Whats the best time of year to look for a young one ?
Somthing that doesn't need bottle feeding .
Im in Hamilton If anyone can help me out , happy cover any costs incurred .
Thanks SP
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Whats the best time of year to look for a young one ?
Somthing that doesn't need bottle feeding .
Im in Hamilton If anyone can help me out , happy cover any costs incurred .
Thanks SP
I would take this down if I were you. Its a big No-No. Risk a fine at least. As they are a gazetted pest in New Zealand therefore it is illegal. Places like zoos, wildlife parks and research facilities will have a government permit enabling them to hold in captivity.
Totally agree with scottrods
You may be correct , and if the MODS want to pull the thread that's fine . Plenty of responsible people have had them , and possums as pets .
Council had a note on file that reminded the metre reader too close my gate because I had 2 free range rabbits mowing my lawn ( 1 was 6kg the fatt bastard ).
Last time I looked , rabbits ,goats ,dogs,cats ,pigs ,and deer were all abit of a pest at some stage.
Have a look at the Bay of Plenty Regional Council website - they have info on pests as "pets".
No point pulling the thread, informative to those not in the know like myself.
https://www.boprc.govt.nz/news-centr...ests-not-pets/
http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/pests/registers/uor
https://www1.maf.govt.nz/uor/searchframe.htm
Yep, Wallabies are prohibited (although you can seek permission). Maybe dock one first?
Ferrets are the only mammal established in NZ on the Unwanted Organism Register. Good info - never knew any of this.
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Not that long ago some guys from Rotovegas, used to shoot the mums to get the joey. These they would then hand rear in 10ltr paint tins to make them tame enough to handle. These would then be on sold to Asia as pets and back to Aussie. Probably they are still doing it. Used to meet these guys whilst I was doing security on Maori trust blocks.
Ive always wanted one as a pet too. I have had some bizzare native/pesty type "pets" over the years and it never occured to me that it may be illegal. As long as youre not harming anyone then go for it. Some laws are just plain fucked up and dont deserve to be abided by.
Someone I know picked up a road kill from Lake Tarawera, and chucked it onto the road near Hunterville. It resulted in quite stir. :D
Silly and funny at the same time.
Quade will be looking for a home back here after the world cup:huh::huh:
Shot a lot of Rotorua wallaby in past years for dog tucker and also my own food. Mostly you will not get a young one except from Mums pouch. Feed them only with homogenised milk , sometimes with a bit of glucose. Whole milk or even ice cream will kill them. I used to have my pets hanging upside down in balaclavas hanging on my hut door knob or on a coat hanger at bed time. They tame real quick, and come when called once they accept you as mum. Open your swanni neck and they come to you and hop straight in, like Mums pouch.
They are petrified of dogs and will die of fright real easy if worried by a dog outside the cage. Always loved them as pets. When grown they love to sit up, hold an apple slice in their hands and nibble away at it,, real cute. They don't kill birds and I am buggered if I can see why they are a pest actually.
be afraid, the wallaby is one of the cruelest of animals,
never trust them, up close you see the menace in their
cold-blooded eyes, dozens of tourists have gone missing around
the rotorua lakes over the years,
you'd be naive to think that wallabies aren't involved, we've had packs of wallabies
tear our pigdogs to pieces in many a stand-off, and the okataina wallabies eat kiwis and catch pigeons and tuis..
the tarawera ones you don't want to tangle with, many a hunter has been gored chewed and kicked off and over
the cliffs down into the lake by rampaging wallabies, so no, don't be catchin' these bastards alive, best medicine for em' is the .577 nitro
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If im hunting the rotorua lakes it will be from my jet boat. Im not realy into the spot lighting .
If anyone wants too show me how its done , or has any advice could you pm me.
Ive had a snoop around Tarawera and okatina , but that was years ago and I was just exploring options. .
