A very unusual rescue occurred deep in suburban Rooty Hill in Sydney's west on Tuesday evening. A caller rang WIRES to say her teenage daughter had found a crocodile in their backyard.

An intrepid reptile rescuer, Rose went to the rescue and found a small 50 cm long freshwater crocodile already contained... in an esky. Rose carefully transferred the young reptile to her container for the trip to her home.

She placed it in an enclosure with sand at one end and water at the other and the young animal immersed itself in the water for several hours.

This young echidna came into care with WIRES Northern Rivers after being washed out of his burrow from recent heavy rains.

He was found by the local Postie who took on an extra duty of care to deliver him to Lismore Vet Clinic for a check up.

When he came to WIRES he was in a very weakened condition, needing rest and a good feed.

Young enough to still be dependant on his mothers milk he has had to be hand fed with special echidna milk formula. This is a slow process that takes about an hour per feed as Echidna puggles slurp their milk very slowly and often nod off to sleep.

A temporary burrow has been set up for him to sleep in. A big thanks to the Woodburn Postie.

This little Sugar Glider had a rough start to the new year, being found on the road in the north of the state on New Year's Day.

Gliders are rarely hit by cars so there had to be another reason why this little fellow was in trouble.