Sue's Roos Kangaroo Rescue-Rehab-Release

25/12/2023

Merry Christmas everyone!

Hope you made some wonderful memories today.

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24/12/2023

I opened the door this morning to a surprise. Isn't she beautiful!

Thankyou Stephanie

Merry Christmas

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22/12/2023

Santa Faye popped in today with lots of peaches for possums, mince tarts, some lovely hand made Christmas decorations, her famous joey blankets and $50 to go toward something for the joeys.

Thankyou Faye Stringer
Merry Christmas

21/12/2023

WOW!

Melinda messaged me this morning. "Can you please give me a list of 10 must have items that my family can purchase for your organisation. My kids are doing 10 good deeds before Christmas. We are happy to drop off items when purchased". I told her that I was using a lot of tissues, wet ones and dishwashing liquid but not to go to too much trouble, even if she just got some tissues it would be very much appreciated.

I have just got home to all of this. Wow! What a supply. There is even a beautiful gift of a Willow tree Angel for me but absolutely the best thing is the card that little Eliza made herself, it is so special and will be stuck on my fridge for a very long time.

Thankyou so much
Merry Christmas

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21/12/2023

Thankyou to Hayley and her Nan who decided to give the joeys $50 instead of giving each other presents this year. I have used the money to purchase new dummies for the babies.

Merry Christmas

20/12/2023

The rescue vehicle is off the road at the moment. Some woman opened her car door onto mine while I was driving out of a car space. She cried and carried on that she didn't want to go through her insurance. I looked at our cars and thought well, not much damage. I believed her tears and left it at that.

I drive a 2002 Pajero, it has many marks from years of rescues in the bush. It eats copious amounts of oil, everything rattles, the muddy tyres make so much noise on the road and currently it has some weird noise under the bonnet which sounds like either a distressed duck or an angry clown beeping his horn (possibly the brake master cylinder). I was not that concerned about a little scrape.

Luckily I took lots of photos of where I was parked, the damage and her licence. A few weeks later, a bill came from her insurance company. Somehow HER opening HER door onto my car was now my fault and now I owed them $2000. Usually if a car is driving out of a car space, you would wait before you launch open your door. Furthermore, you would not open it onto another car regardless of whether or not it is moving.

My insurance company said this happens often. They booked mine in to be repaired but I had to pay $850 excess. If I had ignored her tears and lodged my insurance first, I would not have had to pay the excess. Hopefully they will refund the $850 when they assess it, really not something I budgeted for at this time and really not something I should have to pay. It was not my fault after all. If I had a spare $850 then I would have relieved the duck & clown under the bonnet from their suffering.

Is the universe off kilter, or are people just s**t?

The insurance company gave me a hire car. It is an Isuzu MUX. It is lovely and so quiet on the road. I do not want to give it back!
There is a clause on the contract saying no pets....doesn't say anything about wild rescue animals lol 🤣 just kidding. Obviously I cannot do rescues with the hire car.

20/12/2023

Thankyou to the thoughtful and kind people in my community who have dropped off Christmas gifts in the last couple of days.

🌟 Janice dropped off some Christmas almonds for the Kangaroos. Almonds are a great distraction when having to give meds to a kangaroo.

🌟 Fruit Santa Donna dropped off a lovely selection of delicious fruit.

🌟 Sally brought some yummy truffles for me and bottled water for the joeys, to keep in the cupboard just in case the water is cut off again.

Our water was cut off the other night due to a burst water main. I had ½ cup of water in the jug so struggled to make milk for the joeys. I realised how privileged I have been throughout my life. I am a city kid who has never experienced going without water. It was quite stressful, I may or may not have whinged a bit about it! It was heart warming how many local people offered to bring water at 12:30am.

Thankyou everyone. It may take a village to raise a child but it takes a community to raise a joey!

Merry Christmas

19/12/2023

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https://www.facebook.com/share/v/R5p2BqrCrSkmcQGY/?mibextid=NnVzG8

17/12/2023

If anyone has some time tomorrow or at any time over the next few weeks, Michele needs help at South Oakleigh Wildlife Shelter. All of her volunteers are away on holidays and she is on her own looking after lots of animals.
Michele 0411600591
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12/12/2023

12/12/2023

3 calls from 3 different people about this Kangaroo on the freeway......🤓

Edit -
Freeway rescues make me nervous, a perilous place to be. It was a relief to find this.

