Animal Diaries Archive

Tonka's moved out

20 April 2007

Wow how time has flown, Tonka's already 17 months old, and boy is he getting a big fella, weighing in at a whopping 10.7kg (Thanks to mum, Dozer).

But the time has come for Tonka to move away, across the paddock to aunty Minibus, so that mum can have well deserved rest, (at night at least), but they still have access together through out the day. In the wild most common wombats are weaned by about 18 months of age, and in the recent months, Dozer has been teaching him how to defend himself through play fights getting stronger and more aggressive as he ages, for the challenges he might face as an adult.

Although still the smallest of the tribe Tonka has been getting some cheeky lessons from sister Kato and already tries to boss his sisters and dad, Chizel around. With his natural instinct to dig, Tonka's been digging up a storm, last week he dug a tunnel 12 metres long, which got all the wombats excited. With all his new found skills and lovely personality, Tonka is a credit to Dozer and is getting ready to face the big wide world ahead.