Aussie swimming great Giaan Rooney reveals how a beloved family member had to be castrated in shocking medical emergency
- Rooney detailed the shocking incident on social media
- Star thinks an injury occurred during a fight
- Beloved has made a full recovery
Former Olympic swimmer Giaan Rooney has revealed the shocking circumstances that led to her family’s wallaby Wiz being neutered.
The 41-year-old mother of two sold her luxury Gold Coast estate in 2021 to start life as a macadamia farmer with husband Sam Levett.
Last year the family began caring for a young wallaby they named Wiz after the animal appeared outside their car one day.
For the past seven months, Wiz had joined a gang of other wallabies on the farm and until recently seemed ‘healthy and robust’.
“Even if the ‘kids’ leave the house, they still get into trouble, don’t they?!?” Rooney posted a message on Instagram.
Swimming great Giaan Rooney has revealed the shocking circumstances that led to her family’s wallaby being neutered
Rooney and her family have been caring for the wallaby (pictured) since he appeared outside their car last year and named him Wizz
‘Every few weeks I do a welfare check on him because I still get to check on him, scratch him, remove big ticks while he eats some berries – it’s so much fun!
“But this particular check stopped me because I could clearly see that Wizz had damaged his scrotal sac…severely…from a fight or a fence.”
Rooney shared a series of photos of the marsupial’s inflamed scrotum – and issued a ‘trigger warning’ for men.
“I was able to find some incredibly compassionate veterinarians who saw the need for medical intervention as quickly as possible, and we came up with a plan,” she continued.
‘On Good Friday we anesthetized and neutered Wizz on our back table, removing the damaged and infected tissue to ensure his survival.
‘He recovered in his old kennel on the sheepskin which had been in his pouch for twelve hours and then fell out. We found him eating grass on the lawn as if nothing had happened!’
Rooney was happy to announce that Wizz now seems completely unaffected by the whole drama and has settled back into the bob of other Wallabies.
The champion swimmer even thinks that Wizz became a father before he was castrated.
Recently, Rooney noticed the painful injury to the marsupial’s genitals, which she said was caused by a fence or a fight
The swimming legend arranged emergency surgery for Wizz the wallaby
Rooney says Wizz has made a full recovery and appears completely unaffected
“I love seeing him with his ‘girlfriend’ who is the same size as him and has a Joey in her pouch,” Rooney wrote.
“It’s probably unlikely, but I really hope he became a father before his manhood was removed.”