My husband and I saved a baby quoll out of the toilet early this morning. He must have fallen in overnight! Because it was still dark, Chris actually flushed the toilet when he noticed an animal holding on for dear life! Poor little mite looked like a drowned rat.

I saw the little fellow scooting around  early this morning, so my guess is he's a juvenile! There are probably a few living in our roof, they get quiet active returning home in the early morning hours Caring for the little guy for about an hour was one of the most beautiful and rewarding experiences! He was so exhausted he just curled up in the towel on my lap and opened his eyes every now and then looking at me and then went right back to sleep. When we felt he had recovered enough we popped him back into the roof cavity and he ran off straight away and has been reunited with his mum.

This quoll was reported to South Cape York Catchments - the photo was taken at a property 15km north of Cooktown.

Landholders had found a chicken with its head eaten off and I told them it could be a northern quoll. Then their dog chased it under their BBQ.

A northern quoll was found under the bonnet of a car that had just been driven 5km to a Cairns garage for servicing.

It took 5 mechanics and 2 hours to strip parts off the engine to get to the quoll. Wildlife Rescue said the quoll was ok and would be released after being checked over by a vet.

Many thanks to the barking dog who alerted garage staff!

The call out for the quoll I received was approximately 18 months ago.

The animal was not trapped, but carefully coaxed out of the rear door of the property in Smithfield, hence, no actual capture and relocation took place.

The Quoll was only young and I did not want to put any further stress on the animal by catching and handling it, so please find attached a photo of the little fella.

It could be that the animal has moved in and could breed. They like people's house - safe, sheltered, warm, as long as there are no predators (dogs and cats).

 Also - if baiting for rats, always use live traps and check them regularly (as you might have a quoll in one). Normal rat baits will kill the rat but also the quoll if it eats the rat or bait.

My husband and I live at the Tableland Mill (Bundaberg Sugar) between Mareeba and Atherton.

One night I heard a noise in our rubbish at the back door I turned on the light and quickly opened the door to see an animal which I had never seen before and after investigation found out it was a Northern Quoll.

Since that sighting another has been made at the Mill itself when a mechanic was doing work on a cane harvester in the slack season and found a nest in the harvester pump bay. The mill is about 500 meters from our house, so it may have been the same one not sure on that.

It was January 2010, when I received a call about a quoll that had taken residence within the smoko room of a kitchenware showroom in the heart of Cairns. Reportedly it had been taking people's smoko for the last few weeks. Its favourite was chicken and mangoes!

Given that it was leaving little presents all around the showroom, and workers wanted to bait the place for rats, it was time to move this guy along. Armed with our secret quoll lure (chicken and mango of course), we were able to capture the quoll and move him out of harms way. It was a sub adult male, which was fit, healthy and fiesty. Now all we needed to do was to release him somewhere away from chicken pens and orchids...

It was between 7.00 - 7.30pm, we were waiting at the drive through for our order, behind another car when this quoll (I believe a northern quoll) came up out of the gutter from a stormwater drain.   It just walked across in front of our car (may have been a bit dazzled by our lights, as it looked at the car for a second) then continued on and went near the back tyres of the car in front of us.   For fear of the quoll being run over (car in front was a 4wd ute - oblivious to the quoll I believe) I got out of my car and chased him back down the drain where he came from.   He didn't seem real scared of the noise of the car, nor of me and I was very surprised to see him.   I believe it was a northern quoll as its tail was not spotted, but rather looked sort of bushy/fluffy.

Since our dogs died our quoll visits inside our home as soon as we go to bed. The little fella likes to check the bins etc and leaves behind some nice little droppings for me to clean up in the morning.

Seen at Banora Point, in northbound lane of Pacific Highway - stuck because of concrete barriers. I'd stopped in surprise because of the unique fur marking and pointed snout - was quite a heavily urbanised area so thought it might be significant that it had seemed to adapt to this environment.

In November 2009, my mum and I walked the 18km Coomera Circuit of Lamington National Park . About 8km into the hike, we crossed a creek and the track took a blind turn to the left. All of a sudden (in total disbelief!), I was staring right into the eyes of a beautiful spotted-tailed quoll, about two metres in front of me on the track! We couldn't believe our eyes.

For a decent moment the quoll stared at us, not in the least bothered by our entrance into its territory.  As I fumbled for my camera, it jumped down the embankment and disappeared for a while. I thought it was gone for good but just before I gave up, its white spots caught my eye as it jumped across rocks to the other side of the creek. We watched in awe as it made nothing of the difficult terrain. It returned to the track and casually walked along until it was out of sight.

My husband was checking oil and water in his ute one morning and a little spotted animal came out from under the bonnet.   We weren't quick enough to get a good look, but was definitely spotted and about cat sized - northern quoll?