I haven't shown Matilda here in a while as it has been joey mania. She still hasn't had a joey, sadly this is becoming too common and makes it hard to truly describe why having 5 with joeys here now so amazing.
@christinav indeed. that is why they have now been upgraded from vulnerable to endangered, and the prediction is there will be no wild koalas left by 2050
@wendyfrost they pretty much breed til they die - hard life! Matilda has not had any joey yet, I thought she might have her first in 2021 but no, and now still none this year. The chances she will breed are looking very poor now. There isn't anything can be done so I'm not catching her. The oldest I've had on the property with a joey was 15, and I believe she died not too long after she finished raising that one. Matilda was only around 3 - 3.5 kg (maybe 18months old) when she arrived here, so she is around 4-5 years old now. First joey is usually 2.5 - 3 years old.
Beautifully framed cute face!