Stanley, Scottie, Scarlet and Father Jack the Metallic Starlings
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my little Jo Digger, the Short Beaked Echidna. Little Jo Digger was unfortunately run over by a tractor slasher and had a nasty cut on his back, thankfully someone found hims and he was brought into care, he was the most gorgeous little critter. Unfortunately after 6 weeks in care, poor little Jo died of a major infection, which obviously no amount of anti-biotics and love could fix. We were very sad, but we tried our best. This is one of the hard time in looking after injured babies, you get so attached to them. I feel very honoured and lucky to have been up close and personal with such a fascinating and delightful little charactor who let us help him as much as we could.	the first time I dressed his wounds, I did as Krissie advised sat with him facing me, he proceeded to try and dig under me!

Sweep, the Cuckoo-Shrike

successful release

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Phil & Lil, the Yellow-Bellied Sunbirds

Phil was successfully released, unfortunately, poor Lil became a snakes breakfast!

Phil being fed by his mummy & daddy bird

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Kwila and Annie, the Striped Possums

Beautiful little 'Kwila' was found as a tiny baby in a tree surrounded by dogs, his mum was nowhere to be seen.
We have been lucky enough to baby..er.. possum-sit him quite a bit.

and 'Annie' was found (post-Cyclone Larry) at the bottom of a banana bin. She was very thin and very thirsty.

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Camilla, Raider & Rebel the Cassowaries

Although the cassowaries are not really rescue animals, they do fit sort of into the category.
As we are supplimenting their diet at an approved feeding station whilst there is little fruit for them in the rainforest.

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Figbirds (Sphecotheres viridis)
baby Hamish and Andy when they first came in. They were so cute.	Male figbird chowing down on our Golden Cane seeds
Amy, the Green Sea-Turtle
Amy was found floating around in the water off our beach. They estimated she was aged around 80 years old, she weighed around 100kg on release. She had a condition called Floating syndrome. This is caused when sea turtles ingest foreign matter such as plastic bags or fishing line. Sea turtles have downward facing spines in their throats, which literally prevents them from regurgitating. The plastic gets trapped in the gut, preventing food from going down and the spines prevent it from coming back up. The trapped food starts to decompose, leaking gases into the body cavity and causing the animal to float. The turtle then slowly starves to death or succumbs to other secondary life threatening conditions such as barnacle colonisation, sun damage or boat strike. Amy was lucky enough to be rescued. She was taken to the Turtle Hospital in Cairns where they drilled a hole in her shell (carapace) to let the air out. They then bogged her up with fibreglass and gave her anti-biotics to prevent infection. She was well fed and re-hydrated and eventually released back onto our beach. It was very emotional watching her being released back into her home. She was very beautiful.

We are so lucky to share our lives with these fabulous creatures.

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