Windy Hill or Muddy Hill?

It is still raining here - not that we are complaining.
It is very muddy, very wet, very soggy - but we are NOT complaining.
Ok just a little bit!

We have had a couple of new arrivals this week.

Firstly we had this little fellow who was chased by cats and got himself caught up in between a door and a fly wire door. He was only with us for a few hours, had no injuries so we released him back into his area.
He is a Sugar Glider and they have a velvety soft coat and the most fascinating flaps that they glide with.
We had another Brushtail Possum come in. His Mum was hit by a car. He is the same size as April. We have housed them together and hope to release them as a pair - although April is being a little reluctant to accept him.
We have called him Leo.

Unfortunately we had to make the decision to have our littlest Wombat, Tessa euthanased - she just didn't have enough energy to put up the good fight.
It's not all nicey nice in the wildlife care world.
But I still wouldn't change a thing.

and Leroy??? He's doing well!
Cheers from here!

April The Brushtail Possum

April has been with us for a week now. She is adorable and quite a character!

Jed named her when he saw her rich gold colorings of apricot on her tummy.
Her favorite spot is sitting on our heads, so now we all wear hoodies!

For my overseas visitors - April is a Brushtail Possum.
She will eventually have a very bushy tail, and grow to about the size of a full grown cat.

A cat was responsible for killing Aprils mother.


April will be with us until approx May next year - when we shall soft release her onto our property.
Soft release is where we shall still provide smaller and smaller amounts of food for a few days or weeks to integrate them into the outside world, while they find their own food sources.

Hopefully she will catch up with Walnut - a male brushy that we released three weeks ago.
Walnut is busy being a big possum in his natural habitat.
Such a good feeling!

Cheers from here!