How we care for the animals
The smallest Joey that has come in to our care was 60 grams and could fit in the palm of my hand. At this stage they are called 'pinkies'. At this stage they are still unable to create enough heat to keep themselves warm that is why they live in the pouch of the mother where the atmosphere is humid and the temperature is constantly around 34°C.
To replicate this, we keep the joeys in fabric pouches with electric heating mats, they come to work with me as they need to be fed every 4 hours. We try and provide the same amount of time in the pouches as their mums would do. We have the smallest joeys living in the house and when they are about 7 months old and need to start hopping around they move outside to the baby yard where they still have pouches. From the baby yard they go into the two large enclosures which don't have pouches anymore.
In these yards we start to prepare them for their release months later. It is a long process, we care for them until they are old enough to be released back in to the wild when they are ready at around two years old, depending on their type. Some need less time than others. Kangaroos will weigh about 20 kg at the time of release while wallabies will weight 5-6 kg.
We not only care about Kangaroos, at our private property lives around 20 species of Australian wildlife: different kinds of birds, emus, sugar gliders or rabbits. Some of them are here for a short time, to fix a broken wing or gain some weight after an accident. Some of them will stay with us permanent because they can't be released into the wild again.
You want to get involved as well? Help us with your donation or book a tour and visit us! We would love to have here soon!
To replicate this, we keep the joeys in fabric pouches with electric heating mats, they come to work with me as they need to be fed every 4 hours. We try and provide the same amount of time in the pouches as their mums would do. We have the smallest joeys living in the house and when they are about 7 months old and need to start hopping around they move outside to the baby yard where they still have pouches. From the baby yard they go into the two large enclosures which don't have pouches anymore.
In these yards we start to prepare them for their release months later. It is a long process, we care for them until they are old enough to be released back in to the wild when they are ready at around two years old, depending on their type. Some need less time than others. Kangaroos will weigh about 20 kg at the time of release while wallabies will weight 5-6 kg.
We not only care about Kangaroos, at our private property lives around 20 species of Australian wildlife: different kinds of birds, emus, sugar gliders or rabbits. Some of them are here for a short time, to fix a broken wing or gain some weight after an accident. Some of them will stay with us permanent because they can't be released into the wild again.
You want to get involved as well? Help us with your donation or book a tour and visit us! We would love to have here soon!