Mr Googles

Mr. Googles is s Mountain Brushtail possum, he came in to care as a little fellow with only the finest covering of fur just starting to grow. His eyes were open and as it turned out he was a bit underweight for his measurements, but what can you expect when he had been lying for some time with his mum dead on the sideof the road, till finally someone spotted him.

He at first just had his formula for feed but after just a month he started to get interested in some solid food, and he would munch a bit on fine leaf tips,soft fruits and flowers. Bananas and Grevillia flowers were his favorite.

After 2 months in care, he was ready for some more room to move, he was now taken to a small enclosure where he could exercise, and grow bigger, whilst still feel secure in his very own possum box, where he would still spend most his time.

Mr Googles developed some ringworm on his private parts, but it was treated as soon as it was discovered, one wonders how he managed to get this, the only conclusion we could come to was that he probably had it when he first came in, but it had not really shown up. It was soon gone again after treatment, and Mr Googles moved up to his large enclosure in the forest when he only required one formula feed a day. He would now mainly eat native food, and sleep all day, coming out at night to roam around his enclosure. He would have the opportunity to met the resident Bobucks, who would have to accept him before his release, and the only way to do this is to introduce him at an early age, being safely behind the wire of his enclosure.

Googles was released from his enclosure, the door left open for him to come and go as he pleased, it was winter when we released him, so the danger of a Python snake coming in was minimal. He left each night for almost 2 months, coming back to his box every morning, finally he must have made his own home, or found a hollow log to call his own, as he now is only seen every now and again, munching away in some Eucalypt tree, or a delicious banana.