Ina the orphaned echidna's chances of survival were slim when she arrived at the Alice Springs Desert Park weighing just 112 grams. Thanks to the determination of the mammal keepers, the echidna is moving into a new home.
Ina the orphaned echidna is going from strength to strength after a tough start to life.An orphaned echidna puggle survives the odds after being handed into the Alice Springs Desert Park at several weeks oldThe echidna is now on display in its new home at the nocturnal house
"She was a tiny little thing that sat in the palm of your hand and she only weighed 112 grams — her eyes were closed, no spines, completely pink," Ms Humphrys said."Today is an exciting day. We have actually moved our echidna up into the nocturnal house for display," Ms Humphrys said.Ina, aka Puggly, around four months of age was fortunate to survive being orphaned at just a few weeks old.
The zookeepers refer to Ina as a female despite not knowing for certain; they are hesitant to put the 10-month-old monotreme under anaesthetic to determine her sex at this time."There are so many factors you have to think about when hand-raising the echidna, and you also have to think about what would naturally occur in the wild," Ms Humphrys said.
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