Pattie cake wombat 2nd Aug 2023
Little Pattie arrived on a 4 degree winters Wed evening, she was found by a local shearer trying to get into her dead mums pouch.
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Arrived ; 4 degres August 2023
Suported soft release: due to start september 2025
She has been calling for mum and hyperactively trying to get out of her box, to look for mum. She's been the most difficult to feed we have ever had (hence calendar will be a latish Aug now) so with around 3 hrs sleep a night it was wonderfull to finally got her to drink a good sized bottle last night! Phew! I think I love her more for all the hard work!
Finally there out enjoying a few week's of sun in their new home. We had boarded off the burrow until we knew they were happy to be out at night. They were coming and going from their box and hanging bags in the veranda shed. There is an electric fence atop of the corrugated fencing enclosing the area and lights including a fox light. When we were happy with things we opened the burrow for their first night, things seemed to go well. Night two we had Loppy the three legged dingo about 200metres away howling for about 2 hours. Then late night feed ended up near midnight as i could not get them out, sitting in the shed with their daily bottle a wedge tail eagle lands on an stump near by and starts calling, freaking them out. we have long strings across the pen every which way to stop them coming down to have a little wombat snake. Needless to say it took a few days from Little Keith to come out again. He is relaxed again now, and the stump has been removed.
Pattycake was due to start their supported soft release with Keith in may 2025. We had a pack of wild dogs mixed dingo and mixed breed that were killing willdife and farmers stock in large numbers. We have waited until things have settled, and they are no longer around so supported soft release will start in September with calmer and warmer weather from their existing wombatorium. Patty cake made it as cover girl for a 2026 calendar.
