I guess he didn't like the collar
Jun. 12th, 2007 08:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gemfyreLast week while tracking my Tammar wallabies I found #18 and swore when I heard the faster mortality beeps happening. I eventually tracked down a collar sans wallaby - no wonder I couldn't smell anything. I figure one of two things happened.
1. Wallaby didn't like collar and managed to get it off. It broke at the deliberate weak spot, but they're meant to last a year (they've been on for 3 weeks). Hopefully this is a one off weaker collar in this instance.
2. Wallaby got a limb caught in the collar and managed to break it at the weak spot - which is a GOOD thing because it means the weak spot works well, we're not going to have wallabies hopping around with trapped limbs for extended periods of time.
Each collar is worth around $500 and can be refurbished, so they're worth finding. If it had been attatched to a wallaby I would have had to have taken photos and filled out what pretty much equates to a forensic report so cause of death can be determined. This is more part of someone else's research but it's useful to know anyway.
1. Wallaby didn't like collar and managed to get it off. It broke at the deliberate weak spot, but they're meant to last a year (they've been on for 3 weeks). Hopefully this is a one off weaker collar in this instance.
2. Wallaby got a limb caught in the collar and managed to break it at the weak spot - which is a GOOD thing because it means the weak spot works well, we're not going to have wallabies hopping around with trapped limbs for extended periods of time.
Each collar is worth around $500 and can be refurbished, so they're worth finding. If it had been attatched to a wallaby I would have had to have taken photos and filled out what pretty much equates to a forensic report so cause of death can be determined. This is more part of someone else's research but it's useful to know anyway.
