On Saturday I did a rescue at Redland Bay for a concussed lorikeet, nothing unusual there. Because it's a juvenile lori we'll be keeping him for a while, so we've got some company for him, another three lorikeets. We call them the three musketeers, yes there's four of them, there were four in the book/movie too. Pics to come.
While we were at Natasja's picking up Athos, Aramis and d'Artagnan we mentioned possums and Natasja said she had a little 100 gram brushy that was looking for a carer. He'd only been in care for two days after his mum had been attacked and killed by a dog. So now he lives with us.
Our first thought on seeing him was that he looked more like a kangaroo joey than a possum. We've called him Gollum, for obvious reasons, even though he won't always look like that. He's one of the easiest possums we've had as far as feeding is concerned. As soon as he see's the syringe full of Divetelact he's wide awake and we usually have to refill it.
Cute or what? Hard to imagine he'll be 4.5 kg when he's fully grown.
We always have tissues handy when we feed him, he gets milk all over him.
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What a cute little guy Steve! Two great pictures here. - Dave
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