Re: A lurker flushed out...
Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2023 9:57 pm
Funny that we have got around to wallabies.
A couple of decades ago we lived on a property in the hills just west of Brisbane and I used to always check the pouches of HBC (hit by car) wallabies. I took any surviving joeys home to my long suffering wife who made special pouches so that she could carry them around with her as she worked. She registered with the local Queensland University veterinary clinic so that she could legally have them at home until they were old enough to live on their own in the bush.
As marsupials are lactose intolerant, they were fed a liquid of Di-Vetelact powder with boiled water. The tiny ones, which had not yet grown fur, were known as 'skinnys' and had to be fed every two hours around the clock. All very rewarding though.
For some reason we never saw any kangaroos around there even though they were common no more than thirty minutes drive away.
A couple of decades ago we lived on a property in the hills just west of Brisbane and I used to always check the pouches of HBC (hit by car) wallabies. I took any surviving joeys home to my long suffering wife who made special pouches so that she could carry them around with her as she worked. She registered with the local Queensland University veterinary clinic so that she could legally have them at home until they were old enough to live on their own in the bush.
As marsupials are lactose intolerant, they were fed a liquid of Di-Vetelact powder with boiled water. The tiny ones, which had not yet grown fur, were known as 'skinnys' and had to be fed every two hours around the clock. All very rewarding though.
For some reason we never saw any kangaroos around there even though they were common no more than thirty minutes drive away.