One of the mumbats parked her baby in a small aviary then went into the larger aviary for some personal R&R. She started to call for the baby, but he either ignored her or wasn't able to find her; Mandi moved him to the big aviary so he could reunite with his mum, but he didn't seem to be able to work out how to get to her (he's just a little guy after all); Mandi moved the pool noodle so he could climb up to the top, and mumbat and baby were reunited after calling out to each other so he could locate her. Reunion successful. YAY
Angus, the Green Tree Frog (who is probably female from "his" size), has decided the water dispenser makes a very good new home. Handsome "dude".
A quick visit to Babytown, which is where Mandi's babies are hanging out. Caspar at the front, then Fara(day) and Pepper under the many legged caterpillar, then Lennox, and Harper (who has a broken leg) who has very cutely put himself to bed in the "igloo". He's managing his leg fracture than many humans do and it's just a part of his life now. He even makes a very good attempt at grooming his tricky bits.
Some of the newly arrived Bunya mountains babies who are being triaged and stabilised prior to being moved along to carers, are weighed and measured and get their toenails painted for ID. They're all rehydrated and some of the larger ones in good condition are set to hanging, and the smaller ones are swaddled and fed. Nobody is getting much sleep until these babies are dispersed to carers. Thanks to Kerry who rescued them all and continues to rescue the orphans from this colony, and to Mel who is arranging transport so these babies can get to carers quickly.

A local kookaburra has caught a rat and is in the process of bashing it into submission so he can swallow it whole. I think it looks a little big for him but he's tenderising it diligently.
Wallace and Mrs Tweedie's chicks have hatched; it may have escaped Wallace's notice, but they're all bantam chicks slipped under Mrs Tweedie when Wallace and Mrs T's eggs were all infertile. Mandi substitutes bantam eggs so Mrs T can hatch, raise and love her chicks.
Wallace is taking her on a promenade around the fowl yard area to show off his new family.
Jimboomba, one of the roosters, makes an appearance, and the hen with him, Celia is (weirdly) probably the chook who laid the eggs originally, with Jimboomba the probable father, and even more weirdly, Celia is one of Wallace and Mrs Tweedie's chicks from their first clutch of "little tweedies" earlier this year.

I hope you enjoy this fresh melange of farm life, Mandi style.

Thanks Mandi for the footage.
This footage is given in thanks for the continuing donations which help support the fruit costs for her bats.

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Mention Megabattie or Meg in the PayPal message box and the money will find its way to Mandi
If no message box appears, please email Jenny to tell her that the money is for Mandi.
IMPORTANT: If you pay through the PayPal Giving Fund, can you please email Jenny with the amount donated and the name under which you have donated, OR just forward along the PP receipt.
The Giving Fund doesn’t charge any fees (so the bats get more money) but PP doesn’t itemise out the amount, they just send a total every month, and we don’t know if the money is for Tolga or for Megabattie.
Here’s Jenny’s email.
jenny@tolgabathospital.org

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