Volunteers are helping deliver some tender loving care to nine kangaroo joeys burnt in the Adelaide Hills bushfire.
Vets and carers at Adelaide Zoo are treating the joeys, while an animal welfare group has asked people handy with a sewing machine to make "pouch liners" for injured joeys and wallabies.
Zoo vet David McLelland says the injured joeys have required more intensive treatment than other animals injured in the bushfire.
"The cases we're dealing with require around the clock care treating sores and blisters, removing dead skin and cleaning and dressing burns to feet, tails, claws and ears to avoid infection," Dr McLelland said.
He says the joeys are making good progress and should be able to return to the wild when fully recovered.
Meanwhile, anyone wanting to help orphaned joeys is being encouraged to get sewing.
The International Fund for Animal Welfare's Jilea Carney says the group is collecting pouch liners to be sent to bushfire affected areas.
"The need for those is great, and it's developing every day as more wallabies come into care after these fires," she told AAP.
"A carer can go through around six pouch (liners) a day. After every feed they need to be changed and washed."
The liners should be made from cotton, a pattern for which can be found at the group's website, www.ifaw.org/australia/frontpage.
She hopes the response equals the call for koala mittens earlier this week.
"It's mitten central here," Ms Carney said. "We've got enough now for at least next year as well."
Authorities say it's too early to tell how many animals perished in the bushfire but the number will be significant.
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