Morning world: Caddy the Wombat baby greets the world from her home-made pouch

This is the moment a baby wombat emerges from inside her home made pouch which has become her home after her mother was killed by a car.



Caddy is lucky to be alive as she was in her mother's pouch at the time of the accident and has been living in the temporary accommodation at Warrandyte Wildlife Shelter, in Melbourne, ever since.



As well as the care being given to her by a team of experts, the 18-month-old wombat has a pair of cuddly teddy bears that have been used to keep wombats company for the last decade and a half.

Morning: Tiny Caddy the orphaned wombat emerges from her pouch at the shelter in Melbourne

Shelter manager Linda Sauvarin said: ‘Two soft toys, which have been companions to hundreds of orphaned wombats over the past 15 years, help keep her company.

Caddy came to the shelter last month and has since been taken care of by Linda and her staff.

‘She's a dear little thing. She came to us when she was only 900g, now she's 2.2kg. She still has a long way to go.’

Little Caddy needs to be fed by staff every four hours with a special type of milk. She will be released back into the wild when she weighs 25kg.

Wombats are native to Australia and grow to be 40 inches long. Female wombats give birth once a year, normally in the spring, after which she keeps her baby in the pouch.

The baby leaves the pouch after 6-8 months and leave their mother when they are around 15 months old.

Hesitant: Reluctant at first, Caddy peers out from the safety of the pouch made by staff at the shelter It's too early: Caddy sticks hear head out but does not seem to be pleased about being woken up and seems to 'shoo' away the photographer in an attempt to retreat back to the warm pouch

Maybe: Slowly but surely the little orphaned wombat makes her way out of the pink and blue pouch which is her home

My teddy: Caddy has found comfort in two teddy bears which have been handed down from orphan wombat to orphan wombat at the shelter