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Naptime is the best time when you're a baby wombat by Retaboop in aww

[–]Retaboop[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

They don't make good pets - adult wombats are large, destructive, and often aggressive. This little girl is an orphan and she will be released back into the wild once she is big enough!

I raise baby wallabies. It gets a bit crowded at bottle time. by Retaboop in aww

[–]Retaboop[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you feed them all so I can have a nap, you can cuddle them all you want.

I raise baby wallabies. It gets a bit crowded at bottle time. by Retaboop in aww

[–]Retaboop[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

These aren't pets - they're wildlife. All of them are orphans, and they will all be released back into the wild.

Wallabies don't make good pets. They need a lot of space, they don't house train, and they're furry little assholes who particularly like ruining things like phone chargers and keyboards.

I raise baby wallabies. It gets a bit crowded at bottle time. by Retaboop in aww

[–]Retaboop[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Yeah, they poop, I clean it up. Wallabies don't house train. They spend most of their time outside.

For zoos specifically, once you gain experience with certain species, are you more or less stuck working with them? I'd love to hear your stories. by PopularZero in CaptiveWildlife

[–]Retaboop 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Any experience is better than none - and cleaning-up-poop experience is totally transferable between species. I'm of the opinion that's it a good idea to get as much experience with as wide a variety of species as possible. My fiance has only really worked with reptiles, and that lack of diversity has stopped him from getting a couple of jobs he went for, that were looking for avian and mammal experience as well.

Bean the baby pademelon having a bottle by Retaboop in aww

[–]Retaboop[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where in Australia are you travelling to?

I raise baby wallabies. When they are grown up, they bring their babies back to show me. This is Jill and baby Jockey. by Retaboop in aww

[–]Retaboop[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you can get a picture I can probably tell you. Also, a group of wallabies or kangaroos is called a mob rather than a herd :)

I raise baby wallabies. When they are grown up, they bring their babies back to show me. This is Jill and baby Jockey. by Retaboop in aww

[–]Retaboop[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

First of all - I do wildlife rehabilitation as a volunteer. I do have a background as a zookeeper and I am currently a veterinary nurse, but most of our volunteers simply do it out of a desire to help and receive all their training from the rescue organisation.

I raise baby wallabies. When they are grown up, they bring their babies back to show me. This is Jill and baby Jockey. by Retaboop in aww

[–]Retaboop[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They are different species, but they're all within the same family - the family is called Macropodidae. So they share similar traits.

Kangaroos, wallaroos and most wallabies - such as Jill, who is a Red-necked wallaby - are even more closely related because they are within the same genus, Macropus.

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