I am only just getting around to sorting out the photographs I took on my trip back home to Australia over Christmas. One of the most exciting things we got to do was to visit a friend of my mum and dad, who fosters orphaned joeys (baby kangaroos) on her property.
I hadn’t realised, but kangaroos are actually extremely people-friendly. They are also very used to being close to their mother in the pouch. When we met Belinda she was carrying the youngest joey in a sling, and we all spent some time carrying him around and making a fuss over him. After quite a lot of cuddles Belinda put him down so that he could spend some time stretching his legs, but after less than five minutes he was trying to burrow back into the sling and reaching his arms up to her to be picked up. By contrast, wallabies are very timid and don’t like to make friends with humans in general.
As you can see the kangas have a wonderful set-up – lots of space to hop around, a bottle-feeding station, and a row of ‘hammocks’ for snuggling at night time.
You can watch a video of Belinda talking about her work with the roos on YouTube, and donate to wildlife rescue organisation Wires via their website.
1960s polka dot mod dress by Berketex
1970s green and red tartan knit jumper dress
1960s black and white check blanket dress
1970s floral print hippy smock dress by Emanuelle
This is amazing! They are such strange looking creatures, like a mix between a dinosaur and a cat.
I need to get me a Joey. All I have is a Woo and she does NOT like going in a sling. I have the scratch marks to prove it.
That bottle row is TOO cute!
They are utterly adorable!
Oh I love the slings and how the joeys burrow into them:)) You look like a happy mama there M. I’m afraid that having an adult male red kangaroo in an animal park trying to get dirty with me about 20 years ago has scarred me for life, so yeah, I’d recommend to anyone: just stick to cuddling joeys. hahahaha! xo
Eeep! That doesn’t sound so cute!
How fun! Lucky you!