North Georgia zoo officials create makeshift incubator to save baby kangaroo

Mother kangaroo dies following joey's premature birth after eating toxic plant

North Georgia Zoo Assistant Director Melissa Burns holds Lillypad as it relaxes inside a bag that is substituting for its mother’s pouch. Burns kept the newborn alive by making an incubator and a two-hour feeding schedule after its mother, named Lillybet, died shortly after birth.

0906kangaroo4 — North Georgia Zoo Assistant Director Melissa Burns holds Lillypad as it relaxes inside a bag that is substituting for its mother’s pouch. Burns kept the newborn alive by making an incubator and a two-hour feeding schedule after its mother, named Lillybet, died shortly after birth.

Lillypad the kangaroo has had a rough life so far. Her mother, Lillybet, died shortly after birthing the baby because she ingested a toxic plant, said officials at the North Georgia Zoo and Petting Farm in Cleveland. Lead curator and Assistant Director Melissa Burns and zoo Director Hope Bennett tried to save Lillybet’s life, but they were unable to succeed.

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