Orphaned Koalas

**wombat2u2004** · 10-14-2010, 07:42 PM

Originally Posted by cassiesmom

Oh my goodness, Wom! I agree with Karen, thank goodness they were rescued -- they are so adorable! Where will they live, will they go to a zoo?

They'll probably go to a wildlife park. They'll get looked after there.

**Catty1** · 10-14-2010, 10:26 PM

TOO cute! I am so glad they survived...must have meant lots of sleepless nights for the fosters.

**happylabs** · 10-14-2010, 10:49 PM

OMG the 2nd and 3rd pics...SO CUTE!

**Sonia59** · 10-15-2010, 02:54 AM

Awww! So cute!

And beautiful!

I have heard it was very tricky to have marsupial babies survive out of the pouch. I don't know for koalas specifically, I guess it also depends on their development stage. But when I see them, I am convinced they were extremely lucky

A pity the mom is not here anymore

**wombat2u2004** · 10-15-2010, 04:59 AM

Originally Posted by Sonia59

Awww! So cute!

And beautiful!

I have heard it was very tricky to have marsupial babies survive out of the pouch. I don't know for koalas specifically, I guess it also depends on their development stage. But when I see them, I am convinced they were extremely lucky

A pity the mom is not here anymore

Yes, it has a lot to do with development. Because when they are born, they are so small, almost the size of a bean, and they sort of wriggle and crawl until they get into the pouch and lock onto a teet.
We raised a very young kangaroo once, he was pretty small, and was rejected by his mother. We nursed him and when he was big enough we nailed a sugar bag to a fence post and the joey would use that as his pouch.
He never went far from our house, until he matured, then he must have thought about all those girl kangaroos he was missing out on......we seen him less and less then, until finally he just went away.