So Joeys are moved next to a large garage, and
then finally to an outdoor yard, gradually being exposed to more kangaroos and creating social bonds.
When Joeys were first brought into their care,
Steve told me, they were“inconsolable” and“dying in our arms”, even while physically unharmed, with food and shelter available to them.
Marsupial females are animals who have pouches inside their midsection wherein they raise their young ones,
otherwise known as Joeys, for several months following what would amount to a premature
birth in placental mammals(Eutherians).