Without the bottle feeding it wont bond with a human. If mum has weaned it then its to late as a pet. If one was to succesfully have a pet id advise getting a joey still on the tit
They are an Unwanted Organism under the Biosecurity Act so any deliberate transfer or movement is prohibited. Carries massive fines if caught. Google the Act for detail on their status. Cant imagine there would be many farmers too stoked with people transporting these pests around. Ask the cockies around canterbury what they think of the idea of people keeping wallabies as pets, youll get your answer there.
the shocking last moments of poor bess's life..
Snuffed out by strangulation in deep bush in the mamakus, caught on camera
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indisputable evidence of marsupial attack,
the bush here is full of angry growling, barking wallabies, they've taken over, be afraid be very afraid
that was also an issue. On one block the Pakeha manager tried to dismiss me, tried to hide his dishonsety, the head of the trust wouldn't wear it, he got dismissed instead.
Bet we can figure out who you work for eh :thumbs:
Oh really?
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I wont have you for breakfast, but there is always dinner or lunch!
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My mate had a pet wallaby for a while.
Originated from The Rotoma Asrea
It was pretty tame too , raised it form a Joey.
It featured on the front page of the Napier Daily Telegraph too.
Seems it escaped one day while he was at work , never to be seen again.
Next minute it's photograph was on the front page of the paper after turning up at someones address several blocks away looking for as feed and a pat.
The reporter said it was a Kangaroo. :ORLY: :D
They also said it was eventually captured and sent to the zoo .... yeah right , it would bloody come up to you and eat food right out of your hand.
The bloody thing used to ride around in his car with him sitting up in the front seat looking out the front windscreen.
They do make good pets
Cheers
Pete
Wallaby around Rotorua are a smaller different critter to the ones in Canty and about half the size. I hunted them regularly from 1964 onwards and have seen bugger all expansion of their territory since that time. This variety was almost extinct in Australia and there were many captured and exported to Australia a few years back, to re stock over there. Mostly nocturnal, but sometimes come out to graze in raiuny dull weather. Eyes dull red in the light and they don't hold for long in the beam. Mostly we used 303 ball ammo for instant clean kill with bugger all meat damage, rather than .22. .22 is not effective unless head shot or unless you shoot in the hip bone and then club them.
Woody
I also hunted them around Rotoma for several years and your quite correct, a .22 was not enough unless you head shot them.
However they didn't like the shotgun loaded with buck shot or .222
We would night shoot with a spotlight.
Some of our best nights would see us with over 100 kills, 50 in a night was also common.
BTW. They tasted delicious too. :thumbsup:
Cheers
Pete
Crikey. Mostly we were carrying heavy batteries plus rifles and so only shot about 4 each per night. All we could carry. They're heavy little buggers, but we shot regularly , mainly to feed the dogs. Yeah, shotgun is lethal at close range, but we preferred the ball ammo. Straight through, clean kills and next to zero meat damage. 10 shot mags were handy too!
Yep they are heavy buggers too.
We would shoot them and leave them in piles then pick the up the next day with the land rover .... mostly they were dumped in the scrub at the farm boundary and used as pig bait.
We were culling not shooting for meat or fun.
Cheers
Pete
Rump from younger ones makes a good curry, stew or reasonable pattie.
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Roasting a back leg for dinner tomorrow. :D
Very lean and tasty. I used to hunt them for their skins in the early eighties. Mack House Furs were buying. Used to shoot Okataina reserve. They are bloody hard to skin.
Cooked really slow in a camp oven or similar, and made into a curry ( use a LOT of spices) is OK as it masks the rank flavour.
My brother reckons the tails make a great "Ox Tail" stew, with the same recipe as real ox tail, but I am yet to try that.
Steaks or roast legs we found are very lean and need to be cooked quite rare ( where's that vomit smiley? ) or they turn out real dry.
Probably the back legs meat cut into thin bits and stir fried with ginger, spring onions and garlic would be OK, that works for us with most game meat .
Low maintenance pet wallaby:thumbsup:
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Which one ?