This is a blog about our experiences as relatively new wildlife carers. It's not a reference guide on how to look after animals, there's too much left unwritten in our posts for that and we don't always get it right.
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Saturday, April 25, 2009

Another release

We did another release today, four ringtails, a boy and three girls.

The three girls were originally looked after by a friend of ours, Maree. She and her hubby Dan moved onto an acreage at Eudlo last year and didn't have an aviary to keep the girls in, so we looked after them until they were ready for release.

We took a drive up to Eudlo today to release them. It was our first visit to Maree and Dan's place and we'll definitely be visiting again. If you've heard of Steve Irwin's Australia Zoo, Maree's place is basically past there and turn left. It's nearly all bush, seventeen acres of it.

Anyway, we picked a couple of trees and out came the ladder. I don't really like heights, despite the fact I have a pilot's license, so I made sure the ladder was securely lashed to the trees before hoisting the possum boxes up.

The picture below shows the second tree that we put the boy up in. It was the lower one, so the photo doesn't look as impressive and I don't look as brave.



Just before we left to come home we noticed that there was some activity in the boxes. The possums had already started exploring their new surroundings. It's always good to see them having a look around like that.


Maree and Dan are both musicians, so I just had to photograph this. It's their Treeano.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

And they all lived happily ever after :)