G'day guys. This is Weasley,
and he's a gorgeous seven month old
Red kangaroo joey, and he's just joining our Australia Zoo family.
He has been living with a lovely carer named Kylie.
And now he's going to be coming home
with me until he's old enough to live with our Australia Zoo Red kangaroo mob.
The reason he does have to come home with me, though, is because he still needs
bottle feeds at night time and then early in the morning.
So he can't give them to himself.
So he needs to come home with me so he can have those bottles.
Over the next few months
we're going to be introducing Weasley to our Red roo mob,
and we're going to take you along for the journey.
Weasley is an absolute pleasure to have at home.
I love being able to get to bring him home at night time with me.
We love to just chill out in our little back room together.
He and I really like our snuggles.
We get to have a cuddle after he has his bottle.
He does like to roll around on the floor and rip up all the towels
and the blankets that I have down and he likes to chew on the carpet.
That's probably his favorite part, but mine is definitely the cuddles.
Little Weasley is growing up so fast,
and he's over at our hospital today because he's going to be getting some x-rays.
He's going to get a microchip and just a general health check
because this is going to be the last step before he goes to move in
with our kangaroo mob and become part of the family.
Oh, no.
You're okay.
It's Weasley's big day
he's about to head to our Red
kangaroo enclosure and meet all the big Red kangaroos,
and he'll let me know how long he wants to be in there for for the first time.
But we're so excited.
Let's go Weasley.
All right big man, you ready?
Now these guys, they’re Red kangaroos, just like you.
Let’s have a look.
Ooh, how exciting.
Oh, exciting. Oh, out you come.
I still here.
I still here. I won't leave you.
I won't leave you.
What do you guys think?
You gonna be friends with Weasley?
You don't really care? Okay.
Weasley’s actually going to be due for a feed at 11:30.
So we'll be giving him his bottle soon, which should help settle him in
and get him nice and relaxed.
For Weasley,
we'll let him tell us how long that he wants to stay in here for.
And then we'll actually work on getting longer and longer,
so he'll start with about 45 minute stints and then we'll hopefully work up
to all day where he can be a big kangaroo and hang out with the others
and not be so reliant on having us in here with him.
It looks like it's been a very successful morning with Weasley here in Red roos.
So I think it's time that we take him home and let him relax.
Our beautiful Weasley here,
the little Red kangaroo has been in the Red kangaroo enclosure
now here at the Australia Zoo for a few months,
and he is settling in beautifully.
He's made so many kangaroo friends
and he's made a lot of visitor friends as well.
He gets fed from all of our beautiful guests that come through
and he still gets his keeper cuddles, which he absolutely loves.
Oh yeah.
He's gotten so big since he moved in.
He's keeping up with our other young kangaroos,
and soon enough he is going to be a big Red kangaroo boy.
And now all that's left is for our beautiful WWeasley
to live his best life here at Australia Zoo and love on all of our guests.