Whiptail wallaby joey

Whiptail wallaby in care

December 2011

I collected a young unfurred wallaby joey early November from a local vet surgery, the joey had been dropped of by a member of the public not wanting to leave any details apart from where he had come from being Tabulam..

It can be a little hard to positively identify an unfurred joey with no details of mum, fortunately it does not really matter what species it is, caring for them is the same no matter what they are at that stage of development, so measurements and weights were taken and I waited for the little fellow to get a bit of colour in order to see what he may be.

I knew he was not one of our regular species his face shape and measurements did not match any I had cared for recently or regularly. Always exciting with a bit of a mystery.

Within a few weeks it became very obvious that he is indeed a Whiptail wallaby also commonly known as Pretty face wallaby or Blue Flier.

It is always exciting to have something a bit different and as all wallabies have no trouble accepting each other, he will be in good company here.

This little fellow will stay here at Wildlife Mountain for some months till he is almost out of his pouch, he will then be taken to another carer near Tabulam where he will eventually be released with his own kind.

As his fur is growing you can see the beautiful markings on his face starting to appear which is what gives him the common name Pretty face.

The beautiful grey/blue colour of his fur is the reason for the other common name Blue Flier.

January 2012

Late December another Whiptail joey came in to care from the same area as our first, this one is a little female, the perfect match for our orphan male already in care. She bis slightly olderand they are already great mates.