It is great that people care and call, we would prefer to get 30 calls than none. If you read the comments, you will see that even experienced rescuers stop to rescue logs that look like animals, packing strips that look like snakes etc. The turtle made me laugh. I call these a successful rescue!

09/12/2023

Maya

09/12/2023

Munda

05/12/2023

Would be great to win this voucher from my local produce store. $150 = 4 bags of roo pellets + a bale of hay

🎄 MASSIVE CHRISTMAS SALE - ONE DAY ONLY! 🎄
💸 WIN A $150 STORE VOUCHER 💸
Like this post, tag a friend & share this post to win a $150 store voucher!
Winner will be drawn at random on the 16th of December.

Join us on Saturday 16th of December for a sausage sizzle, giveaways and specials you wont want to miss!

05/12/2023

Meet Maya, which is Aboriginal for home. Maya has a lot going on, I will share her story another time.
For now, soak up her cuteness!

04/12/2023

Second rescue for the day. This one with a happy outcome!

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This Mumma roo was displaced in Endeavour Hills. She will now spend the rest of her days at Sues Roos. Her joey, which had a joey itself will be going to another shelter to be cared for.

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03/12/2023

Have a look at this post I found. Janice King is a local lady who is "doing a mini fundraiser to buy some almonds for the Kangaroos for a Christmas treat" such a lovely lady. Thanks Janice

01/12/2023

01/12/2023

At the Waverley Country club raising funds for the joeys

30/11/2023

Ned ❣️

Ned came to me from the Lysterfield northern extension. I named him NED (northern extension dude) because I couldn't come up with a name. Ned also means guardian and since he showed alpha tendancies from day one, I thought this was apt. This little guy had attitude. At 2.5kgs he ran the place, showing everyone he was the boss.

Ned grew up with Joe and cruised along in care, apart from one instance where he ate something he shouldn't and started foaming at the mouth. A few charcoal tabs added to his milk and he was feeling much better.

He left Sue's Roos strong and fit but must have crashed into something out there, he was emaciated, had lost ¼ of his body weight, so he returned for a short time in April last year. I actually did not think I would be able to save him given the condition he was in. DrAlisdair came to check him. All we could find was a small chip on his tooth. I fed him up, he recovered from that and left again.

He returned this year with a swollen face and a spider bite. Again in terrible body condition. Dr Adrienne did some extensive surgery. He healed and was well enough to leave after another stint in care. His top lip was a little shorter now but he was just fine.

In August he ate something toxic, he suffered temporary blindness and a very upset gut. Dr Alisdair checked him out again. He recovered from that.

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Two days ago, he was found dead. He had been moving around and eating only hours before. He came to the house to get help, collapsed and died, there was no sign of struggle or attempts to get up. It must have been quick. Suspecting snake bite, we searched his body and found puncture marks on his face. Probably should have guessed it was going to be some sort of toxin that killed him.

Ned would have turned 4 in January.

Goodbye beautiful Nedness. I will miss you big baby.

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23/11/2023

Just putting this here if anyone knows someone they would like to nominate for the $5000 prize

https://www.aws.org.au/rehabilitation/?fbclid=IwAR3O5y3O2EGIOGXyoIEh5ESjEGZxtSUwJ2QMrF__RnU604DhHPXAnU62kWY

Wildlife Rehabilitation Award Many people find the experience of rehabilitating native wildlife rewarding; however, it is time-consuming and can be very expensive. Caring for native wildlife takes time, effort, and expertise. Native animals have special dietary requirements, need routine veterinary....

20/11/2023

These little models are cute!

17/11/2023

This is Jasper, which is not an Aboriginal name at all! 🤔 😁

Jasper was found and named today by Ang in Lysterfield park. He was just laying there on the ground by himself. Ang picked him up, wrapped him in a blanket and brought him to my house. I was not home at the time so Glen popped him in a pouch.

