Echidnas
Echidna in your backyard? Keep domestic pets and children away from the animal.
Clear bubbles from an echidna’s snout indicates a healthy echidna.
NEVER DO THE FOLLOWING
- Never use a shovel to dig an echidna out of the ground – you can inflict horrific injuries to their snouts and feets and means the animal needs to be euthanized.
- Do not put an echidna in a wire cage – they can break their snouts off. A well-ventilated plastic rubbish bin is more suitable.
- Do not lift echidnas up by their back feet
- You do not need to provide warmth
- Do not attempt to feed or provide water
- Do not relocate echidnas
