What do Wallabies eat?
 

Does anyone know what wallabies eat or even if we should feed them? The girls love watching them in the garden. Don't want to encourage toooo many of them or stop them feeding themselves but just wondered if there was something we could throw around the garden that they would like :confused:

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They love honey, chocolate and crisps oh and also marmalade sandwiches - or is that paddington bear..... ;)

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According to Google they eat this stuff.....

Wallabies are herbivores, eating grass, hay, leaves, bark and twigs plus fruits and vegetables. Like cows they have ructus (more than one stomach) and their normal body temperature can run between 96-99 degrees Fahrenheit (joeys slightly higher).

They have sharp front teeth that are good for cutting grass and flat molars on the sides of their mouths for chewing. There is a forward movement of the cheek teeth or molars throughout their life. The upper and lower jaws are not attached to each other. The teeth can slide from side to side to be used like scissors. Wallaby toenails should not be cut because the blood goes almost to the end.

One of three toes on the hind foot is actually two toes in one. It has two nails that can be used like tweezers or for grooming.

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[QUOTE=moneypen20]Does anyone know what wallabies eat or even if we should feed them? QUOTE]

South Africans, Kiwis or Poms, depending on the sport - although there hasn't been much Pom eating recently :D

SS

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[QUOTE=SuperSeagulls]Nice !!!:D:D

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[QUOTE=wargod]It was the first thing that came to mind...... :scared:

SS

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Oranges at half time.

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It depends on the species as there are dozens of species in Aus each filling a different nutritional niche.

Many species eat different types of grass and other types of vegetation, but some are more specialised. For example, Hare Wallabies seem to like Spinifex and grass seed; Whiptail Wallabies (which are fairly common in your neck on the woods) seem to prefer grass roots; others are even more specialised (and thus rarer) such as Bettongs, which are heavily dependent on subterranean fungi.

Do you know what species you get in the garden? :)

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Thanks for all the answers guys :rolleyes: . Knew I should stick to Tony. They won't let us close enough to ask their names so can't help you on that one. Can you tell from the piccy in photopost? Bit ignorant I'm afraid but they are about 2-3 feet tall, grey and dead cute - does that help. Two prefer the back garden and one, who is a bit smaller than the others, seems to prefer the front side open bit.

We probably shouldn't feed them but some of the vegetation needs cutting back a bit for various reasons and we don't want them to lose their habitat and move on. It's their land afterall.

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They look a lot to me like Whiptail Wallabies; and as a snap ID guess, I'd say that's what they are. Having said that, there are similar species, and I'd like to go and check this and get back to you. :)

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Having had a wee look about, I'd say that the other possibilities are Swamp Wallaby (which has a dark face and some reddish brown highlights; Red-necked or Bennett's Wallaby (which is even redder and thus less likely) and Agile Wallaby which often has a suggestion of a stripe on both flanks. Whether Agiles are found as far South as the Gold Coast however, I don't know.

I'd say deffo either Whiptail or Swamp which are both common in your area. If you google images of them, you might get a better impression which one it is out of the two.

It may of course be another species entirely; I'm not entirely au fait on the wallabies of South East Qld. :)

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ok how jealous am i right now :p

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Naughty Kids!!!! :scared:

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Lived in Perth as a kid!!! and used to give them cheese crisps.. they love cheese flavored stuff!!!!!!

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If you don't mind, I don't think I will try that :eek: :D