When I returned, I picked him up and saw quite a bit of swelling just above his right hock, I suspected a fracture and didn't want to mess with it too much. I called the local Vets, who were all a bit busy since it is Friday. Luckily, the Wildlife Vic vets were just finishing a meeting and headed straight over.

Dr Emily, Nurse Camilla and Sarsha xrayed his leg. He has a fracture just above his hock. The break is still aligned pretty well but very close to the end of the bone, a terrible position for a break. There is also concern that he may have torn a ligament since the hock was rolling in.

Dr Emily will consult with her colleagues Dr Alisdair & Dr Jess and also send the xrays to Healesville sanctuary. Collectively they will make a decision on the way forward. In the meantime, Jasper has had some subcut fluids, vitrate, painstop and meloxicam. His leg was splinted and he has a humongous bandage-it looks riduculously large but will make sure there is no movement.

He is a bit flat and hasn't really recovered from the sedation. His body temp is still down but has drunk a bottle of milk.

This one needs all of your positive vibes please.

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While trying to find some Aboriginal reference to Jasper, I did find this.

Mookaite Jasper is an Aboriginal mother earth stone. Found only in the Kennedy ranges of WA. it is known for its healing capacity, and for empowering one to feel and connect with the electromagnetic energy currents of the Earth. So there it is, his name is Jasper. I think he needs one of these stones!.

*1st pic credit Ang
*2nd pic under sedation

17/11/2023

Meeka ❣️

Meeka's Mum was hit by a car near me last Friday night, after a selfish idiot on his unregistered dirt bike scared all of the kangaroos from the Golf Course onto the road.

His mum was hit hard at speed and suffered terrible injuries, she was so broken, there was so much blood. Still, she managed to drag herself in a zig zag across the road and onto the grass. Paul from Snake-Tails got there just before me and ended her suffering.

Meeka was launched 10mtrs in the other direction from the impact of his Mum and crash landed at or on the barrier. He had a fracture in his left foot, so I bundled him up and took him to WPN Vet, pretty sure I wouldn't be returning with him. Gary xrayed his foot, the fracture is in the bone between his toe and hock, Gary said it should heal so he braced, wrapped and strapped it. Starting him on anti-bs.

I brought him home, gave him some tramadol and meloxicam and settled him in a comfy bed. Later that night as I was feeding him I noticed his right hock was swollen and off centre. I took him to the VRH at 3am, thinking two strikes... I definately wouldn't be returning with him this time. They Xrayed him again and advised the hock was swollen but there were no breaks and nothing obvious. They xrayed the left foot and were not completely happy with the alignment so suggested I get another Vet to reposition it.

The next day he was wide eyed, popping his head up out of the pouch, swelling had gone down and was moving the hock. He was as bright as the moon (hence his name. Meeka is Aboriginal for Moon)

Dr Alisdair came over and xrayed the left foot which had moved in the splint, it was in an even worse position than it was on the VRH xray. It would require at least one operation and pinning at Lort Smith. The calcaneus (heel bone) on his right foot was indeed dislocated or broken, this would have been another surgery after he recovered from the first. There would be no guarantee that either of these surgeries would be successful.

The call was made and Meeka left this world to reunite with his mum.
Goodbye beautiful sweet boy.

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Munda was obsessed with Meeka, helping to look after him, very keen to stand next to Meekas bed like he was guarding him, he insisted on licking him and absolutely insisted to be in the pouch with him. Since Meeka left, Munda has not wanted to leave his pouch. He stands up in his hanging bag and continually calls. It is heartbreaking.

This little one who we only knew for a couple of days has really pulled at our heartstrings, both Munda's and mine. This also messed with my head. I knew on Friday when I went to the first Vet, I knew when I went to the second Vet but both of these highly trained professionals with degrees I could only dream about said he would be ok. Who am I to question them. I am not ever going to proclaim to be an expert or know more than they and I am very thankful that they gave him a go.... but sometimes we just know.

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17/11/2023

I went to the Christmas market at the Weary Dunlop retirement village today to sell a few things. Note for next year just bake fruit cakes, lots of them!

