Mark Wasteney
Bat Update
Hi everyone who is interested in what's been going on with the bat care.Here is a little update.
Harley the brown long Eared bat was successfully released back to the wild but Biscuit another Long Eared has gone to North Devon Bat Care as he had a damaged ear and we are not sure he is able to feed himself in the wild.Roly the female Common Pipistrelle is now back in the wild.
We picked up a young male Common Pip from a local vet,he was a little underweight but no injuries.So we built his weight up and when ready took him to NDBC to see how he flew.All was good with him so last week we returned him to where he was found and released him back which was a wonderful sight as all the other bat from the roost came out and greeted and danced in the air with him.
We had a male Soprano Pip found in a laundry basket who had a stomach upset.We gave him a little TLC and after it was better he went back and was released.
We picked up another Long Eared found in Bude but we had no information to where she was found so we took her to NDBC and she was put with some other Long Ears and has now been released with some new friends.
Two week ago we were called to a factory to collect a Whiskered Bat which we think got trapped in the building when it was shut down for a few days.He is a little underweight but is doing well and will soon be going back.
Now for the bad.We had a Pip brought to us which had been caught by a cat.He unfortunately didn't make it.
Last week we were called to collect another Pip again another cat incident.He was in a bad way and had multiple breaks in is arm,wrist and shoulder and had to be euthanized.we also learnt that their cat had caught two other beforehand both of which were killed by their cat.We gave the owners some advice on keeping their cat in between dusk and dawn but were called back late one night to pick up another Pip.He was also in a very bad way with puncture wounds,wing tears and exposed bones.We gave him pain relief and knew we would have to take him to the vet in the morning to be euthanized but he died a short while after : (
So that what's been going on and I will keep anyone who is interested informed every so often : )
Bat Update
Hi everyone who is interested in what's been going on with the bat care.Here is a little update.
Harley the brown long Eared bat was successfully released back to the wild but Biscuit another Long Eared has gone to North Devon Bat Care as he had a damaged ear and we are not sure he is able to feed himself in the wild.Roly the female Common Pipistrelle is now back in the wild.
We picked up a young male Common Pip from a local vet,he was a little underweight but no injuries.So we built his weight up and when ready took him to NDBC to see how he flew.All was good with him so last week we returned him to where he was found and released him back which was a wonderful sight as all the other bat from the roost came out and greeted and danced in the air with him.
We had a male Soprano Pip found in a laundry basket who had a stomach upset.We gave him a little TLC and after it was better he went back and was released.
We picked up another Long Eared found in Bude but we had no information to where she was found so we took her to NDBC and she was put with some other Long Ears and has now been released with some new friends.
Two week ago we were called to a factory to collect a Whiskered Bat which we think got trapped in the building when it was shut down for a few days.He is a little underweight but is doing well and will soon be going back.
Now for the bad.We had a Pip brought to us which had been caught by a cat.He unfortunately didn't make it.
Last week we were called to collect another Pip again another cat incident.He was in a bad way and had multiple breaks in is arm,wrist and shoulder and had to be euthanized.we also learnt that their cat had caught two other beforehand both of which were killed by their cat.We gave the owners some advice on keeping their cat in between dusk and dawn but were called back late one night to pick up another Pip.He was also in a very bad way with puncture wounds,wing tears and exposed bones.We gave him pain relief and knew we would have to take him to the vet in the morning to be euthanized but he died a short while after : (
So that what's been going on and I will keep anyone who is interested informed every so often : )