Wombat

[Snake-Supplies]

Does anyone know how much a Wombat would be?

Also, if there is actually a place to buy them?

 

[REPTILIAN-KMAN]

not great pet i heard josh !

even the one on a country practise ( fatso ) years ago was more than one animal becuase they get cranky fast !!

 

[Snake-Supplies]

yeah.. but so does my mum and sister...

I have heard that...
I still would like one, I think you could get it to "come round"

 

[Red-Ink]

Probably best to contact the marsupial society in Vic as a start....

 

[Snake-Supplies]

I had a look on their forum, but it doesn't get you very far at all, useless really.

but I will contact them and see what they say.

 

[crocodile_dan]

not to be negative but I don't think your posts portray a good reason to consider keeping one.

I've worked with them and would not consider them to be 'pets' there is a lot of in depth planning and consideration that needs to be taken into account. Such a decision is not one to be taken lightly or out of impulse.

If you are interested in native mammals there are species available that are more suitable.

 

[beeman]

Having kept wombats i would have to say they are NOT a pet for the general public. Hand rared ones can tend to become agressive and once they start demolishing they dont stop.
Their bite isnt the best and i carry a scar on the hand from being bitten about 25 years ago.
I would strongly advise against keeping one as a pet!

 

[Defective]

maybe try a sugar glider instead.

 

[hansel1313]

Wombats....No good as pets as stated above, my uncle had a few from born which were hand reared they were ok and then when they got older they were just pests really, Demolished everything...I would love to keep gliders again, but i live in nsw now

 

[MathewB]

You can keep gliders? Where? What State? I want one!!!

 

[Tassie97]

can you in tas ?

 

[Torah]

not to be negative but I don't think your posts portray a good reason to consider keeping one.

I've worked with them and would not consider them to be 'pets' there is a lot of in depth planning and consideration that needs to be taken into account. Such a decision is not one to be taken lightly or out of impulse.

If you are interested in native mammals there are species available that are more suitable.

agreed , I have worked with them too...Another thing to consider is the nasty bite !

 

[AllThingsReptile]

i know someone who has raised an orphan, no problems (yet) its only half grown

 

[Bez84]

My mate had one when he lived out west, it was cool and as smart as a dog, would follow him everywhere.
No idea what happened to it, i think it ended up becoming semi domesticated where it would hang around the farm etc but still wander around and do its own thing.

 

[Wallypod]

I think you need a demo licence in qld for gliders

 

[MathewB]

Demo?

 

[Tassie97]

demonstration

 

[MathewB]

Ohk thanks

 

[BallaratWildlife]

having handraised a few wombats for wildlife parks before i have to say as babies they are amazing, will follow you anywhere but require the same care as a human baby, once 18months of age comes round wombats revert to being solitary (taking away a few exceptional individuals ive met. at this age they dont like being with other wombats so certianly dont want to be around people, my partner carries a nice scar from our bub when he was only 8 kgs, now his just under 30 and we can;t enter his enclosure without a rake. keeping them enclosued in a private situation is damn near impossible!

 

[Defective]

for NSW DECCW | Why can't you keep other native mammals - like quolls or sugar gliders - as pets?

i duno about other states but you can keep gliders in SA if you have the space and the land for aviaries