How to Care for a Baby Pet Wallaroo

Pulled from their mothers at an early age, pet wallaroos begin bottle feeding and socialization while with the breeder. From the beginning, you must establish a nurturing relationship with your pet wallaroo and care for it as if you were its mother.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Newspaper or wee pads
• Pouch or bag for carrying
• Bottle and nipples
• Formula

Care for Your Pet Wallaroo Baby

1. Choose a breeder who provides a good foundation for your pet wallaroo. Your wallaroo should already be bottle feeding and becoming socialized with humans. Most breeders provide a pouch, a bottle and a few nipples with the baby wallaroo.

2. Carry your wallaroo in your pouch no matter where you go. The pouch should be about 10 inches wide and tall, so that the baby wallaroo can ball up and remain in the dark. The pouch allows you to provide the constant motion and contact that your new pet would normally get from its mother.

3. Feed your baby wallaroo with a bottle every 2 to 3 hours, even through the night. Each month or so, feed one less bottle, dispersing the feeding times evenly throughout the day. After a few months, your baby will only need one bottle at bed time.

4. Use high quality macropod formula mixed with distilled water. Filling a spray bottle or tumbler with water and letting it sit over night distills the water.

5. Stimulate the wallaroo's bottom area (cloaca) after each feeding to make your pet urinate. Start paper training (or wee pads) by holding the wallaroo's hand while stimulating it over the newspaper or pad. Your wallaroo will most likely drop pellets while being stimulated as well. When it gets older, however, your pet will drop pellets around your house.

6. Baby proof your home. Wallaroos will grab just about anything, eat paper and hop on tables. Take care to keep anything stringy that can be ingested out of the baby's reach.

7. Socialize your baby wallaroo to as many different sounds, place and people as you can. The more situations a baby encounters, the less skittish your pet will be as an adult.

Tips & Warnings

• The more time you spend with your baby wallaroo, the stronger bond you will build.
• Wallaroos do not make good pets for people who work all the time. Avoid getting a wallaroo if you do not have the time to dedicate to raising it from infancy.
• Avoid pouches with fur lining, as baby wallaroos will ingest the fur, causing intestinal blockage.