16/11/2023

https://7news.com.au/news/wildlife/four-australian-wallabies-found-in-vietnam-likely-victims-of-23-billion-illegal-wildlife-trade--c-12565426?fbclid=IwAR2KaqsZugLx3YmwOYCRcHu7GwgdoJoa4SLr8bDjXUKZ-4yKM5uQ7yRi9Uo

Authorities were shocked to find the native Australian animals.

08/11/2023

This still makes me laugh. Steven really should have won an award for this!

08/11/2023

What the hell is wrong with people? This is a main fire gate into the National Park. It is also the service road entrance for Ausnet to access the Powerlines.

Idiots.

01/11/2023

Little Munda is still curling his toe when he walks. He is correcting it pretty quickly and doesn't do it as often now. He just doesn't seem to be lifting the left leg enough. When he hops he is fine.

I remembered Jaqui, a nurse from Monash Childrens Hospital, had given me some little splints, I think they may be for newborn human babies. They have a few layers- soft top, memory foam, a hard layer, non slip + soft stretchy velcro straps. I tried one on his toe just to see what would happen. His toe does not go under his foot and he can also hop perfectly well with it on. Let's see if this helps when he has his out of pouch time while his nerve is healing and he builds up some muscles.

Fingers and toes crossed!

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Yes it's 3:44am and I am making splints for a baby 🥱

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31/10/2023

This really does not look comfortable.
Koa 🦘

30/10/2023

If anyone would like to rescue this poor animal who is displaced and trapped at Bunnings in Scoresby, I would be happy to take him into care at my shelter.

30/10/2023

Steve and Rosemary from Possumwood are presenting this course on Macropod fence entanglement. It is only $43, 2hrs online. Well worth doing if you are a Macropod rescuer/or carer. They have great success in rehabilitating fence hangers that most would not even give a go.

This is the start of a series of courses they will be running this year.
I have attended 2 of their courses and am already booked in for this.

Get onto it before it sells out.

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https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/advanced-macropod-training-course-2023-24-tickets-723801418527?aff=oddtdtcreator&fbclid=IwAR2DLVPkXmSoWYE1wz4w55LxmRKd_IYFnNjfQNhL9asKBjKVdsB3f7fC9u4

Six-module course series.

30/10/2023

Thanks again to everyone who supported Sue's roos with the cake stall.

The cost of all of the ingredients was covered by generous people.
Loreece, Janice, Faye and Vicki baked items to add to the table. Mitchell, Glen, Barb, sonya and Svetlana manned the stall.
The community came to purchase the baked items, others shared posts.

It was a fantastic fundraiser. We raised $882.65!

This is very helpful because as well as some things from the supermarket & petrol, this week we need to buy-
*Kangaroo milk $489
*hay x 2 $40
*roo pellets $147.80
*oaten chaff $21.90
^teats $110.00
*almonds $15.00

It will all be spent by the end of the week!

We really appreciate everyones help and support.

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And thanks Melinda, I stole your photo from tge Rowville page hope thats ok! 😁

28/10/2023

At Bunnings!

The Rowville Fire Brigade - CFA are running the bbq. Come and grab a sausage too.

Bunnings are doing kids activities

27/10/2023

Sue's Roos will be at Bunnings Scoresby between 10am-2pm tomorrow. We will have our little stall near the cafe.

We are also running the cake stall. We have a great variety of delicious cakes and cookies. Pop in and purchase something for afternoon tea, dinner and breakfast...we have so many things!

Cash sales only sorry, dont have a machine

All items were prepared in the following kitchens-

Partake of cake :-
Marshmallow mummies
Wildlife chocs
Choc pops
Roo poo truffles
Kangaroo and Koala cookies
Jam fancies
Anzac cookies
Sultana cake
Blueberry muffins
Date and walnut muffins
Raspberry slice
Lemony slice
Rocky road

Loreece:-
Maybe mars bar slice...maybe 😁
Cupcakes

clover.cookies ;-
Special iced cookies

Thankyou to those who contributed to the Bunnings bake.

Thankyou to the following people who donated $ toward ingredients-
-Peter & Lisa
-Karen
-Sue & Phil
-Didi
-Joyce
-Julie
-Clara
-Sally

Please come and support us, we don't do many fundraisers...and we don't have any funds!
All proceeds go directly to the rescue and rehabilitation of your local kangaroos.