The news isn't wonderful with rescue numbers up and more bats coming into care on a daily basis as a result of large aperture netting thrown over fruiting trees. Figs are the fruit of the week and with not much else fruiting or flowering, many flying-foxes are being trapped. Humphrey was the exception and he found himself in a spot of trouble when he flew into a courtyard and he simply didn't have room to fly out. Big adult males like Humphrey can have a 3 foot wingspan and they need room and he
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It's a whole new world when an orphaned flying-fox comes into care and it can take a little time to adjust to not only it's new surrogate parent but also to taking milk from a bottle. Mother reared baby flying-foxes are attached to one of mum's nipples for the first 4 to 5 weeks of life and they hang on tenaciously. The last thing you want to do is to fall off mum when she is flying around 60 feet in the air! They are also used to constantly suckling and it is a big adjustment when they come in
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Some rescues are easy and they may just involve picking up a bat off the ground or low in a shrub but then there is the other type that test all available resources. Yesterdays rescue of Darleen was a shocker and her situation amounted to a perfect storm of difficulty. Spotted 12 metres or nearly 40 feet up in a Cocos palm in the grounds of a major hospital, Darlene was securely trapped by a foot and a wrist in a flower sheath. The flower sheaths of this introduced weed are not like other flower
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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 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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The life of a wildlife carer is certainly diverse and we are equipped to deal with all stages of life. From tiny premmies like this little girl to large elderly 'gummy bears' with no teeth displaying a sometimes cranky demeanor. We rescue, raise, rehabilitate, euthanase, are on call 24/7 and we release back to the wild. As fully self funded volunteers who receive no government support nor funding, wildlife carers perform a valuable community service that is often overlooked. We don't like to ask
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Although our rescue load has slowed from the insanity of the summer months we are still getting juveniles into care. Master Charles was rescued by Lisa the other night after he was spotted crawling along a road before tucking himself up under a low shrub. Charles has a bit of bark off his muzzle and a sore wing but there are no fractures and he is using all four limbs. He has just graduated from the humidicrib into a larger cage where he has a little more freedom to move around although he is st
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