JOYCE – A neighbor caught a glimpse of a lost wallaby on Thursday, but it escaped before its owner was notified.
“One person, a neighbor, saw her run through their backyard about three hours ago,” Kiki Littlefish said at about 5:30 p.m. Thursday.
Littlefish, who has been looking for the 2½-foot marsupial since Tuesday, investigated but found little sign of Pebbles.
“I saw what looked like footprints, but they ran into brambles, where I couldn’t go.”
Other than that, Littlefish has heard no word about her lost pet.
Wallabies, which are native to Australia, are “skittish animals,” Littlefish said, and not at all dangerous.
The pouched mammals are similar to kangaroos but much smaller.
Littlefish, who has a license to keep exotic animals, raised Pebbles since she was four weeks old.
Now the animal is pregnant. The father is a second wallaby owned by Littlefish, 3-year-old Wally.
Pebbles “is expecting a joey this month, which is one of the reasons we’re really worried about her,” Littlefish said Wednesday.
The 1½-year old red-necked wallaby punched a hole in the fence of her 50-by-25-foot pen at Littlefish’s home east of Joyce.
Littlefish thinks the wallaby might have been disturbed by a lawn mower too close to her enclosure.
Anyone who spots Pebbles is encouraged to call the Clallam County Humane Society, which is aware of the missing marsupial, at 360-457-8206 or Littlefish at 360-461-7930.
