It is with deep sadness that we inform you that a few days ago our beloved Toby passed away.
As we have always told you joey koalas are extremely delicate and their health can turn very quickly.
Toby was his normal cheeky self when put to bed, chomping on leaf at 3am when he was checked on, but when checked again at 7am Toby was clearly very ill.
He was rushed to the vet but despite their best efforts to treat him sadly Toby passed away some hours later.
Naturally all at 1300KOALAZ are devastated at his loss and it was felt best that we gave the team time to mourn his loss before informing our followers.
As part of the 1300KOALAZ family we know you will feel his loss as deeply as we do.
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This is to me really really sad. I really enjoyed the write-ups by 1300Koalaz about Toby's doings. He had to me an expressive face -- determination in his eyes as he faced traversing a skinny branch, clearly satisfied nuzzled in a pink blanket, binging on leaf.
A few days ago I saw one of the programs on Animal Planet on the Australian zoo.
Or maybe it was the program on bushfires. A koala was brought in and the vet was unable to save it. The koala was already dying. She was clearly upset about this.
Koalas are definitely charismatic animals that are easy to get attached to.