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| From: joey ® | 3/07/2003 1:53:24 PM |
| Subject: what to do if you hit a roo for Q! | post id: 62842 |
| WHAT TO DO IF YOU HIT A KANGAROO or a Possum, Wombat, or Koala 1. STOP IN A SAFE PLACE Take care not to endanger yourself or others by stopping your car in a dangerous location. 2. APPROACH WITH CAUTION Approach any wild animal with care. Kangaroos particularly, are capable of lashing out with their powerful back legs, even if severely injured. Most animals are able to inflict nasty bites and scratches especially when frightened and in pain. 3. IF THE ANIMAL IS DEAD Check the underbelly for a pouch. Animals such as kangaroos, possums and wombats carry their young in a pouch. A bulge or movement inside a pouch may indicate live young. Gently remove the joey, taking care not to further injure the animal. An animal that has been dead for several hours may still have live young in its pouch. 4. KEEP THE ANIMAL WARM A cold animal which is sick, injured or orphaned will stay cold unless it is heated by some external heat source. Wrapping the animal in a towel or jumper alone will not make it warm. Small animals can be put under the front of a person's jumper. This is a safe, reliable heat source. Alternative emergency heat sources are a hot water bottle or other plastic container, filled with warm water or an electric blanket on low or mid setting with the animal wrapped in a towel. The animal must not be placed directly onto the heat source. Take care not to heat the animal too quickly and avoid extreme fluctuations in temperature. Aim for a constant temperature of 30 - 32 degrees Celsius. 5. KEEP THE ANIMAL QUIET Native animals are easily stressed and this alone may be enough to kill the animal. Keep it as quiet as possible away from loud noises and do not allow children to play with it. A joey requires the same care as a premature human baby. The following diets should only be used short term, when assistance is delayed in obtaining the proper milk formula. The correct diet in native animals is essential. Special milk formulae's, such as Wombaroo, have been specifically developed for native animals and are recommended for use in rearing orphans long term. Do not feed the animals cows milk which comes from a bottle or carton, as this will cause diarrhoea. Use only tinned or powered milk, i.e. Carnation or Ideal as an emergency milk. KANGAROO 50% tinned full cream evaporated milk and 50% warm water. It should be fed using a long teat, or a soft piece of fine rubber tubing. An eye dropper or syringe may also be used. POSSUM 50% tinned full cream evaporated milk and 50% warm water and sweetened with honey. it should be fed with an eye dropper. WOMBAT 50% powered full cream milk, 50% warm water with some baby cereal added. This should be fed in a bottle or on a spoon. Please stress in the article that assistance from a qualified carer is required asap to maximise the joeys chance of survival . cheers jo | |
| From: Quarrion ® | 3/07/2003 1:57:34 PM |
| Subject: re: what to do if you hit a roo for Q! | post id: 62843 |
| Thanks Jo - excellent advise. I will save to a word file otherwise I'll lose it ... do you want creditation ect? | |
| From: joey ® | 3/07/2003 2:09:37 PM |
| Subject: re: what to do if you hit a roo for Q! | post id: 62851 |
| no ... native animal network would :) check out their very basic :)) website for their contact details if you want to give credit.... cheers jo | |
| From: Grasshopper ® | 3/07/2003 2:25:34 PM |
| Subject: re: what to do if you hit a roo for Q! | post id: 62862 |
| May I just please add that you have to be very careful when removing the Joey from the teat, as if you just pull it off you can injure it's mouth, better to cut the teat off. | |
| From: she | 8/07/2003 12:45:04 AM |
| Subject: re: what to do if you hit a roo for Q! | post id: 63414 |
| don't waste it, cook her up and eat it, if the roo killed you some other criter would eventually come along and eat you | |
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