A wallaby saved from death row lives in a house - and loves naan bread and Cadbury's chocolate.<br /><br />Hayley Bateman, 50, rescued six-year-old Willow who was brought into a vet surgery to be put to sleep.<br /><br />Willow's mum rejected her and died hours later, and the joey was written off by zoo bosses.<br /><br />But mum-of-four Hayley took a chance on her, and made a 'pouch' for Willow to sleep in.<br /><br />Gran-of-five Hayley says Willow 'thinks she's her mum' and follows her around.<br /><br />Willow gets half a chocolate digestive biscuit before bed.<br /><br />She sleeps in a heated stable in the family's garden in Hornsea, East Yorks, but loves to cuddle on the sofa.<br /><br />And she gets along with the family's five dogs, sleeping in their beds too.<br /><br />Hayley said: "All together we've got 18 pets.<br /><br />"Willow came to me when she was still needing six months in her mother's pouch.<br /><br />"She thinks she's one of the family.<br /><br />"She sleeps with the dogs, and she's got a temperament like a cat - she does what she wants, when she wants.<br /><br />"We considered getting another wallaby for company for her but it would be hand-reared, so we got a giant rabbit for her as a friend.<br /><br />"We don't want her to eat what we eat, but she comes up to the table and steals it.<br /><br />"She will try and steal whatever she's not supposed to have.<br /><br />"Wallabies forage 80 per cent of their diet, and we give her a lot of fresh fruit and veg.<br /><br />"She also loves Cadburys chocolate - and she gets half a digestive biscuit before bed."<br /><br />After taking Willow in to save her being euthanised, Hayley began researching how to raise a wallaby.<br /><br />She contacted a wildlife charity in Oz and was told to feed her soy milk, and she sewed a fleecy pouch for Willow to sleep in.<br /><br />Hayley carried the pouch by wearing it around her waist, and tied it to the end of her bed for six months.<br /><br />Wallabies are silent so she knew Willow needed feeding when the pouch began to bounce.<br /><br />She even took it into her work, at Haven Vets, in Hull, East Yorks.<br /><br />Hayley added: "She used to sleep in the house all the time.<br /><br />"She comes and sits on the step and we let her in.<br /><br />"It's a bit chaotic, some of my daughter's friends think we're a bit eccentric.<br /><br />"It's chaotic but it's fun."<br /><br />The family even had an alpaca who lived in the house, named Pumpkin, but he passed away.<br /><br />Hayley said: "Wallabies are solitary animals so she doesn't miss being in a herd.<br /><br />"I contacted a wildlife charity in Australia which had hand-reared kangaroos.<br /><br />"They told me to feed her lactose-free milk and I sewed up a pouch with a hole for her.<br /><br />"I wore it around my waist and hung it from doorhandles.<br /><br />"They pop in and out but they do bounce quite vigorously.<br /><br />"I would take her to work and my boss would come in and say 'Willow needs feeding' because the pouch was bouncing.<br /><br />"Willow thinks I'm her mum, so she follows me about.<br /><br />"She can still be standoffish with new people.<br /><br />"If she doesn't want to go to bed, my daughter will tell me, and I will be able to get her to go.<br /><br />"She's bonded to me because I did all the legwork."
