Open day and other such happenings...
Ello.
So April 7th was the hospital's open day! There were stalls, a BBQ and a huge koala suit. Luckily I was spared the koala suit - although Victoria who did end up in the suit did get her picture in the local paper (but then noone could tell it was her anyway, so bleah.
A good time was had by all and we did raise over AUS$5000 for the hospital so that worked out OK.
So - here's what we spend most of our time here doing: we go to the hospital twice a day to look after our furry charges. Their pens are swept and newspaper put down (if they are inside):
They then have to be given fresh leaves to eat. Some young or sick koalas have to be hand fed with milk formula.
Then in the afternoon, we just have to repeat the feeding for any who need formula twice daily and make sure that the leaves are moist. Koalas don't drink water, but they do need to get water from the leaves that they eat so we help them by watering the leaves.
Today we were able to go out to rescue a lost koala. We managed to pry her down from a tree in a playground in Dunbogan after she was found wondering around on the ground near some dangerous roads. We go her back to the hospital and checked her out. In honour of the help we gave in rescuing the poor thing, the koala was named Dunbogan Tracy! After a quick checkup, we found she was fine so she'll be released tomorrow somewhere a little safer.
For those bird brains back home, here's a hospital visitor of the winged kind:
So April 7th was the hospital's open day! There were stalls, a BBQ and a huge koala suit. Luckily I was spared the koala suit - although Victoria who did end up in the suit did get her picture in the local paper (but then noone could tell it was her anyway, so bleah.
A good time was had by all and we did raise over AUS$5000 for the hospital so that worked out OK.
So - here's what we spend most of our time here doing: we go to the hospital twice a day to look after our furry charges. Their pens are swept and newspaper put down (if they are inside):
They then have to be given fresh leaves to eat. Some young or sick koalas have to be hand fed with milk formula.
Then in the afternoon, we just have to repeat the feeding for any who need formula twice daily and make sure that the leaves are moist. Koalas don't drink water, but they do need to get water from the leaves that they eat so we help them by watering the leaves.
Today we were able to go out to rescue a lost koala. We managed to pry her down from a tree in a playground in Dunbogan after she was found wondering around on the ground near some dangerous roads. We go her back to the hospital and checked her out. In honour of the help we gave in rescuing the poor thing, the koala was named Dunbogan Tracy! After a quick checkup, we found she was fine so she'll be released tomorrow somewhere a little safer.
For those bird brains back home, here's a hospital visitor of the winged kind:
posted by Iff at
12:03 am
3 Comments:
The Koala in the pastic laundry basket looks fake.
Are you actually in Australia or are you still in America in the same warehouse they staged the moon landings in?
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Anonymous, At
4:12 am
Cool! Love the bird! :-)
Love the koalas too, it all sounds so cool!
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Lib, At
2:25 am
Dunbogan Tracy looks adorable and definitely real. Shame on Mr.A. Skeptic for thinkng otherwise. She is so lucky to have been given Tracy's name. What an honor.
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Anonymous, At
9:31 am
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