9th February 2007
We receive animals from all kinds
of situations, cat attacks are not uncommon but usually the animals
that are brought in by cats are gliders, reptiles or birds.
This tiny swamp
wallaby can now join the list, he was indeed brought in to
the caller by their cat.
How the cat came to find him is
anyone's guess, but by the look of the joey the cat did not intend
to harm him. A joey of this size would not leave the pouch at
all, he would possibly stick his nose out of the pouch, but that
would be the extent of his exploring the world around him. We
can assume that mum may have dropped him in her haste to get away,
from possibly the cat in question.
He has scratches all over his
little body plus 2 puncture marks, but I think we all can imagine
how he may have looked if the cat had indeed wanted to play with,
or eat him.
This little wallaby is now on
antibiotics to counter an infection from his wounds. Only time
will tell if we can fight the infection.
He is kept warm in a humidicrib,
as he is currently too young to stay warm by himself.
31 May 2007
Our little cat attack wallaby Felix is doing well in care, he is an interesting little fellow as he is extremely dark in colour, almost black. 
He has been outside in the nursery pen day and night for quite some time, still using his pouch a lot , interacting with 6 other wallabies in care.
July 2007
Felix is continuing to do well, he is now out of his pouch both day and night, pouch is still available should he choose to use it, but he chooses to sit on it, or sleep on it, rather than in it.
He has lots of freinds, interacting well. It is now 5 months since he first arrived at Wildlife Mountain, he is still bottle fed twice a day, and eats lots of solid food, such as foilage from native trees, scrubs and grass.
Felix on the left.
Felix on the back left
