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April 2008 Red - Legged Pademelon in care
Local residents Nan and Hugh came across the body of mum, and stopped. This little joey was slowly going cold, Nan and Hugh quickly retrieved him from the stiff pouch, gave him warmth, and called for help. This is how our tiny orphan arrived here. He was a mere 111gram his eyes only just opening, his ear canals still closed, in fact an immature animal. Due to the fact that this species is an endangered species, it was decided that he should be given every chance of survival in order to in time be released back to the wild and hopefully help save his kind by breeding many more Red-Legged Pademelon's. Being so tiny he was taken to our intensive care specialist Leoni, and she fed him every 2 1/2 hours around the clock for the next few weeks, untill he was out of the danger zone. He did extremely well, proving that he had what it takes to survive even under the strange circumstances he now found himself, he as not giving up. After 6 weeks in intensive care he was brought back to Wildlife Mountain, he now had fine fur covering his tiny body, his ear canals were open, certainly being able to hear everything that was happening around him, eyes wide open taking in every sight available to him. He was put in our small nursery enclosure with other young joey's in care, and he loved being in the company of other wallabies, feeling right at home in no time.
The nursery pen is predator proof, set up so that even tiny joey's can feel secure, they Seen in images above 3 months after arrival. He will be in care for many months yet, and we hope to release him back on the property owned by his rescuers Nan and Hugh.
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©Wildlife Mountain 2000 - 2008
We would also like to acknowledge the amazing support and help we have had from the Lismore Vet Clinic who have been an invaluable support to both us and the native wildlife of this region.
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This tiny animal was found in his dead mothers pouch, mum had been killed by a car some time during the night, the driver did not bother to stop.
are placed in this enclosure well before they are ready to hop out of their pouch for the first time, this is done to ensure they are not humanized, only watching other wallabies , learning from them, not us. It also encourages normal behavior, such as when they should take that first hop out of the pouch. They want to join the others in the pen, having watched older joey's interacting. All of this is extremely important for their natural development whilst in care.