Lucky The Kangaroo

Lucky wasn't so lucky. He broke his leg.



 A kangaroo's survival very much depends on the ability to flee potential threats. With the addition of the pain of a broken leg the strees from being handled and kept in a cage is enough to kill a Kangaroo. Fortunately Lucky handled all of it calmly.











You an see the fracture is in his hock, or on a person this would be his ankle. Kangaroos hop on their toes and their ankle is half way up thir leg. We decided to put a plate on this fracture












The anaesthetic was going to be the riskiest part of the procedure. Stress can induce a problem call rhabdomyolysis. This where the muscles go into melt down and release toxins into the blood stream. It can kill them. You can see here Lucky has a mask on his face which is supplying oxygen and anaesthetic gas and the blue machine on the left is the pump for the intravenous drip.The nurses are preping Lucky for surgery.









This is immediately post op. Lisa Brisbane is letting Lucky wake up slowly before putting him into a recovery cage.











That seems to have come together OK. A mix of a bone plate and some screws and wires have rebuilt the joint.













Lucky the next day having some time out of the cage. Happy as Larry