Caring for Billy the burned koala
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- čas přidán 9. 01. 2020
- In this video we give a brief description of some of the special requirements of Billy, who was burned in the December 2019 South Australian bushfires.
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Tank you for saving and helping sweet Billy he is such a beautiful and adorable sweetheart 👍💖🐨💞 How is lovely Billy doing right now? Is he released all ready? Love you sweetheart and for you guys thanks a lot you are wonderful 💖💖💖💞🐨💞
Sweetheart. 🐨💕 Hope he has made a full recovery!!
He is a beautiful angel in heaven 🙏🌈❤🐨
Poor little guy. Thanks for doing such great work.
He's so adorable. Man I want to pet a koala just once in my lifetime. I'm already over a half century old, so I need to do it before I die.
grande riconoscenza per l'aiuto e l'amore che date a queste splendide creature... siete grandi
Hi, thanks from the UK, for everything you lovely people are doing for our beautiful Billy....HOW IS HE TODAY...if i may ask
Sadly Billy succumb to an infection he developed. Unfortunately treating infections in koalas is VERY difficult. 😭😭😭
Thank you for everything you do for beautiful koalas.Get well soon Billy💜💜💜
Our pleasure.❤️
thank you for all your hard work you've been doing. You guys are angels for these animals. Thank you for doing your best to save and care for them
Our pleasure, really ❤️🐨❤️
God bless you all, guys!
Sweet little boy soo cute I live in greece a country very far from AUSTRALIA WISH I COULD VISIT one day y have sommer there now we have winter ❄️❄️🌏
I am so glad Billy is recovering well. I know it may take a while for his burns to heal so thank you for giving him the care he needs to do so 🐨❤️🐨
Yes, Billy has along way to go ..... but we're up for it ❤️🐨
Love from Canada, give Billy a scratch for me. ♥️
You guys are awesome.
Get well Billy.
Im so happy to hear this. My tears are tears of joy, now. So Billy is a boy, after all. Unless there's a Billy boy and a Billy girl. But this is the first news to give me hope, and I thank you so much. You keep getting better, Billy! I love you, sweet boy! I hope to hear soon that you've been able to go home, or maybe that you can go to Katrina at Koala Gardens where you can join the colony there. You would remain wild and free, but you would also be safe and protected, and there are no fires there. You keep getting better, my sweet grey angel. Much love, hugs and kisses from America🇺🇸😗😗😗😗💖💖💖🐨🐨
Haha. Yes Billy is a boy 😂😂😂
Billy handsome boy. Thank God you're safe and in good hands. God bless you Australian people.
Thank you for all your diligent, thoughtful care!
Oh thank you for all the help to these adorable Koalas 🐨🐨
Happy to hear Billy boy update 🐨keep strong you now safe 🙏🙏 enjoy more leaf 🌿
BEAUTIFUL SWEET ANGEL' GOD BLESS HIM AND ALL ANIMALS GREAT AND SMALL AND THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE SAVING AND CARE OF THESE BEAUTIFUL ANIMALS
Magnifique.koalas.merci.de.les.aides
Im so happy he is better ❤️
Lovely to see him having a hearty feed 💖
thank you for your kindness
Thank you so much for sharing!!!! Storytelling is so important! We will keep donating and supporting you guys! Thank you Thank you Thank you!!!!!
Thanks for your support and glad you like the videos ❤️🐨
I hope that Billy is still living and then he is in good shape. It really breaks my heart to think of how many of them have suffered from Burns, floods, car accidents and chlamydia.
Heart breaking when I noticed that it's fore-paws are hurt & bandaged🤔🙁🥺
God bless you for looking after these beautiful koalas 🙏
Que os anjos o recebam com um confortável abraço doce e inocente coala 💔💔💔
God bless you ! Sweetest and kindest people..thankful to people like you
Yes, we would like to pet such a poor koala bear, but we can only look and shiver for them to recover. Today I will complete an application letter for at least 1 koala
He's doing so well now thanks to your hard work and know how..
RIP little koala x
RIP Billy
God bless you
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Thank you for all that try to save the animals , May Allah/God bless you all. I have donated to organisations that try to help these poor animals, and I hope it will be helping to save them. Wish I could come and help in practice but live in the north of Sweden so donate is the best I can do. Hugs and blessings from Sweden.
