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Post by summit on Jun 23, 2008 9:27:26 GMT 10
This may be a really silly question .................. (blonde male thing) When does the "newbie" sub title go away or can I change it ?  Just curious here lol.  |
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Karen
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Post by Karen on Jun 23, 2008 9:50:26 GMT 10
I think when you make a hundred posts. So get chatting! |
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Post by Jane on Jun 23, 2008 10:25:07 GMT 10
I think it might be 50  |
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Post by silvercloud on Jun 23, 2008 12:38:41 GMT 10
Yeah it's 50 then you become a junior member I think. So yep, you better get posting young man ;D
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summit
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Post by summit on Jun 23, 2008 17:09:13 GMT 10
OK then, just remember you asked for it.
(there's 1 more) ;D
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summit
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Post by summit on Jun 23, 2008 17:10:12 GMT 10
Forgot to say .......... Thank you for the answers, much appreciated.
(there's 2 more) LMAO
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Post by vankarhi on Jun 23, 2008 19:35:01 GMT 10
Gee it has been so long for me I just can't remember ;D but it automatically changes at a "milestone" so to speak.
So it looks like you are almost at the first milestone. ;D
Oh and Jules I love your new avatar too ;D
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Post by silvercloud on Jun 23, 2008 20:22:10 GMT 10
Thank you Trace, that's Bella the joey I raised last year. She's back in the wild now ;D
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Post by vankarhi on Jun 23, 2008 20:23:25 GMT 10
cool ;D
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Post by Karen on Jun 23, 2008 21:04:15 GMT 10
When did you release her?
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Post by silvercloud on Jun 24, 2008 0:51:11 GMT 10
A couple of months ago. Well I didn't actually release her myself, I took her to a lady who does soft release back in February. Soft release is teaching them to be roos again, learning to mix with other roos and losing the dependency on people they've had. She had 3 other joeys when I dropped Bella off and they all got released together. Unfortunately I'm not in a position to do soft release as I don't have the space. My OH has the space but it's not safe enough. Leslie did a wonderful job with her and I know if I have any other joeys she'll take them at soft release stage.
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summit
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Post by summit on Jun 24, 2008 8:34:36 GMT 10
Do roos every really loose the need or want for human companionship ? I've never worked with roos like that. any hand fed ones stayed in parks. Just curious as it is a great service to rehab and release.
Kudos silvercloud for making the effort.
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Post by silvercloud on Jun 24, 2008 11:23:12 GMT 10
In soft release they need to learn to find and get their fill of natural foods by foraging rather than waiting for the carer to turn up with a bottle or bowl of food. Once back in the wild most take on the wild instincts of their mob but I suspect they still have an inkling about human kindness. Thankfully their natural wariness keeps most away from people as not all people are as kind as some.
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Post by courtzrocks on Jun 24, 2008 12:18:18 GMT 10
Our avairy I tried to put the birds in (Beetle would have been ok but Matches has a metal addiction so no go anymore) we used to use for soft releases of possums, gliders and small birds. Not all in at once lol!!!
They went from the warm basket when they were babies, to either the wardrobe cage or kennel cage (we turned a wardrobe into a cage for the gliders and a huge dog kennel into a cage for the possums) then when they were bigger they would go to the avairy under the cubby where we would reduce the amount of human attention and try find other carers that had possums, gliders or birds of the same species that were almost ready to be released so they could go together. Parrots are alot more into chewing wire then the silvereyes or doves/pigeons we mainly used to release lol.
We couldnt do roo's or wallaby's as we didnt have 6 foot fences..would have been cool though..we got called out to catch a bird in someones house one night...it was a bat..idiots lol.
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Post by silvercloud on Jun 24, 2008 14:36:43 GMT 10
Hahaha some people know nothing about critters hey  |
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Post by courtzrocks on Jun 24, 2008 15:02:33 GMT 10
I know!! carrying on "There's a bird in the house and we can't get it out"...if you've ever seen a bird in your life I think the first thing you notice is they have feathers....This thing clearly had no feathers and no beak and didnt have bird wings but if it wasnt an insect it must be a bird?? LOL! Honestly, I do not know how people stay alive when they get a bat confused with a bird? Errr...does the skull on the bottle with Poison written under it mean eat?? duh!
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summit
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Post by summit on Jun 24, 2008 15:13:17 GMT 10
The first thing that came to my mind was ........... pfft, Queenslanders ! But I won't say that (considering I am wayyyyyyy out-numbered here! ) lmao ;D Just remember, if it wasn't for stoopid people we wouldn't have a police force. |
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Post by silvercloud on Jun 24, 2008 15:14:10 GMT 10
LMAO. My OHs nephew who was in his 30s at the time rang up asking if the big black bird flying around his back yard was a crow or a chook  |
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Post by courtzrocks on Jun 24, 2008 16:14:18 GMT 10
HAHAHAHHA should have told him it was a koala/bat hybrid.
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Post by Jane on Jun 24, 2008 16:22:56 GMT 10
pmslol Fair dinkum more fine examples of evolution |
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