Kaylee has been admitted to the Koala Hospital three times since the end of 2007. The first time she was hit by a car and the second time she was found sitting in the middle of the main road. But is was the third time in 2009 that gave her the nickname "Tripod":
Oxley Kaylee was spotted by a motorist (on the same main road!) with a tiny Joey on her back and Kaylee was dragging her hind leg along trying to get across the road to a bank of trees. She was admitted and found to have a badly dislocated left hind leg. Her Joey, who we called Oxley Twinkles was still very small and certainly needed her "mum".
All went well for a few weeks with Kaylee maintaining her weight and Twinkles growing beautifully. Once Twinkles started to become too heavy for her mother's injured leg she was ready for weaning and moved into the Joey yard. When she was big enough, we released Oxley Twinkles.
The decision was made by our veterinarian and supervisor that we would attempt an amputation on the hind leg of Kaylee. The surgery was a huge success, with everything healing beautifully and Kaylee adapting to her three legged status very quickly. That's why the staff nicknamed her "Tripod". Amazingly Kaylee was outside in the rehabilitation yard and climbing a tree in a matter of weeks.
On this video you can see how she is still able to climb a tree:
Kaylee is still with us in the Koala Hospital. She has her own yard with a nice tree to climb in. Most of the time you can find her up that tree. She seems comfortable, but we sometimes doubt it when we see her sleeping like this!? ;)
You know what the best thing is? You can adopt this very pretty koala!
Your adoption helps with the rescue and treatment of sick and injured koalas and release back to home range when possible; also the preservation and expansion of habitat, collection of information for research relating to habitat, disease, nutrition and habits of wild koalas and to provide ecucational material, to increase public awareness of all aspects of the koala.
Your adoption helps with the rescue and treatment of sick and injured koalas and release back to home range when possible; also the preservation and expansion of habitat, collection of information for research relating to habitat, disease, nutrition and habits of wild koalas and to provide ecucational material, to increase public awareness of all aspects of the koala.
To adopt Oxley Kaylee click here
Oxley Twinkles is also up for adoption.
To adopt Oxley Twinkles click here
Yon
2 comments:
Great story and video Yon. Really well done!!
Jan
Nice post, and good capture with the vid.
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