Thursday, August 18, 2011

Kookie's sad news

As some of you know, Kookie has had a joey in her pouch. This was particularly exciting when you think about her whole story and all that she has been through in her young life.

However on Sunday evening she came home - she must have had a big hop because she was puffing and hot and there was no little joey, Katie, in her pouch.Goodness knows what had happened.

She hadn't been home for a couple of days so I have no ideas as to where she was or what had happened.

She has been very clingy since then and hasn't wanted to be far from me. She has even been sleeping inside, next to our bed, each night. So sad for Kookie.
© Susie Rowe

Youtube videos

Have you seen my videos of some of the kangaroozles on youtube? My channel is susieroo1 so the web address is http://www.youtube.com/user/susieroo1
I hope you enjoy.

Winnie's exciting update

This is why it is just as important to treat our kangaroos in exactly the same way as we might treat a million dollar horse – with compassion, exquisite care and perserverance!

Do you remember when Winnie, a Red kangaroo, came home on 8th August 2010 with a prolapsed pouch. Poor girl, if you scroll down this page to "Winnie's ordeal" dated October 12, 2010 you can see the sack is full of fluid and hanging heavily. You will read the whole story and see some pictures but here I'd like to just retell her story briefly then add the latest news!!

Of course when she initially came home there was mention that she might have to be ‘put out of her misery’.

She had 9 visits from the vet altogether over the next 6 weeks. He had to cut into her and clean away infection.
It would have been awful for her and very invasive. She had to live in singlets which were taped onto her to prevent her from taking off the dressings (see the picture in the post October 2010). She would have liked to lick herself and clean herself.

She had to have so much anaesthetic, so many injections as well as lots of medicines and supplements.
She had to be confined to a yard instead of being in the wild with her family and friends.

Finally on Wednesday 15th September the vet came for the last time. He removed all the dressings! She had sores where the dressings had been too (you can see her licking one in the October2010 post).

She was now free to go and as you can imagine there was relief and happiness all round!!

On July 8th this year, my birthday, Winnie came home to show me something very special!
There, poking out of her pouch was her baby!
Her joey, strong and healthy and nearly 7 months old.
A big welcome to BJ (Bundle of Joy).


This photo was taken on 24th July 2011


Today I saw Winnie with BJ hopping beside her. With them was a big handsome male Red. BJ must be 8 months old and it is obviously time for him to leave the pouch, for Winnie to give birth to the next little embryo and then to remate with this big buck.

© Susie Rowe


Monday, April 18, 2011

Mummy I'm frightened

In this video you can see how a little joey was out of his mother's pouch while she went to graze. He became really frightened and hid in amongst some grass. You can hear him calling to her but when she comes he is not really sure that it is her. So she has convince him that she really is his Mummy and that he can hop back into her pouch. You can hear her talking to him too (the clicking sound). They are Eastern Grey kangaroos.
Copyright © Susie Rowe 2011