How does a red kangaroo care for its joey?

Answer 1

Red kangaroo joeys are born about 2cm long. They have to get to the mother's pouch, so the mother licks a path from the birth canal to the pouch. Once there, the young joey attaches to a nipple, which swells in its mouth, securing it in place while it continues its development in the mother's pouch.

The joey spends about 6-8 months in the mother's pouch being nursed. In the initial stages, the joey stays attached to the teat until it is ready to begin being independent. A mother red kangaroo is capable of having more than one joey of different ages in the pouch at the same time, feeding on different types of milk.

Answer 2

Baby Joeys are born about 2cm long. Immediately after birth, the blind and hairless joey crawls up the mother's fur to the pouch, where it attaches to a teat. The teat then swells in the joey's mouth, securing it through all the mother's movement so it cannot be dislodged, until it has grown for several weeks. Joeys spend about 6-8 months in the mother's pouch being nursed. In the initial stages, the joey stays attached to the teat until it is ready to begin being independent.

Answer 3

Red kangaroos have a gestation period of about 33 days. Baby red kangaroos are the size of a jellybean when they are born. They are born blind and hairless. A baby red kangaroo is born from the female's uterus and then climbs up the outer fur of the female and into the upward facing pouch where it attaches itself to a nipple until it becomes stronger. The mother kangaroo licks a path to the pouch to help guide the joey. Baby red kangaroos live in their mother's pouch and feed by drinking milk. The teat swells in the joey's mouth, securing it in place so it cannot be accidentally dislodged. The joey will usually stay in the pouch for about 6-9 months.

Answer 4

Because tree kangaroos are marsupials, the young are born undeveloped and completely helpless. Baby joeys are about 2cm long at birth. The baby kangaroo, or joey, emerges from the birth canal, much as any mammal young does, but it is completely blind and hairless. The mother kangaroo licks a path from the birth canal to the pouch. Moving by instinct only, the tiny joey crawls up the mother's fur to the pouch, where it attaches to a teat. The teat then swells in the joey's mouth, securing it through all the mother's movement so it cannot be dislodged, until it has grown for several weeks.

Joeys spend about 6-8 months in the mother's pouch being nursed. In the initial stages, the joey stays attached to the teat until it is ready to begin being independent.

Answer 5

they run away or do some boxing