Chapter 2: treating bub (Named Teeny) first Usually doing a rescue or mange treatment with two wombats simultaneously is incredibly difficult. In this case they made it easy as bub wandered off and I was able to sneak up on her and give her treatment for sarcoptic mange. She looks bad but it can still be turned around. She is aware of me, no obvious wounds and no decaying smell of infection. As always I prefer my trusty extendable pole so I can get her gently and not have to chase her or scare h

We have many cameras out in our treatment areas to track and monitor the wombats in our mange treatment programs. One of our cameras captured these beautiful clips of a mum with baby on board, dragging some dry grass into the burrow for nesting. It is still very cold in Canberra as our winters can be extreme at night. She is making sure deep in her burrow in the bedding chamber she has some grass for warmth and comfort. If you look closely you can also see as she goes into the burrow, bub is pee