Spat with a cat lands Manni the baby koala in hospital Manni is recovering well at the RSPCA Wildlife Hospital in Wacol. Picture: Glenn Barnes Source: News Limited MANNI is a little battered and bruised after a run-in with a cat over the weekend but his carer says the baby koala should make a full recovery. At a teensy 167 grams, the eight-week old baby koala was found by Tallebudgera residents on Saturday with puncture wounds, scratches, a bruised ear and suffering mild pneumonia. Manni is now in the hands of koala carer and vet nurse Samantha Longman after a check-up at the RSPCA Wildlife Hospital in Wacol yesterday. "We called him Manni after the mammoth from Ice Age," she said. He is actually double the size he should be. While she will never know the full story, Ms Longman believes Manni was on the ground when he was attacked by the cat. "He should be completely pouch-bound at this time, he wouldn't even be poking his little face out yet," she said. He's a good viable size for survival. His only problem would be infection from the cat punctures and complications with the pneumonia. Manni is on antibiotics and will need feeding every three hours until his eyes open and he begins growing fur. When he weighs 3.5kg - about one year on, Ms Longman estimates - he will be taken to the Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital to attend "koala kindy." "He will be dehumanised and learn to climb all the big trees," she said. When they're happy with his progress they will ring me to release him - and that part sucks.