Thanks Erika. Your support means a lot. ❤️🐨
@@TheKoalaChannel You are welcome. :)
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Thank you for the information! Very informative. I follow your work on Instagram. Billy is the sweetest boy! :) :)
I don't do the Instagram, but how good is it right? Everyone should check it out ❤️🐨
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Billy do you feel well now?
those leafs so tasty??
Do you have hydrogen peroxide 3%,so it is the quickest way if you use it for his pawns.
I'm still yet to find out why Port Mac K Hosp put 'Ellenborough Lewis' to sleep - claiming that he wouldn't have recovered from his burns after only a week. I reckon if he survived the first week, he'd survive even if he needed further (intensive) care for many weeks - I'm sure someone would have volunteered to look after him. Even if he ended up being classed as a ground koala through lack of claws or whatever.
Can anyone find out ?
There are many complications we are finding with post-fire koalas. Wound infection, smoke inhalation related pneumonia and stress related organ failures to name a few. Koalas can go from seemingly healthy to mortally ill in just a single day. We're not affiliated with PMKH, but I'm sure they did everything they could. Sometimes it is a mystery as we volunteer groups cannot afford autopsies on all the poor souls that have been lost.
@@TheKoalaChannel Wound infection - (topical) antibiotics.
Smoke inhalation is probably the most difficult to deal with.
Stress could be dealt with with meds & tlc - but I guess generally isn't. It's just a matter of providing the basic needs of an animal.
I don't know the circumstances surrounding Lewis, however, burns are so dreadfully painful. It may have been too much for the little one to endure. I hope his final moments were with gentle, caring people to comfort him.
It's heartbreaking that these small creatures have to endure loss of habitat through logging too. Is there a search and rescue after a logging horror? How much more do they have to endure? It''s one cruel tragedy after another for these little ones. Koalas and other iconic Australian animals are loved the world over. God bless all caring rescuers, medical workers and volunteer caretakers.
@@millomweb Agreed. Never underestimate the power of tender loving care and prayers.
@@richardschullo2339 Euthanasia means 'gentle execution' so that should be the case. I believe the decision was made a week or so after he was taken in to the hospital. I believe he was stable, eating and 'healthy' apart from the burns. They claimed without going into detail that 'he would not have recovered from his burns' - but what standard of recovered did they mean ? He may not have been suitable for returning to the wild but he could have had a satisfactory life being cared for - either in a zoo - or even by the woman who rescued him in the first place.
I don't know what's gone wrong re the recent logging incident. It would appear many laws have been broken - and I've heard a public inquiry + criminal proceedings are to take place. The land owner, the logging company (manager/owners) and the people on the ground should all face jail.
With the pain relief, how do you know when to stop the pain medication? As koalas cant speak and let you know if they are in pain
Great question. Koalas have a very high tolerance for pain, so it can be difficult to tell sometimes. It's important to note, the types of pain relief used are fairly mild and absolutely harmless, so there's no issues with over-administering. But there are a few signs. Loss of appetite is the most obvious sign, so when a koala is in care we monitor their leaf consumption and weigh them regularly (even daily) to tell accurately how much they are eating. Secondly, their demeanour becomes withdrawn and depressed when the pain is long-term. This takes a bit more experience to be able to tell, especially if you don't know the particular koala well. Finally, comparing what we would be experiencing with similar injuries. In the case of Billy here, we changed his bandages regularly so could see how his injuries were progressing. ❤️🐨❤️ KR
@@TheKoalaChannel thanks for the reply and additional information.
I'm not concerned about the mildness of the pain medication, I honestly feel like they need something stronger , especially if they are car hit victims. I remember falling on ice and thought I broke my ribs from the pain I had but the doctor said it was only a sore muscle, I was like WHAT ??!! Only a sore muscle????!!! And that kind of pain so I can only imagine for koalas recovering from soft tissue damage.
Nevertheless thank you for the work you do and taking the time to educate..it is appreciated:)
Should have given up smoking when he had the chance. Let this be a lesson to us all.
Give your dumbness up, before it would be to late