Keith rescued by Stuart in July 2023
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Arrived ; cold July night 2023
Supported soft release: due to start september 2025
Keith was walking down the road with a temperature of 2 degrees. Yes at only 800 grams and naked, as Stuarts kid’s called him he is a very lucky wombat to be rescued by Stuart. Named by Stuarts kids Keith is a great feeder, drinking his bottle down and sleeping lots. It will be awhile before Keith is fully furred, its just starting now and its called ‘velvet” its very short and fine soft to the tough. Getting back into the swing of 4 hourly feeds has been interesting, and were enjoying little Keith
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.
Keith exausted after play fast asleep in his safe bag/pouch
Keith is Calendar cover boy for our 2025 Rocklilywombats calendar that sold out just on xmas!
Keith spending time in our enclosed grass and veg garden for a nibble
Together sometimes looking like buddies
He has learnt to hold his own with Pattycake as he has gotten bigger and they tolerate each other, not great friends but quote acceptabe.
Keith has become a cover boy for our 2025 sell out calendar
2026 calendar update Keith is an impressive 22 kg now at about 2 years old. Finally he holds his own with Pattycake and gives as god as he gets. He will need this new resilience and maturity to manage in the wild after their spring 2025 release. From the kitchen window he’s been seen running around and around all over his 140sqm wombatorium, really enjoying himself. He spends hours moving things around, trying to fit the bottom of a large rectangular dog box base into a small round burrow hole and making a huge racket! Keith is a rather special wombat.
2027Keith was rescued in 2023 at 851g and is now four years old. He's still around, sometimes sleeping in his old nursery wombatorium burrow or under Warwick's shed. The shed is often used as a first stop, or dry backup burrow, as released wombats venture out into their wild bush life. Keith was shy as a joey but stands up for himself very well now. These days we only see him on camera as he doesn't come near us or out in daytime, showing that he's becoming the wild, resilient wombat we like to see. Wombats stay in the pouch for nine months, and we include this time when calculating their age
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