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Wallabia Wildlife Shelter
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23.01.2022 If he makes it, this little 5 month old EGK will eventually end up at Wallabia. Currently our awesome foster carer Sally is doing round the clock feeds for the little fella. Thanks to a kind donation from the David Gocky fundraiser, we were able to purchase a humidicrib to keep him at a constant steamy temperature, kind of like his mums pouch. You will see more of Little Bob in the coming months.... Thanks again to everyone for your support.
21.01.2022 Hi everyone! Here's some shots from last weeks wild weather which included the heaviest snow in Goongerah for many years. Pictured are some of the random 'Roos that inhabit our shelter environs. Also pictured is Fred at her bushland burrow. ... Re-building is coming along thanks to generous donations and a couple of specific grants. Soon to be completed is our new aviary, and preparations are being made for construction of a quarantine facility for sick wildlife. This will also house all our medical and care supplies, freeing up valuable shed space. It will also double as a fire shelter. Thanks to everyone for your continuing support.
21.01.2022 Hi everyone! This is a special thank-you post to the wonderful Purcell family who came to visit at the temporary shelter last week. To Charlotte, Molly, Luke, and Tanya, of Charlotte's Drought Journey, Joe and Rena were very moved by your visit and your continuing journey support of farmers and wildlife. ... Their Facebook page is https://www.facebook.com/groups/2174718042759468/ The vouchers they donated were used to buy end assemblies for the wombat enclosure in Goongerah, so that Wombats Fred and Kip can safely return there in the coming week. These have been installed by Joe, who went back to Goongerah to prepare for the return and to further assess the cleanup situation. Thanks again to everyone for their continuing support for our wildlife.
19.01.2022 Hi! Hopefully everyone is staying safe during this current crisis! Things have been moving along here at the shelter, with the rebuilding of several animal enclosures. ... With financial support from Wildlife Victoria, some of your donations, and with help from Carmen and Szu Szu's our friends from Alice Springs, together we managed to erect this Wombat shed. The enclosure will now no longer flood (if it ever rains again), and our rehabilitation burrow will remain dry. Luckily our helpers got out mere hours before the border closed! Thanks again for all your support.
18.01.2022 We finally got our mail after a month and we would like to thank some people for some lovely packages for the orphans. Janet knitted beautiful woolen pouches for joeys (do you do jumpers? :)). Judith made some inner pouches, and Deb Elliot made some carry bags to carry joeys in when going for walks. I could feel the love and care when unwrapping the garments thankyou so much for helping our orphaned wildlife.... Rena This is Satin back home at Wallabia enjoying a sit down under a tarp
14.01.2022 Hi everyone! Here's a few shots of our animals from the last week or so. The kangaroos are enjoying the afternoon sun, and Fred and Kip are enjoying their favourite time of day!
12.01.2022 Hi everyone! We got a wonderful surprise in the mail this week from the students of Loretto in Melbourne, who have coloured in wildlife pictures and made cards. Thanks kids this made our day!.
10.01.2022 Hi everyone! It's been a while since our last post, but its been a really busy time for all involved. The latest news is that Ginger the Ring-tail was successfully released a couple of weeks ago.... He is now concentrating on getting on in the wild oblivious to the craziness with humans, he is focusing on his own survival in a regenerating world. Thanks again to everybody who continues to support the shelter and for your kind messages.
09.01.2022 Hi! A few more thanks to some of our kind supporters of the last few weeks. Several benefits were held in support of the shelter, big thanks to:... Sasha Gavlek for organising a benefit gig in Hobart at The Grand Poobah including bands Origami Island, Kudu Joy, and Tai Harlii. Sebastien of Bon ap in Fitzroy for organising a benefit at the restaurant www.bonap.com.au The HK, HT, HG Holden Club of Victoria who held a benefit drive. These benefits raised several thousand dollars collectively. Additional massive thanks to Claire at Wildlife Rescue Sunshine Coast for her donations and ongoing support. Check out this video of Satin and Links playing! Cheers
08.01.2022 Last week Rena and Joe returned to the burnt landscape of Goongerah to begin rebuilding the wildlife shelter and their lives. The kangaroos and wombats have returned with them, although Ginger the ring-tail possum might have to wait a little longer to come home. Thanks again to everyone who has donated to the shelter. A few fundraisers have been held recently so a big shout-out to these good folk:... Everyone who ran the bushfire benefit gig at the Bergy Seltzer bar in Brunswick, proceeds from which went to a number of wildlife shelters in East Gippsland and North East Victoria. https://thebergyseltzer.com.au/ Jacinta and everyone at the TBar in Verbier Switzerland who held a fundraiser raising over $5K https://www.centralhotelverbier.com/tbar Calendulina and colleagues who raised over $3K Huge thanks for your continuing support for our wildlife.
03.01.2022 Hi everyone, there was some action at the shelter last week, this is Rena's account. Lenny's brush with death. Being a wildlife carer is very rewarding and helping animals get a second chance in life is the most obvious reward, but there are many. It can also be very heartbreaking as many animals are sick or badly injured. For me the worst feelings I get as a wildlife carer are when an animal has been in care for a long period of time and then dies. By this time you are not... just trying to help an animal, you know the animal well. This does not happen often but does happen. Lenny is a 20 month old sub-adult Eastern-grey Kangaroo. She has lived at Wallabia for 11 months, coming here after she was found trapped in a drain. She evacuated the bush fires twice! She is very loving and curious and spends most of her days grazing with the wild mob. 10 days ago I found Lenny hunching in pain and we were very worried as within 48 hours she started to have seizures. The vets gave us some medicine for her and the seizures stopped but she started losing many functions as whatever she had was affecting her central nervous system. By Saturday (6 days later) she didn't walk, chew, groom, and stared blankly with no life in her eyes, basically she seemed comatose. It was hard to watch an apparently healthy friend deteriorate to such a state. Her symptoms matched very little besides an infection of Toxoplasmosis (a horrible and deadly disease wildlife get from feral and domestic cat feaces) but this was not quite right either. We had already started grieving when the vet came to see her on Saturday believing euthanasia was the kindest option, however after a long discussion about some new drug options we decided with the vet that we would give 2 more days to see if the new drugs would do anything, but hopes were not high. Within 12 hours Lenny was almost back to normal! Her blank eyes were one of last things to come back, her ears (kangaroos ears move around like antennas) were one of the first. Within 24 hours she was fully grazing with all the roos and all movement appeared normal. The relief is immense. So this week we carry big smiles. These photos are of Lenny post recovery
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02.01.2022 Check out Links practicing with the "kick-bag", he's really been getting into it! Recovery work at the shelter has been continuing apace and the animals have clearly settled into living with more space and lots of wild companions. More posts to come.... Thanks to everyone who continues to support the shelter and our wildlife.
