Ten wallaby joeys jump around Michelle Bible's living room, from one knitted pouch to another, waiting for their next feed.

Key points: A north Queensland volunteer wildlife carer says there are no wallaby pellets available due to bushfire relief

A north Queensland volunteer wildlife carer says there are no wallaby pellets available due to bushfire relief She says supplies are still needed because of the ongoing drought in north Queensland

She says supplies are still needed because of the ongoing drought in north Queensland Despite helping other groups in bushfire-affected areas, a wildlife care group says it now needs to focus on local animals

Ms Bible volunteers to care for rescued wallabies on her property in Oak Valley, 25 kilometres west of Townsville, where she also homes goats, horses, geese, pigs, birds, dogs and lizards.

This week, she will spend around $100–$150 on supplies for the wallabies out of her own pocket.

With drought conditions and the ongoing bushfire crisis in other parts of the country, food for the wallabies was extremely hard to find.

"We can't get hold of macropod pellets, which is quite vital for them to get their nutrition, and we are even struggling to get hay," Ms Bible said.

Michelle Bible currently cares for 10 wallaby joeys in her home. ( ABC North Queensland: Hannah Palmer )

"Another carer can't get hold of bottles because they are out of stock.

"We are struggling here due to it being so dry and all the supplies have gone down south [to bushfires]."

Ms Bible said conditions were so dire on her 32-hectare property that, in recent months, she had seen many wild wallabies looking for food and water.

"The state of [these wallabies] is like skin and bone, and within a couple of days you'll just find them dead from starvation," she said.

"It's getting harder and harder for them to find food — even birds, scrub turkeys, everything is just struggling."

Ms Bible says she sees dead and starving wallabies every day on her property. ( ABC North Queensland: Hannah Palmer )

Amanda Wright from NQ Wildlife Care said the group was struggling to keep up with demand with little or no feed supplies.

"We are currently struggling with our own influx of animals," Ms Wright said.

She said the bushfires have had a flow-on effect to everybody.

"The price of feeding our animals in care and putting feed out for wild animals, all the costs have gone up," she said.

Wildlife carers, like Michelle Bible, buy the wallaby supplies out of their own pockets, costing up to $150 a week. ( ABC North Queensland: Hannah Palmer )

The group had sent multiple trucks of supplies to bushfire-affected areas in south-east Queensland and NSW but was now having to prioritise north Queensland animals.

"Our carers are completely inundated and that is limiting us in as far as how we can help down south because we need help ourselves," Ms Wright said.

Community and government action to help

Ms Bible said community and state and federal government support would help the organisation.

"Nearly all of us are volunteers and everything comes out of our own pockets, so if they could help in any way that would be great," Ms Bible said.

"People could make pouches or bags or bat wraps, which is what they've done for the fire victims. They could do that for us too.

"And some rain would be wonderful as well."