Hey everyone, I havn't posted foe a little bit because I cannot handle an influx of babies. I love what I do, but whilst recovering still (with ongoing complications 🙄) I'm doing what i can without overdoing it. This way also, if I end up back in hospital, I'm not needing to fond another carer for alot of babies, just a couple.
This little girl, a brushtail possum, came in a bit over a week ago. Her name is Bindi and her mum was hit by a car. Some nice passer bys found Bindi in mum's pouch and took her to the vet. She is nice and settled but is only just starting to get big enough where she is curiously poking her head out to look around and then popping her head back in. She is a real sassy character and LOVES her milky. She has teeth starting to pop up and as you can see in the video, loves a good scratch.
Good evening! I did make a post but it disappeared... just a huge thankyou to everyone who has reached out over the last couple of weeks....its been intense. 2 weeks ago we welcomed a new nephew from afar (they live interstate) I had my tonsils out (with complications on the table, so my sinuses weren't done too 🤦♀️) I've had 2 little girls with a bit of a cold, I seemingly lost someone who I thought was a good friend and I thought the world of (without so much as an explanation) and had some pretty big mental health struggles....im doing good now and the pain is starting to settle, although I don't like that everything tastes like salt now...
But also, Miss Hazel has just grown so much in the last couple of days. She's begun grooming herself (as in the video below which was straight after a milky) and she has now got an interest in some solids and thinks bottle brush are just the bees knees!!!! Thankyou again and I hope to be back up and able to help again by the end of the week!
**also, please ignore my children... Rebecca is a stuffed toy and I promise Rebecca is not in the bin 🤦♀️)
Ok, but how gorgeous are these girls!? It is time for the girls apparently! In care at the moment, I have 5 girls! 3 x Brushtails and 2 x ringtails. I've never seen a ringtail around Oakey, so if you've never seen one, check out how gorgeous they are!!! This is Alisha. Alisha and Emerald are not sisters but they came into my care together from Brisbane RSPCA.
Good evening/morning.... if anyone in Federal st could keep an eye out please.... Sir Button McCloud (I have children, don't judge me) decided to leg it tonight while getting food in his cage... Button has been in care since a tiny little baby and he isnt quite ready for release yet (he's not too far from it but not yet) there is a chance he could be absolutely fine and there is a chance that he will get confused by a fence and just curl up in a ball. He is not friendly, he most likely won't let you just pick him up and there is a chance he might bite you if you try.... if you see this handsome fellow on the ground or struggling etc, please reach out and let me know. If you find him and the ultimate bad has happened to him, please let me know that too. He's a bit bigger than in the video but might still seem a bit smaller or unco... if you see a small or uncoordinated brushtail possum.... let me know
Good morning amazing people!! I would just like to point out that yes, I'm aware there are not alot of wildlife carers around but I am still human. I had missed a call at 6am this morning and when I returned the call, I has a man yell at me because I'm useless for not being available and the bird had now passed away... I will not accept abuse.
Atm, I am exhausted physically and mentally. I'm supporting multiple people with mental health struggles, whilst managing my own! I've had a child with chicken pox, I have 5 possums and 2 kittens in care, im trying to rewire a new aviary along with a myriad of other things. In my every day life, I have a daughter who is starting school next year who has special needs. I do not get paid to be a wildlife carer, I do not get government funding to be a carer, EVERYTHING I do is off my own back, out of our own pockets. If I do not have the capacity to care for an animal (be it physical space or mental capacity) I will not commit to it. Do you understand the mental toll it takes to get up and feed every 2 to 3hrs around the clock, and still parent at the same time. Not to mention the views of some other carers who would do things differently... I think its great we have a diverse amount of carers because what works for one, doesn't always work for the other... if that bird passed away in the 2hrs it took to return that call (because, I was sleeping....) there is likely nothing I could have done to save it anyhow.
Be kind to your wildlife carers.... we are people too! We are wives/husbands/partners, we are parents, we have other things happening along WITH caring... alot of wildlife carers get burnt out and I've experienced this in the past and took a cpl of years to revover.... nasty people who lack understanding, does not help this.... on a cute note though, here is Pompom getting his cute on... at this point in time, he has a home, and a back up if that falls through!! Turn the sound up to hear his purring!
Update on little Olive!!! The xray today showed there is no broken bones anywhere! She has a decent amount of soft tissue bruising and alot of sores and abrasions all over her bottom lip and gums. This makes me think that she's been riding on mums back and when mums been hit, Olive has flung off and hit the road face first and slid. She taken skin off her lip, her hand and a foot. This is nothing that some TLC, pain relief and some good feeds won't work with.
Well, I can't even blame Maddy this time. Everyone meet Pompom. This little boy was found in a lady's garden with no sign of mum. He was exhausted and so weak that he couldn't hold his head up. Now he's doing so much better. He is so snuggly and he won't be staying but, my gosh I'm falling in love. He just wants love and snuggles... when he's healthy, he'll get to play with Leela. Until then, I'm not going to risk Leela's health
The only thing now I'd that we arent 110% sure if Leela is Leela or Leo..
We know how to tell... but the thing is, even the vet isn't 100% sure. We look one moment ans I swear she's a he and then others I'm sure he is a she... time will tell
This video is just to show you what the inside of a pouch looks like. It's not a scary thing. There isn't a full joey removal video because it was dark and I was using my phone as a torch and needed my hand to pass hubby a cpl of things. You also didn't need the first 40seconds of me talking to mummy wallaby and saying sorry. As heartbreaking as this was, how fascinating is it to see a joey inside mum's pouch.
Go little Biggie, go!!!!
Before ppl come at me saying he is too tame to release... he is a juvenile, he was not a pet and he came to trust me in the last cpl of days. If anyone else attempted to handle him, he wasn't having it. I only picked him up because he wasn't coming out of the basket at all...
Found a way to help Sir Button McCloud be more brave....mulberries.... after downing the mulberries like they were the best thing in the world, he normed on some other berries!
Sir Button McCloud is the most timid possum I've ever had.... but to be honest, it's great!!!! He doesn't like anyone and wants to stay hidden and not engage.... but when he's alone, he comes out to eat and drink.
I care for predominantly possums but also care for early stage macropods & some birds also.
