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This
beautiful Eastern Grey Kangaroo is certainly Mother of the Year!
This
is Kathryn, a kangaroo that was hand raised by my new friend Jennie
Clowes. Kathryn is feeding her two joeys - the one of the left
is Kathryn's latest fully emerged joey who weighs around 5 to
6 kilograms and the one of the right -the big baby who was long
ago fully emerged! - weighs around 20 kilograms!!
Jennie and I believe that this is more proof that hand raised
joeys should not be weaned too soon.
And
if you still don't believe it, have a look at photos of Lilly
- my hand raised roo - and her big joey Pond in When
to Wean a Macropod.
Take
a leaf out of nature's book - and take a hint from Kathryn and
Lilly - before you decide when to wean a joey.
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