Many of our rescues come into care in a pretty rough state and so it was when Mr Batzilla rescued Miss Winifred this evening. Dehydrated, skinny and at the end of her endurance, Winifred was most likely clipped by a car several days ago. With no broken bones or bruising but with a couple of bingles on her head and a voracious thirst, I'll put Winifred on a fluid drip and let her rest for tonight in the hope that tomorrow will be a better day for her. Any flying-fox by itself through the day is i
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Bats arrive into care not only injured, in shock and terrified but many are also very weak from their struggles. Chucking them into a bed with a bowl of fruit is simply not on and they must have their injuries tended, pain relief provided and shock must be addressed or the bat will die. Once the basics have been dealt with, most pick up quickly but for some it can take a little longer. I have seen flying-foxes simply give up and prepare to curl up and die which is a very sad sight to see. This i
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Each orphan season we rescue a number of premature, injured or compromised little batties and Miss Hope is one such individual. Rescued and initially cared for by Rachael, Hope was very tiny and she weighed only 40 grams. It has been a bit of a struggle for Miss Hope as she came in with several issues including a a wingtip fracture and a nasty infestation of burrowing mites which caused hair loss and severe itching. Still under veterinary care, Miss Hope is improving, her fur is starting to reco
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Each year we rescue toothless old batties who other than being caught on barbed wire fences or in large aperture netting or other causes, are doing really well for themselves out in the wild. We used to think that toothless bats would struggle but clearly this isn't the case as most come into care nice and plump and faring very well. If somebody comes into care good nick and toothless like Captain Barney, they do their time before being released back to the wild. Ever resourceful, experienced an
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Now safely in care and enjoying some lovely soothing bananas, yesterdays netting girls can start recovering from their ordeal trapped in large aperture fruit tree netting. The first batty rescued was quite calm but Mrs Pants put up quite a fight and extended her wrath to first the towel and then towards the poor banana. Thanks to the soothing properties of bananas, Mrs Pants was soon calm enough to enjoy a cool drink of diluted black currant juice and a nap in a comfortable bed. If you know of a
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Each year we rescue a number of skinny juveniles that have for whatever reason, found themselves in trouble. Without the life skills of their older cousins, these littlies find themselves trapped in strange places, stranded alone in trees during the day, they get caught on barbed wire and in large aperture netting or they have been the victims of car hits or predator attacks. Some are still capable of flying but they have become so emaciated and exhausted that they can go no further and hole up
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Rescued barely in the nick of time, Miss Sage is now safely in care after being found alone and near death. At only eight weeks of age, Sage was just above half the weight she should have been and I doubt she would have lasted another night by herself. But, youth is nothing if not resilient and Sage has bounced back quite well considering. Not willing to accept a teat and bottle for her milk, she is quite happy to be syringe fed which allows her to get her five milk feeds per day. Any bat by its
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