every now and then."

Bill Clinton now wants to be reincarnated as a baby possum...

[areafiftyone]

LOL - she must have had plenty of room in there! ;-)

[dirtboy]

"Well, it's kind of a stunner when I come home and he goes to hug me, and he can't, because I have hissing possums. But I guess you get used to that."

Words fail me...

[spokeshave]

Let's hope she dosen't come across a wounded wolverine

or a porcupine

[TheBigB]

So what's the record number of baby animals in her bra at one time? "The most I've had at one time was 12

Goodgawdamitey. What is she, a DDD cup?

[Redcloak]

I probably shouldn't ask, but...

Any pictures?

[TheBigB]

and he can't, because I have hissing possums

"Hissing Possums" would be a good name for a rock band. (Apologies to Dave Barry...)

[Harley109]

"Let's hope she dosen't come across a wounded wolverine."

Anything larger then a skunk or a ferret would be a tight fit in even a size DD. Unless she is a real 'Glutton' for punishment. ;-)

[dirtboy]

Here's the lass with mammals amongst her mammaries:

[anniegetyourgun]

It's a pretty exotic pet, but I used to know a gal who raised these (sugar glider) in the same fashion:

[Constitution Day]

Allison, who works at the Northwest Animal Clinic in Georgetown, puts baby animals in her bra regularly.
She figures over the past six years she's stuck baby possums, squirrels, kittens or cottontail rabbits in her bra a total of 75 times.

I'm speechless.

[RichInOC]

"Baby, you're jiggling like you got two puppies inside that sweater!"
"Actually, I do have two puppies in there."

[blackdog]

YooooHooo.....I'm playing hurt Opossum over here. Shock setting in.....Must have mammary's......Everything is getting dddarkkk.....

Oh, now that's better!

Excerpts from "Diary of an Opossum".

Now if she adds the eel from yesterday's posts, I'll meet the two drink minimum and bring some singles too!

[dirtboy]

"Well, it's kind of a stunner when I come home and he goes to hug me, and he can't, because I have hissing possums.

Is that a possum in your bra, or did your implants just spring a leak?

[Harley109]

Carrying a concealed marsupial, a crime that makes a mountain out of a mole hill. ;-)

[88keys]

What is she, a DDD cup?

No...she's an "A" wearing a DDD cup, in order to make room for the possums!!!

(don't try this at home, LOL!!! but it's not that much different than letting the dogs sleep under the covers, I presume...same principle, one would hope, oh my!!)