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22.01.2022 Isn’t Buster the sweetest Buster lost his mother when she got tangled in barb wire and unfortunately could not be saved Luckily Buster was able to be rescued... and cared for by an amazing carer. Here he is enjoying his favourite comforter We think there is something undeniably sweet about a flying fox with a dummy See more

19.01.2022 How to remove baby possum from dead mothers pouch 1. You should always be aware that you simply can’t pull a baby possum off the teat. Young babies are permanen...tly attached to the teat trying to pull the baby from the teat can damage the mouth. Opening the pouch will be very tight and you might be required to stretch or cut the pouch to be able to open further. 2. As you can see from the second photo you can see that the safety pin has been pushed through the teat. This is to prevent the teat from being swallowed by the baby once it has been cut from the pouch. Please leave the baby with the teat for a decent amount of time baby will drop the teat when it’s ready to. 3. The baby is now ready to be moved from the mothers pouch to be able to do this you can either get your index finger in behind the baby and slide the baby out or you pop the baby out by pushing from the outside of the pouch. The baby will hold onto to the teat but will spit out when ready to. 4. Baby possums have been known to be able to survive for days in the mother pouch. Please check the deceased possum for babies in the pouch although please remember when the body of a deceased possum is cold the baby will be also very cold. Once you have removed the baby from mothers pouch wrap the baby possum in a t-shirt, towel, blanket etc. Place the baby possum in a basket, box or even down your shirt. If placing in a basket or box grab a empty bottle of some type and place warm water into the bottle and place near the baby possum to be able to warm up the bub I acknowledge that these photos were taken by Natasja De Gouveia Brazao.

15.01.2022 Can you help? The Redlands Wildlife Rescue urgently needs wildlife ambulance volunteers to bolster our dedicated team. Are you that person full of compassion f...or wildlife welfare and eager to help? Volunteers must be 18 years or older, have a current drivers licence, reside in the Redlands and complete the induction (9am Sunday 7th July) To receive further information, please email [email protected]

15.01.2022 From Dr Kat We are seeing a huge run of injured wildlife here at the clinic this precious baby was rescued from Mum's pouch on Sunday at only 159g she was... only JUST on the end of what is considered viable for hand rearing. Luckily with all of us rooting for her, and some supportive medical treatment, we were able to stabilise her enough to be transferred to the @rspca_qld where she is doing very well. PLEASE give a moments thought to all the volunteers that look after our injured wildlife, as well as to all the clinic team who donate time and resources to trying to help them. The silent heroes of our profession See more

08.01.2022 Lovely photo from Redlands Property Group!

02.01.2022 Please take care if netting your fruit trees this year With the lack of rain and dry weather our native trees haven’t flowered like normal and flying-fox (ba...ts) are starving so if you have fruit trees in your yard please consider sharing your harvest this year If you do decide to net your trees avoid 'bird netting' and choose netting that passes the "finger test" - if you can poke your finger through it's the wrong netting. Bats trapped in netting can suffer a slow and painful deathFor more wildlife friendly netting tips https://www.wildlifefriendlyfencing.com/WFF/Netting.html Remember to keep your pets safe too by keeping them inside at night. If you find a sick, injured or dead flying fox, please call Bat Conservation and Rescue Qld on 0488 288 134.