Sunday 15 January 2012

Wombat update

Well, Buzz is still going and doing well. Eating like a champion and hopefully he will begin to put on some weight and condition again. It will of course depend on his age. It is very difficult to age a wombat. Our pregnant female Daphne is visiting the feed station each night so we are able to watch her tummy grow. She has become very protective and where she would normally tolerate one of the other females around, now she screams like a banshee at them. A female wombat is very protective of their young and not a mother you would want to cross on a bad day I would imagine. One of our males is almost ready to be released. We are just monitoring his night time activities for a while longer. The summer here has not been the normal harsh Australian summer so it is cool enough to release. I went for a drive on the ride on yesterday checking out burrow activity along the creek. There have been some wonderful modifications made with the wet weather. But also saw all the thistles which will need to be sprayed arrrrrggggghhhhhhh!!! Work on a property never ends, that is the absolute beauty of it:).

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