Management of Marsupials and Monotremes

[Tiger Grrl]

Hi there

I am a keeper from the UK, and am currently studying Animal Management. My latest module is the Management of Monotremes and Marsupials and I was hoping for a bit of help on this! We only have Bennett's wallabies at the collection we have so if anyone would have any information on keeping koalas, duck-billed platypus, kangaroos etc (diet, social groupings, environmental requirements, breeding, enclosure size, anything really!) I would be very grateful.

Many thanks!

 

[nrg800]

CSIRO PUBLISHING - Books & CDs You need to buy it, but It looks good.

 

[nrg800]

Another good thing for the Playpus: http://www.aszk.org.au/docs/platypus.pdf

Echidna: http://lyndastaker.hainsnet.com/freestuff/echidnas.pdf

Koala: http://www.aszk.org.au/docs/koala.pdf

Yellow-footed Rock-Wallaby: http://www.marsupialandmonotreme.org/PDF/Yellow-footedRWmanual2001.pdf

 

[MRJ]

CSIRO PUBLISHING - Books & CDs You need to buy it, but It looks good.

It is very good but very expensive. Maybe if you found it in a library, it would certainly answer all your questions. Otherwise I suggest you narrow down your choices a bit, you have chosen a very diverse group of animals.