How we saved three baby Bandicoots

So, a surprise one morning - hubby found three Eastern Barred Bandicoot babies on the lawn. All by themselves. (the mother was later located, dead, nearby). They were very soft, very young and pretty healthy.

Fortunately, we live very near to a wildlife park, so we took them there straight away. We were informed that they were all female and on the endangered animal list. I had seen little diggings in the garden and knew we had bandicoots. We don't mind of course! But to hold one of these tiny, soft creatures was mesmerising.

You can see a video here: baby Eastern Barred Bandicoots

At first we mistakenly thought they were Bilbies, which are also rare, because their ears were so long. A week later we visited the girls at he wildlife park and were so happy to see them healthy and together.

Here is a short video of them moving around and having a drink: Baby Bandicoots a week later

Life is precious!