"Tiny"
is a little Red necked pademelon, he
came in after being found in his dead mothers pouch, he was very
cold and unresponsive when he first arrived, but responded very
fast, after being warmed up and rehydrated.
We were lucky, if you can call it that, a little female of the same
species arrived a few days after "Tiny" not lucky for
the little one to have had the misfortune to loose her mum at such
an early age, but for both of them to be able to grow up together.
Within the first 24
hours,
"Tiny" managed to hop into the little females" substitute
pouch, and the two of them has thrived in each others company.
They are now in the release pen, and will be released shortly
back
into the wild where they belong. The little female was a great security
guared whilst in the nursery pen, she would make loud thumping noices
with her back feet every time something she was notfamiliar with,
was too close to the pen. Pademelons are known to stomp their feet
in alarm when disturbed.
UPDATE:
Tiny and Tot was released together, they came
back to the release site for some time for support food, then they
dissapeared into the forest.
It is
wonderful to have the opportunity to follow the progress of released
animals. The female "Tot" have raised her first joey seen
here still in the safety of Mums pouch.
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