Megabattie

Daily life at Second Chances Wildlife Sanctuary; Rodney and Jimmy

Rodney is a Red Necked Wallaby Joey who was brought into care after being found by his dead mum wallaby. Most joeys coming into care are because their mums are hit by cars and are dead or moribund on the side of a road, either standing by their mums or in their mum's pouches. He's a wobbly little character just finding his legs. He'll be in care for another at least 12 months until he's about 18 months old and ready for release from Catherine's release pen with his age mates. Jimmy's mum was hit by a car and brought in by the distressed MOP. He's larger than Rodney, but wallabies mature faster than kangaroo keys, which means that though Rodney is smaller, he's also a lot more mature than Jimmy, who won't be releasable until he's abut 2 and a half years old. Thanks Catherine for the footage. Tolga Bat Hospital takes donations for me for Catherine at Second Chances Wildlife Sanctuary. Tolga is an awesome place in Far North Queensland, which has charity status. By sending donations to them, they get a percentage (and deserve every cent) and they can allocate money to me for batty and roo expenses without it becoming part of my income stream (which makes tax time difficult). https://tolgabathospital.org/donate/ Mention Megabattie or Meg in the PayPal message box and the money will find its way to Catherine. If no message box appears, please email Jenny to tell her that the money is for Meg for Catherine. IMPORTANT: If you pay through the PayPal Giving Fund, can you please email Jenny with the AMOUNT DONATED and the name under which you have donated, OR just forward along the PP receipt. The Giving Fund doesn’t charge any fees (so the bats get more money) but PP doesn’t itemise out the amount, they just send a total every month, and we don’t know if the money is for Tolga or for Megabattie. Here’s Jenny’s email. [email protected]