Acacia Tim is a beautiful big (9,7 kg!) koala around 7 years old.
He came first to the Koala Hospital in 2006. He had conjuctivitis. That is a Chlamydia bacteria in the eyes.
He was treated and released again.
On 12-05-2011 Tim was admitted again for the same reason: conjuctivitis. He was found near the Post Office and could hardly see anything through his eyes.
We treated Tim with the Bioptron along with the normal antibiotics. The Bioptron is a color therapy. It is a polychromatic light that is used for healing. It is used in the burns unit at Concord Hospital in Sydney. Recently it has been used to treat an elephant at Auckland Zoo.
The Bioptron is a trail for a number of different kind of koala problems.
Tim didn't mind it. He just sat quiet on the table sleeping or eating.
In the morning he couldn't wait until he got his fresh leaf. He would sometimes sit on the ground with some fresh leaf, until we finished his yard. Then he climbed on his gunyah and started eating.
On Friday 8-7-2011 he was ready to be released again. We brought him to a nice spot, close to where we found him. We thought we had picked a nice tree for him. He sniffed the tree and then started to rub his scent gland against it. The male koalas have a scent gland which has a strong smell during the breeding season. They try to attract female koalas with it.
Tim looked at us and decided that this tree was not good enough. :)
He walked to 5 more trees before he decided on one that was good enough to climb in.
This is a short film of Acacia Tim on his way finding a nice tree. You can see how he rubs his scent gland against a tree.
Good luck Tim!
Yon
He came first to the Koala Hospital in 2006. He had conjuctivitis. That is a Chlamydia bacteria in the eyes.
He was treated and released again.
On 12-05-2011 Tim was admitted again for the same reason: conjuctivitis. He was found near the Post Office and could hardly see anything through his eyes.
We treated Tim with the Bioptron along with the normal antibiotics. The Bioptron is a color therapy. It is a polychromatic light that is used for healing. It is used in the burns unit at Concord Hospital in Sydney. Recently it has been used to treat an elephant at Auckland Zoo.
The Bioptron is a trail for a number of different kind of koala problems.
Tim didn't mind it. He just sat quiet on the table sleeping or eating.
In the morning he couldn't wait until he got his fresh leaf. He would sometimes sit on the ground with some fresh leaf, until we finished his yard. Then he climbed on his gunyah and started eating.
On Friday 8-7-2011 he was ready to be released again. We brought him to a nice spot, close to where we found him. We thought we had picked a nice tree for him. He sniffed the tree and then started to rub his scent gland against it. The male koalas have a scent gland which has a strong smell during the breeding season. They try to attract female koalas with it.
Tim looked at us and decided that this tree was not good enough. :)
He walked to 5 more trees before he decided on one that was good enough to climb in.
This is a short film of Acacia Tim on his way finding a nice tree. You can see how he rubs his scent gland against a tree.
Good luck Tim!
Yon
2 comments:
She is flippin adorable!
Acacia Tim is one of "my" animals. So please to see him still going strong!
Jo
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