Angel the Wombat with a rash
CritterKleen® - Soothing relief for animals with skin rashes
This is orphaned Wombat joey Angel.
She came into care as a tiny ‘pinky’ with no fur, weighing only 250g. Pinkies are quite delicate and have to be kept at the right temperature & humidity and the skin needs to be oiled regularly. In the wild they are naturally kept warm and moisturised in their mothers pouch.
Angel developed an itchy skin rash as she was growing some fur. She got treated with our CritterKleen® ‘Natural Skin Repair’ and after a week the rash was hardly to be seen. After two weeks of treatment it was completely gone and it hasn’t reoccurred.
The photos below show how Angel the wombat’s skin improved
When a wombat joey loses its mother and has to come into care, they can stay in care longer than any other wildlife species, sometimes requiring care for up to 2 years before they can be released back into the wild. That’s how long Wombat joeys stay with their mum for in the wild, before she chases the grown up joey out of her burrow. In some cases, the grown up joey takes over the burrow and pushes its mother out.
It’s been a long journey for Wombat joey Angel and she is nearly ready to be released on a private bush property in southern Tasmania. If everything goes to plan, she should have gained enough weight and be ready for release at the end of 2021 or early 2022.
Angels journey from a tiny joey to a grown up Wombat
Photos #1 and #2 supplied by Ange Anderson, who did an amazing job raising little Angel from a tiny 250g pinky to just over a kilo, before passing her on to one of our carers.
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