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RE: Look what I found!
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Look what I found! (new picture 8/8)
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Whoa! That is really cool!
Whoa! That is really cool!
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Wow I am just blown away. What an amazing animal. I had no clue.
Wow I am just blown away. What an amazing animal. I had no clue.
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A<MAAAZZZINNNGG! WOW.... now that was cool!
JD~
A<MAAAZZZINNNGG! WOW.... now that was cool!
JD~
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Two questions. Why is it necessary to hand feed the first one? And, when the tiny baby makes its way via the saliva trail, is it inside the pouch or outside the pouch? Love this thread.
Two questions. Why is it necessary to hand feed the first one? And, when the tiny baby makes its way via the saliva trail, is it inside the pouch or outside the pouch? Love this thread.
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I pull all the babies at about 5 months of age to handfeed in order to keep them friendly. When pulled at that time, we generally have about 5 months of so of handfeeding to do before it is totally independant, during the handfeeding process she is introduced to the other members of the mob and it allows momma to have her other baby sooner than if she were to raise the first until is was ready to leave the pouch. Males sell for around $1800 and females for $3500.
The baby crawls up momma's stomach, on the outside of the body, and into pouch.
Another fun fact, in most animals...momma produces colostrum for the baby's first feeding in order to boost their immune system, which is completely functional but weak. In kangaroos, the baby's immune system is almost non-existent and momma produces colostrum throughout the entire nursing phase of the baby's life.
DesertGrandma said:
I pull all the babies at about 5 months of age to handfeed in order to keep them friendly. When pulled at that time, we generally have about 5 months of so of handfeeding to do before it is totally independant, during the handfeeding process she is introduced to the other members of the mob and it allows momma to have her other baby sooner than if she were to raise the first until is was ready to leave the pouch. Males sell for around $1800 and females for $3500.
The baby crawls up momma's stomach, on the outside of the body, and into pouch.
Another fun fact, in most animals...momma produces colostrum for the baby's first feeding in order to boost their immune system, which is completely functional but weak. In kangaroos, the baby's immune system is almost non-existent and momma produces colostrum throughout the entire nursing phase of the baby's life.
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wow. great info and spectacular pic! Learn something new and wondrous here every time I come to look!
thanks Doc
wow. great info and spectacular pic! Learn something new and wondrous here every time I come to look!
thanks Doc
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Wow thanks for sharing the photo and interesting information.
That is really interesting-I'm going to show my children, they will love the photo especially.
Look forward to the updates
Congratulations on your baby
Wow thanks for sharing the photo and interesting information.
That is really interesting-I'm going to show my children, they will love the photo especially.
Look forward to the updates
Congratulations on your baby
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Congrats, that is great!
Congrats, that is great!
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This thread is awesome! I absolutely love hearing about animals like this. She's in good hands with you. Congratulations on the baby and we'll love to see those updated pictures every week. Now this is what I consider educating people on animals.
This thread is awesome! I absolutely love hearing about animals like this. She's in good hands with you. Congratulations on the baby and we'll love to see those updated pictures every week.
Now this is what I consider educating people on animals.
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Okay...so I thought I have read and seen everything...I was wrong Wow can't say I've had the pleasure of knowing someone who has raised kangaroos until now. Any pics of them? That must be such an awesome experience. Who knew their babies were so small.
Okay...so I thought I have read and seen everything...I was wrong
Wow can't say I've had the pleasure of knowing someone who has raised kangaroos until now. Any pics of them? That must be such an awesome experience. Who knew their babies were so small.
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Absolutely fascinating...thanks so much for sharing that with all of us...
Absolutely fascinating...thanks so much for sharing that with all of us...
RE: Look what I found! **UPDATED PIC!"
two weeks later. Anybody want to guess the sex? You have a 50:50 chance....give a reason for your guess, why did you pick the sex you chose?
exoticsdr said:Went out to put the young tortoises, check on the bigger ones and make sure the roos were ready for bed...well, my oldster Leopard tort, Tortolini was digging to lay and my young female red kangaroo came up to say hello, well...look what I found in her pouch.
two weeks later. Anybody want to guess the sex? You have a 50:50 chance....give a reason for your guess, why did you pick the sex you chose?
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I think that it's a male because it doesn't have a pouch. Did she mate right after birth of this baby? Does she have another one waiting?
I think that it's a male because it doesn't have a pouch.
Did she mate right after birth of this baby? Does she have another one waiting? RE: Look what I found!
No, she doesn't have to...she conceives twins and they are "born" about 9 months apart, so yes there is another baby waiting. Answer to your guess will come later.
Candy said:I think that it's a male because it doesn't have a pouch.
No, she doesn't have to...she conceives twins and they are "born" about 9 months apart, so yes there is another baby waiting. Answer to your guess will come later.
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I can't make a guess but am wondering what that bubble is next to it's (urethra?)
I can't make a guess but am wondering what that bubble is next to it's (urethra?)
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A little roo anatomy....the bottom "bulge" is a shared urogenital/rectal opening (not a true shared "facility" as birds and reptiles have but very similar.
A little roo anatomy....the bottom "bulge" is a shared urogenital/rectal opening (not a true shared "facility" as birds and reptiles have but very similar.
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I just find this so interesting.
I just find this so interesting.
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