Cherish

Beautiful Miss Cherish was surrendered by  a MOP (member of the public) on March 17 (St Patrick's Day) together with her brother who was named Patrick.  The family who had these two beautiful joeys had no idea how to care for them and happily surrendered them as soon as they became aware the joeys were not being cared for correctly.

Miss Cherish came into my life that day and what a journey it has been,  First thing we needed to teach her was life in a pouch, that was foreign to her.  She had also been over stimulated with human interaction and had no idea what it meant to go to sleep.  That was pretty tough for a joey who did not know how to be a joey.  It took time and lots of patience.

Her health was severely compromised.  It was touch and go with her for some time with kidney, liver and pancreas issues.  Shey at Nullakai Vet was amazing because issues always happen at night or on the weekend.  Cherish had bright fluro orange pee and with a very high count of Bilirubin in her urine samples we were worried about permanent liver damage due to incorrect feeding.

But Miss Cherish was a fighter and we fought with her.  She learned to love her pouch and hanging bags and enjoyed being with us and not being handled all the time.

This is Cherish a month after coming into care.

We needed to teach her to be a kangaroo, so we began asking around for a buddy.  Enter into our lives Donny.  Donny was a beautiful boy, big bright eyes and the two of them hit it off immediately.  It made a huge difference in Cherish's life to have a buddy.  Thank you Jenny Norton.  Sadly Donny didn't make it.  Behind those beautiful big bright eyes we suspect was some injury and he passed away in his (first) Mummy's arms.  I missed him so much and so did Cherish.  You will never be forgotten beautiful boy.

Calle came into our lives about a month later.  She was about 2 kgs smaller and I was worried they wouldn't bond.  For the first few weeks Calle hated poor Cherish and there were so many spats. They began to tolerate each other and I wondered if they would ever become buddies.

I did not need to be concerned.  They are now inseparable and love each other so much.  Always together walking and hopping in unison.  It is such a joy to watch them together.

As Cherish grew bigger, she became stronger.  Her kidneys, liver and pancreas healed themselves as she began to eat real roo food.  

Now she is going to be a Mummy herself.  I hope and pray that her body is strong enough to carry a baby.  Thankfully she is still on the property and I can keep an eye on her should any problems arise.

Here is Cherish this morning showing off a baby bump.  She doesn't like her head being touched but is always happy to have a chest rub.  She has been a joy to rehabilitate and I am thankful to have had that opportunity.  Patrick went to another carer and he is now living a wild and free life as well.  Thank you to the family for doing the right thing and handing these over, you gave them a second chance at life.  I know there were many tears and I hope you enjoy the updates we send to you.